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Team Members
WAFAR's small but capable team supports WAFAR's mission to catalyze world-class research with global impact.
Valerie Oosterveld
Associate Vice-President (Research)
Strategic direction, WAFAR
Professor, Faculty of Law
Faculty Member, Institute for Earth and Space Exploration & Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Email: vooster@uwo.ca
Lee-Ann Briere
WAFAR Research Specialist
Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, Rm 6172
Email: lbriere2@uwo.ca
- Develops and writes external grant applications for WAFAR and with research teams
- Shapes research plans, budgets and impact strategies for funded projects
- Connects researchers to expertise and networks across Western and beyond
- Leads communications that share research outcomes with academic and public audiences
- Runs WAFAR’s funding competitions, IGNITE and the Western Global Impact Conversation
- Coordinates events, space and logistics