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kenneth s dyson : Curriculum Vitae

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

I have over 20 years of experience working in both clinical and basic neuroscience research environments. During that time I have had direct responsibilities related to the development and management of research programs. I have supervised and collaborated with undergraduate and graduate students, animal facility staff, academic faculty, and departmental administration.

Over the course of my career I have excelled at developing administrative, and project management skills. As a Research Associate, and more recently a Research Coordinator, I have been a liaison between faculty, animal facility staff, and students to ensure that proper
protocols are enforced to maintain the safety and effectiveness of the research program. For the development of the M3 research platform I am directly involved in the strategic planning and administration of the facility, including budgeting, client outreach, and reporting. I headed an initiative, in cooperation with researchers and hardware and software developers, to combine touchscreen and neurophysiology data into a standarized open science format. In addition, I brokered partnerships with other research platforms to establish a network to explore learning from the cell to cognition.  I am currently and Academic Associate at McGill University where I manage the Azrieli Centre for Autism Research.

I am able to effectively schedule and chair meetings, ensuring that the various stakeholders in the research process, such as students, faculty, and members of the board of directors, are having their needs met and are in the best position possible to deliver results in a timely
fashion. In my role as data analyst at Kids Code Jeunesse, I established a project management and customer relations protocol for a not-for-profit organization during a period of rapid growth, enabling the organization to set and meet milestone targets mandated by our $6M Science and Innovation grant. Additionally, I set in place the data collection, analysis, and reporting pipelines to meet the Federal Ministry quarterly report requirements. As a volunteer with Maker Faire and the Space Generation Advisory Council I participated in pre-event planning sessions, coordinated volunteers, and facilitated the registration and travel of conference presenters.

I am a forward-thinking person who is driven towards fostering excellence in medical science.  I am focused on moving my career in a direction towards facilitating the discovery of breakthrough science.

Work History

Azrieli Centre for Autism Research, McGill University — Academic Associate | Manager

04/2021 - present

M3 Platform, Douglas Hospital Research
Centre - Research Coordinator

09/2018 - 03-2021

  • overseeing the launch and implementation of a multi-laboratory research platform including inventory management, staffing, organizing committee meetings
  • designing experiments (in vivo calcium imaging and electrophysiology), coordinating the use of the platform across several projects
  • training students and postdocs in surgical and experimental procedures

Department of Physiology, McGill University — Research Associate

09/2015 to 08/2017

  • Designed and optimized optogenetic and electrophysiological protocols for freely movingmice and semi-freely moving non-human primates.

  • Cared for, performed surgery on, and studied rodents and non-human primates.

  • Managed overall laboratory functions.

  • Supervised 2 graduate and students.

  • Scheduled and trained technical staff members.

  • Programmed computers to store, process and analyze data.

  • Ordered laboratory equipment and supplies.

Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) — Postdoctoral Fellow

09/2013 to 08/2015

  • Designed and optimized breathing gas delivery system for calibrated fMRI.

  • Programmed computers to store, process and analyze data.

  • Led efforts to recruit elderly study participants.

  • Wrote a book chapter detailing the usefulness of brain imaging in the study of human essential hypertension.

Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal — Postdoctoral Fellow

01/2010 to 08/2013

  • Cared for, performed surgery on, and studied cats.

  • Programmed computers to store, process and analyze data.

  • Communicated research results at the annual meetings of the Society for Neuroscience.

 

 

 

Education

 

Ph.D.: Kinesiology

 

University of Waterloo - Waterloo, ON, Canada

 

Thesis: "Exercise, Shear Stress, and Flow-Mediated Dilation of Human Conduit Arteries."

 

Advisor: Dr. Richard Hughson

 

 

 

Master of Science: Kinesiology

 

University of Waterloo - Waterloo, ON, Canada

 

Thesis: "Effect of Acute Sympathetic Nervous System Activation on Flow- Mediated Dilation of

 

the Brachial Artery: A Study of Four Models of Sympathetic Activation."

 

Advisor: Dr. Richard Hughson

 

 

 

Bachelor of Science: Exercise Science

 

Concordia University - Montréal, QC, Canada

 

Thesis: "Using Starling forces to deliver plasmid DNA to muscle via the vascular route."

 

Advisor: Dr. Robert Boushel

 

 

 

Volunteer Work

 

 

 

2017 to Current       Study Evaluator with Bad Science Watch

 

2011 to 16                Youth Baseball and Hockey with Baseball Quebec and Hockey Montreal

 

2016 -17                   Co-Founder/Consultant with Maker In Montreal

 

2012 + 14                 Member of Organizing Committee with Montreal Mini MakerFaire

 

2004 – 09                  National Point of Contact (Canada) with The Space Generation Advisory Council

 

 

 

Awards

 

2013 - Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC)

 

2010 - Bourse postdoctorale de L'Université de Montréal

 

2009 - Millennium Graduate Scholarship of the University of Waterlo

 

2005 - President's Graduate Scholarship of the University of Waterlo

 

2005 - PGS D of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

 

2004 - Graduate Scholarship Research Award of the University of Waterloo

 

2003 - Graduate Scholarship Research Award of the University of Waterloo

 

1998 - Academic All-Canadian, Cross Country/Track & Field

 

 

Publication List

 

Peer Reviewed Articles:

 

  1. Lajoie, I., Nugent, S., Debacker, C., Dyson, K., Tancredi, F.B., Badhwar, A., Belleville, S., Deschaintre, Y., Bellec, P., Doyon, J., Bocti, C., Gauthier, S., Arnold, D., Kergoat, M.-J., Chertkow, H., Monchi, O., Hoge, R.D., Application of calibrated fMRI in Alzheimer’s disease. NeuroImage: Clinical. doi:10.1016/j.nicl.2017.05.009

  2. Dyson KS, Miron JP, Drew T. Differential modulation of descending signals from the reticulospinal system during reaching and locomotion. J Neurophysiol. 2014 Nov 15;112(10):2505-28. doi: 10.1152/jn.00188.2014. Epub 2014 Aug 20. PubMed PMID: 25143539.

  3. Dyson KS , Argarwal N , Williams-Bell M , Bhatti A , Denniss SG , Hughson RL, "Sustained hyperaemia stimulus is necessary to induce flow-mediated dilation of the human brachial artery.", Clinical physiology and functional imaging, 31(6) PubMed ID: 21981451

  4. 2010 Faisal A , Dyson KS , Hughson RL, "Prolonged ischaemia impairs muscle blood flow and oxygen uptake dynamics during subsequent heavy exercise.", The Journal of physiology, 588(Pt 19) PubMed ID: 20679356

  5. Dyson KS , Shoemaker JK , Arbeille P , Hughson RL, "Modelflow estimates of cardiac output compared with Doppler ultrasound during acute changes in vascular resistance in women.", Experimental physiology, 95(4) PubMed ID: 20080867

  6. Dyson KS , Arbeille P , Shoemaker JK , Custaud MA , Hughson RL, "WISE 2005: flow and nitroglycerin mediated dilation following 56 days of head down tilt bed rest with and without an exercise countermeasure.", Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology, 14(1) PubMed ID: 18372697

  7. Hughson RL , Shoemaker JK , Arbeille P , Dyson KS , Edgell H , Kerbeci P , Mattar L , Zuj K , Greaves DK, "WISE 2005: vascular responses to 60- day bed rest in women.", Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology, 14(1) PubMed ID: 18372696

  8. Dyson KS , Shoemaker JK , Hughson RL, "Effect of acute sympathetic nervous system activation on flow-mediated dilation of brachial artery.", American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 290(4) PubMed ID: 16284236

 

Book Chapters:

 

  1. “Neuroimaging as a Research Tool in Human Essential Hypertension”, Hypertension and the Brain as an End-Organ Target, 2015 Springer International Publishing AG.

  2. 2005 "Preliminary study of the physiological demands of Mars analogue extravehicular activity", Mars Analogue Research (111), 227-234, 2005 Springfield, VA., Univelt Publishers

 

Oral Presentations:

 

  1. A. Faisal, K.S. Dyson, R.L. Hughson, The effect of enhanced blood flow by prior exercise and forearm occlusion on muscle oxygen uptake during heavy exercise. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Meeting 2008. Oral presentation by A. Faisal.

  2. Faisal A, Dyson KS, Hughson R L., Prior heavy exercise not forearm occlusion reduced the oxygen debt of subsequent heavy exercise . FIMS World Congress Of Sports Medicine. Oral presentation by A. Faisal.

  3. Dyson K. S. and Hughson R.L., WISE 2005: Flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery is not altered after 24 hours of head-down tilt bed rest. ESA Life in Space for Life on Earth Conference 2008.

  4. Dyson K. S., Arbeille Ph., Shoemaker J.K., Custaud M. A. and Hughson R. L., WISE 2005: Increased arterial stiffness following 56-days of head-down tilt bed rest. ESA Life in Space for Life on Earth Conference 2008.

  5. Kenneth S Dyson, Philippe Arbeille, J Kevin Shoemaker, and Richard L Hughson, WISE 2005: Endothelial dependent and independent dilation of limb conduit arteries following 56 days of head down tilt bed rest with and without an exercise countermeasure. 28th Annual Gravitational Physiology Meeting.

  6. Kenneth Pizzolitto*, Rocky Persaud, Melissa Battler, Nick Wilkinson, John Roesch, and Richard Hughson, Expedition Alpha: Interdisciplinary research into the metrics of human Mars exploration. University of Waterloo Graduate Student Conference.

  7. Kenneth S Pizzolitto* and Richard L Hughson, Physiological demands during Mars analogue extravehicular activity: a pilot study. Ontario Exercise Physiology.

  8. Richard L Hughson, J. Kevin Shoemaker, Philippe Arbeille, Deborah D O’Leary, Kenneth S Pizzolitto*, Martin Hughes, Splanchnic and peripheral vascular resistance during lower body negative pressure (LBNP) and tilt. 25th Annual International Gravitational Physiology Meeting. Oral Presentation by Richard L Hughson.

  9. Kenneth S Pizzolitto*, J. T. Kroetsch, C. Lynch, and R. L Hughson, Effect of acute sympathetic activation on flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery: A study of four sympathetic activation protocols. Ontario Exercise Physiology.

  10. Kenneth S Pizzolitto*, J. T. Kroetsch, C. Lynch, and R. L Hughson, Cardiovascular responses to sympathetic nervous system activation are dependent on the mode of activation: A study of four protocols. University of Waterloo Graduate Student Conference.

  11. Kenneth S. Pizzolitto*, S. Lalande, and R. L Hughson, Central vein pressure-volume and cardiac function during random application of lower body negative pressure following 4-hours of 6 degrees head down tilt bed rest. Canadian Student Summit on Aerospace 2004.

 

Poster Presentations:

 

  1. Isabelle Lajoie, Kenneth S Dyson, Scott Nugent, Felipe D Tancredi, and Richard D Hoge, Age-related differences in CBF, CVR, M, OEF and CMR02 using MRI QU02 and dual-echo pCASL. ISMRM 2015.

  2. Mike-Ely Cohen, Isabelle Lajoie, Kenneth Dyson, Olivier Lucidarme, Richard D. Hoge, and Frédérique Frouin, Application of pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling for quantification of hepatic perfusion. ISMRM 2015.

  3. K. S. Dyson and T. Drew, Phase dependent modulation of reticulospinal activity during walking and unexpected perturbation of the support surface during standing. Neuroscience 2012.

  4. K. S. Dyson, P. Stapley, T. Drew, The reticulospinal system modifies the postural responses to unexpected perturbation of the support surface in the cat. Neuroscience 2011.

  5. G. Hodges, A. Rothwell, K. Dyson, P.M. Arbeille, R. Hughson and J.K. Shoemaker, Prolonged head-down bed rest alters coupling of left ventricular depolarization and ejection. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Meeting 2008. Poster presentation by G. Hodges.

  6. Kenneth S Dyson, Philippe Arbeille, J Kevin Shoemaker, and Richard L Hughson, WISE-2005: Flow-mediated dilation of the brachial and popliteal artery following 56 days of head down tilt bed rest with and without an exercise countermeasure. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Meeting 2006.

  7. H. Edgell, K. Dyson, J.K. Shoemaker, M.A. Custaud, P. Kerbeci, D. Greaves, & Ph. Arbeille, R.L. Hughson, WISE-2005: Adrenergic responses before and after 60 days of head-down bed-rest in women. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Gravitational Physiology Meeting, Osaka, Japan. Poster presentation by H. Edgell.

  8. Kenneth S Dyson, Kathryn A Zuj, and Richard L Hughson, WISE-2005: Drug-induced changes in compliance affect model flow calculation of stroke volume. Experimental Biology, 2006, San Fransico, CA.

  9. K.A. Zuj, K.S. Dyson, H. Edgell, M-A. Custaud and R.L. Hughson, WISE-2005: exercise countermeasure protects against changes in cardiovascular response to sublingual nitroglycerin after 56 days bed rest. Experimental Biology 2006. Poster presentation by K.A. Zuj.

  10. Heather Edgell, Kenneth Dyson, Kevin Shoemaker, Marc-Antoine Custaud, Phillipe Arbeille, Richard Hughson, WISE-2005: Adrenergic responses to 60 days of 6o head-down bed-rest (BR) in women with exercise counter-measures. Experimental Biology 2006. Poster presentation by H. Edgell.

  11. RL Hughson, JK Shoemaker, P Arbeille, L Mattar, P Kerbeci, KS Dyson, DK Greaves, WISE-2005: 60-Day Head Down Bed Rest with Exercise and LBNP Countermeasures Against Cardiovascular Deconditioning. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Meeting. Poster presentation by RL Hughson.

  12. Kenneth S. Dyson, R. L. Hughson, Preliminary study of the physiological demands of Mars analogue extravehicular activity. International Astronotical Congress 2005, Fukuoka, Japan. Poster presentation by Kenneth Dyson. Paper IAC-05-A1.P.02

  13. Kenneth S Pizzolitto*, Nikhil Agarwal , Michael Williams-Bell, Adil Bhatti, Steven G Denniss, Danielle K Greaves, and Richard L Hughson. Flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery is dependent on the magnitude and duration of the shear stimulus. Canadian Federation of Biological Sciences Annual Meeting.

  14. Steven Denniss, Adil Bhatti*, Michael Williams-Bell*, Ken Pizzolitto, Tanya Sptizig*, James Rush, and Richard Hughson, A high-fat meal does not affect flow-mediated dilation regardless of the stimulation parameters. Canadian Federation of Biological Sciences Annual Meeting. Poster presentation by Steven G Denniss.

  15. Kenneth S. Pizzolitto*, S. Lalande, and R. L Hughson. Effect of 4-hours of 6 degrees head down tilt bed rest on cardiac function during an orthostatic tolerance test. International Aeronautical Congress 2004.

  16. Hughson RL, Hughes MD, Pizzolitto KS*, and Kroetsch J. Portal vein blood flow during lower body negative pressure (LBNP) and tilt by Doppler ultrasound. The FASEB Journal 18: A758. Experimental Biology Meeting. Poster presentation by Richard Hughson.

  17. Pizzolitto KS*, Kroetsch J, Lynch C, and Hughson RL. Effects of muscle chemoreflex activation and the cold pressor test on flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery. The FASEB Journal 18: A1081. Experimental Biology Meeting.

  18. Pizzolitto KS*, Kroetsch J, and Hughson RL. Flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery is dependent on the magnitude and duration of the shear stimulus. The FASEB Journal 18: A1214. Experimental Biology Meeting.

  19. Pizzolitto KS* and Hughson RL. Effect of acute sympathetic activation on flow-mediated dilation of the brachial artery. Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology 28, Supplement: S90. Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Meeting.

  20. Pizzolitto KS* and Hughson RL. Acute hypertension elicited by muscle chemoreflex activation does not contribute to vasomotor dysfunction. Late breaking abstract, Experimental Biology Meeting.

 

Video Productions:

 

  1. 2012 Using Your Brain - Kenneth S Dyson, Taj A Dyson, Desmond C Dyson - Society for Neuroscience http://www.brainfacts.org/Sensing-Thinking-Behaving/Senses-and-Perception/Articles/2012/Using-Your-Brain

 

*prior to july, 2005 my surname was Pizzolitto