Dr. Carré earns Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research

Dr. Justin Carré, assistant professor of Psychology, is the 2016 winner of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research.

Dr. Carré is an active scholar and a prolific researcher with 52 peer reviewed publications to his credit, several of which are in top-tier academic journals such as Biological Psychiatry, Psychoneuroendocrinology, and Psychological Science. His papers have been cited over 1,500 times, speaking to the high impact nature of his research. Since arriving at Nipissing University in 2013, Dr. Carré has launched a highly productive lab averaging 10 publications per year over the past three years. He has developed important collaborations with medical doctors in North Bay and Sudbury, where his team performs drug administration studies investigating the causal role of testosterone in promoting human aggression. 

Several of Dr. Carré’s undergraduate and graduate students have presented their work at local, national, and international conferences and have appeared as co-authors on published papers. Students he has taught and supervised have moved onto medical school and graduate programs. 

Dr. Carré has earned several grants from various external sources, including a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery grant worth $175,000 over five years; a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Insight Development Grant worth $66,000 over two years; and Northern Ontatrio Heritage Fund Corporation grants worth $64,000 over two years. 

The award includes a $1,500 prize. Dr. Carré’s name will be engraved on a commemorative plaque with the names of past recipients of the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research. He will be presented with a certificate during the afternoon convocation ceremony on Thursday, June 9.

Here’s a short video from a few years ago on Dr. Carré and his research.

The Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research was established to recognize and celebrate the value and importance of research conducted by Nipissing University faculty.

For a list of previous winners, please click here.