Funding for Human Energy Balance and Metabolic Phenotyping Laboratory Announced

Ten McMaster researchers including Centre for Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes Research Co-Directors Katherine Morrison and Gregory Steinberg will receive nearly $2 million in infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to advance their research in a variety of fields.

The award to Morrison & Steinberg and their team will fund a Human energy balance and metabolic phenotyping laboratory.

The funding, which comes from the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), is designed to help universities attract and retain the very best researchers by providing them with the foundational equipment and facilities to ensure they become leaders in their field.

McMaster’s vice-president of research, Rob Baker, says these types of early infrastructure investments play a critical role in developing major research programs from which everyone benefits.

“This funding is pivotal for our researchers as it puts them on the cutting-edge; it provides increased opportunities for our students; and it ensures McMaster retains its best and brightest.”

The awards were announced by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport.