Two Canada Research Chairs for McMaster
Time Whelan and Sigal Balshine awarded Canada Research Chairs
The breadth and depth of McMaster's research capacity is evident in the latest announcement by the Canada Research Chairs program, awarding one new research chair to behavioural ecologist Sigal Balshine, and renewing Dr. Timothy Whelan's Canada Research Chair in Health Services Research in Cancer.
Both researchers are attempting to solve the 'big question' in their respective fields. Balshine, an associate professor in the department of psychology, neuroscience and behaviour was named Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Behavioural Ecology. Her pioneering work seeks to understand the evolution of social behaviour -- how cooperation and conflict influence the brain, behaviour and physiology in animals.
