Dylan Cutler

Develop knowledge mobilization strategies to market University innovations in the life sciences and engineering to industry for licensing, development, and/or commercial partnering.

• Design aesthetically pleasing, branded email campaigns using clear, concise, accessible language
• Write newsletters, press releases, and social media posts based on peer-reviewed articles, scientific data, and patents
• Organize speaking opportunities for scientists, such as podcast appearances and live events

Led a team developing a mobile application using artificial intelligence to support people with chronic health conditions manage their health.

• Wrote a successful research funding grant for $300,000 from Alberta Innovates
• Organized and hosted monthly webinars leading discussions with healthcare professionals to disseminate lifestyle medicine knowledge to the public
• Wrote several ethics applications
• Hired, trained, and mentored employees, including a mental health therapist and manager
• Prepared and conducted virtual weekly team meetings to review progress and foster teamwork
• Developed a web-based lifestyle management program based on clinical guidelines

Wrote guidance documents, standard operating procedures, and system manuals for the Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) based on research analysis and peer-reviewed publications.

• Interviewed chemists and environmental scientists to collect data and research analysis
• Provided constructive feedback to Subject Matter Experts to hone public guidance documents
• Published PMRA Guidance Documents, such as the Updated Residue Chemistry Guidelines

Designed and led multiple cohort studies and a randomized controlled trial implementing a lifestyle intervention program to improve quality of life and fertility in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

• Wrote ethics applications, annual funding reports, and progress reports
• Recruited, onboarded, and analyzed personal health data from over 400 participants
• Communicated findings from original research at international conferences
• Published two first-author articles in reputable, peer-reviewed journals

• Recipient of Four Year Doctoral Fellowship, 2014
• Recipient of Canadian Student Health Research Forum Award, 2015 (awarded to top 5% of health science doctoral students)
• Dissertation: The impact of lifestyle on the reproductive, metabolic, and psychological well-being of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)