Ian Chute

Ian joined the Oncology Clinical Trials group as a study coordinator in 2017 before assuming the research manager role in late 2022. After growing up in the Moncton area and attending high school in Miramichi, Ian attended Dalhousie University where he received a BSc with Combined Honours in Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology in 1996. This was followed by an MSc. in Biochemistry in 1998 at Dalhousie, after which he moved to Montreal to work in drug discovery at Merck Frosst and then Methylgene, Inc. Ian returned to New Brunswick in 2006 and spent ten years performing translational cancer research as the lab manager of the Atlantic Cancer Research Institute in Moncton. After 18 years of oncology research at the bench, in 2017 he transitioned to clinical research with the Oncology Clinical Trials group at the Moncton Hospital, where he enjoys engaging with patients while specializing in lung and genitourinary cancer trials. He is an author on more than 25 publications in peer-reviewed journals. When not engaged in research, Ian enjoys spending time with family, playing basketball, guitar, and the bagpipes.