Annette Rushton
Dalhousie University
Dr. Annette Rushton is the Manager of Health & Life Sciences in the Office of Commercialization & Industry Engagement at Dalhousie University. Her role at OCIE is to engage industry and commercialize intellectual property developed by faculty, students and staff with the health and life sciences faculties. Annette received both her PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and BSc in Biochemistry and Microbiology from Dalhousie University and pursued a postdoctoral fellowship in yeast genetics at Columbia University. Prior to joining OCIE in 2018, her career spanned a variety of roles, both in academia and industry (public and private sector). (OCIE website here)