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Hire Dr. J. Ian Z.

Canada

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Innovator transforming human health and performance with data and technology.

Profile Summary

For over a decade, I have expanded our understanding of how interactions between the instructions in DNA and environmental factors encountered everyday impact human health and performance. Using these findings, I am developing innovative insights and interventions to help people take charge of their health and wellness. Professional and Research Expertise: 1. Applied Biotechnology - Biotechnology expert with demonstrated ability to mobilize medical technologies to advance human performance, healthcare, and pharmaceutical initiatives 2. Biotechnology Integration - Recognized talent developing strategic innovation plans to engineer and launch personalized health products for industry and academic stakeholders. 3. Functional Genomics - Coordinated over 45 research projects uncovering the complex link between genes, the environment, and behaviour. 4. Start-Up Business Development - Executive C-Suite leadership, biotech and health-sector market growth.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Genetics
• ★ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ★ Precision Medicine
• ☆ Plant Breeding & Genetics
• ☆ Human Biology
• ☆ Health Technology Assessment
• ☆ Health Informatics

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing Technical Writing

Research Systematic Literature Review

Work Experience

Executive - Chief Science Officer

Athletigen Technologies Inc

June 2015 - Present

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Public Health Agency of Canada

August 2012 - June 2015

Education

PhD Population Geneics and Genomics (Biology)

University of New Brunswick

January 2008 - August 2012

Master of Science (Biology)

Dalhousie University Department of Biology

September 2005 - August 2007

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2016). Post-glacial phylogeography and evolution of a wide-ranging highly-exploited keystone forest tree, eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) in North America: single refugium, multiple routes . BMC Evolutionary Biology.

(2016). Single-Locus versus Multilocus Patterns of Local Adaptation to Climate in Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus, Pinaceae) . PLOS ONE.

(2015). Genetic modifiers of folate, vitamin B-12, and homocysteine status in a cross-sectional study of the Canadian population . The American journal of clinical nutrition.

(2014). Approaches for the Identification of Genetic Modifiers of Nutrient Dependent Phenotypes: Examples from Folate . Frontiers in Nutrition.