Distinguished University Professor Awards
Established in 2005, The Distinguished University Professor Award recognizes sustained excellence in scholarship over a substantial career at Western. Scholarship is broadly defined to include research, teaching and service to the community.
2024
- Frank Beier, Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Carolyn McLeod, Professor, Faculty of Arts & Humanities
- Michelle Mottola, Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
2023
- Kathy Hibbert, Professor, Faculty of Education and Department of Medical Imaging
- Lars Konermann, Professor, Department of Chemistry
- Lorelei Lingard, Professor, Department of Medicine and Faculty of Education
- X.A. (Andy) Sun, Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering
2022
- Pauline Barmby - Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy
- Subrata Chakrabarti - Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Isaac Luginaah - Professor, Department of Geography & Environment
2021
- Kim Baines - Professor, Department of Chemistry
- Glenn Bauman - Professor, Department of Oncology
- Deborah Laliberte-Rudman - Professor, School of Occupational Therapy
2020
- Hesham El Naggar - Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Joy MacDermid - Professor, School of Physical Therapy
2019
- David Sherry - Professor, Department of Psychology (Emeritus 2019)
- Marilyn Ford-Gilboe - Professor, School of Nursing
- Gregor Reid - Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Emeritus 2020)
2018
- Helene Berman - Professor, School of Nursing (Emerita 2019)
- Jin Jiang - Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Dale Laird - Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology
- Patrick Mahon - Professor, Department of Visual Arts
2017
- Kathryn Brush - Professor, Department of Visual Arts (Emerita 2018)
2016
- John Leonard - Professor, Department of English & Writing Studies
- Kevin Shoemaker - Professor, Department of Kinesiology
2015
- Mary Crossan - Professor, General Management, Ivey Business School
- Jeff Dixon - Professor, Physiology & Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (Emeritus 2018)
- T.K. Sham - Professor, Department of Chemistry
2014
- Cheryl Forchuk - Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing
- Jeremy McNeil - Professor, Department of Biology
- Michael Rieder - Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
2013
- Jane Rylett - Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
- Robert Solomon - Professor, Faculty of Law (Emeritus 2016)
2012
- Jesse Zhu - Professor, Faculty of Engineering
- Jonathan Vance - Professor, Faculty of Social Science
- Moira Stewart - Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (Emeritus 2017)
- Stanley Dunn - Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (Emeritus 2019)
2011
- Robert Stainton - Professor, Arts and Humanities
- Stephen Watt - Professor, Science (Emeritus 2017)
2010
- Davy Cheng - Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (Emeritus 2021)
- Gerald Kidder - Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (Emeritus 2010)
- Russell Poole - Professor, Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Emeritus 2012)
2009
- Jack Bend - Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry (Emeritus 2013)
- Michael Strong - Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Richard Vernon - Professor, Social Science
2008
- William Fisher - Professor, Psychology (Emeritus 2019)
- Tilottama Rajan - Professor, English
- Richard Kane - Professor, Mathematics (Emeritus 2010)
- Richard Seewald - Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders (Emeritus 2009)
2007
- Mel Goodale - Professor, Psychology
- David Bentley - Professor, English
- Robert Hegele - Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Robarts Research Institute
2006
- Heather Laschinger - Associate Director, Nursing Research
- Vladimir Hachinski - Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
- Robert Corless - Professor, Applied Mathematics (Emeritus 2019)
- Shiva Singh - Professor, Biology (Emeritus 2019)
- Michael Groden - Professor, English (Emeritus 2014)
2005
- Richard Puddephatt - Professor, Chemistry (Emeritus 2019)
- Fred Longstaffe - Provost and Vice President (Academic)
- Angela Esterhammer - Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies
- Regna Darnell - Founding Director First Nations Studies (Emerita 2018)
- Rajni Patel - Electrical & Computer Engineering
