Past Projects

For a full listing of past academic experience and qualifications, please see Ian’s full CV. Some examples of recent consulting projects and clients are listed below.

Gene Delivery Systems – A state-of-the-art review,
Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation (Paris).

Business plan,
Solutions by Sequence (A Toronto-based start-up molecular diagnostics firm).

Several business development projects,
StemCell Technologies Inc. (A Vancouver-based privately held biotechnolgy firm).

Consultation on Human Pathogens and Toxins Act,
Public Health Agency of Canada.

Expert witness in a wrongful birth case,
A Canadian law firm.

Founding and capitalization of a charitable foundation that awards two full-time undergraduate tuition awards each year, (20 awards to date)
The Macville Charitable Foundation.

Consultation on several University/Industry funding proposals,
Canadian Institutes for Health Research.

Expert witness in a class action suit involving a tobacco company and asbestos workers with lung cancer,
A North Carolina (USA) law firm.

Consultations on a new technology,
MedBioGene (A Vancouver-based TSX company).

Independent review of the genetic validation of a cell line for human vaccine production,
A multinational pharmaceutical company.

Consultations in Laboratory Medicine,
Provincial ministries of health.