Dr. Lorne A. Babiuk
Vice-President (Research)
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Lorne Babiuk joined the University of Alberta as Vice-President (Research) on July 1, 2007. Prior to moving to the University of Alberta, he spent 34 years as a Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. The majority of his term at the University of Saskatchewan was associated with building a very successful research institution - VIDO (Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization). Under Dr. Babiuk’s leadership, VIDO became internationally recognized as a leader in novel vaccine development. In 2005, he completed a $19.4 million expansion of VIDO and just prior to his leaving VIDO, he successfully assembled the funding for the construction of a $110 million level three biocontainment facility for work on infectious diseases (InterVac).
In addition to being the Director of VIDO, he served as a member on numerous industrial and governmental scientific advisory boards as well as acted as a consultant to numerous companies. He has mentored over 90 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and published over 500 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 100 book chapters or reviews. Dr Babiuk is the holder of 28 issued patents and 18 patents pending. He is a fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the European Academy of Sciences as well as an Officer of the Order of Canada. In September 2007, Lorne Babiuk was named an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
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