Jason Acker

Dr. Acker is the Associate Vice-President (Research Integrity Support) in the Office of the Vice President (Research) at the University of Alberta. He has leadership responsibilities for building, implementing and managing a framework that supports programs and services encompassing all research integrity areas, including compliance, ethics certification, clinical trials monitoring, human and animal ethics, safeguarding research, and legal requirements related to research at the University of Alberta. Dr. Acker is a Senior Research Scientist with the Canadian Blood Services and a Professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta. His research program focuses on understanding the response of cells, tissues and organs to ex vivo storage and the development of methods for their preservation and use as therapeutic products.