Academic chairs are endowments that give their recipients resources to develop their research interests and to mentor others in the field. Several of WCRI's leading scientists hold such chairs. This is a way for WCRI and hospital donors to support outstanding scholarship and leadership. The development of academic chairs is an important part of our strategy to build women's health research capacity and increase women's health knowledge.

The following academic chairs are based at WCRI, often in partnership with other institutions:

• F.M. Hill Chair in Women's Academic Medicine
• Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Breast Cancer (CIHR)
• Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (Ontario chapter), Chair in Breast Cancer Research
• Shirley Brown Chair in Women's Mental Health Research
• Atkinson Chair in Women's Health Research
• Canada Research Chair in Women's Health and Immunobiology
• Phelan Chair in Dermatology