DrCory Dugan
Adjunct Research Fellow
Curtin School of Population Health
BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT
I am a health researcher (PhD, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology) working at the intersection of population health data, applied biostatistics and translational women's health.
I hold an honorary appointment as Adjunct Research Fellow in the Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, and I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. I completed my PhD at The University of Western Australia in 2024.
My research is on iron deficiency, and in particular iron deficiency without anaemia, in women across the life course. I build and analyse large clinical and population datasets in R and SQL, including a cross-sectional cohort of 90,762 adults constructed in BigQuery against the NIH All of Us Research Program curated data repository, and I translate the findings into evidence that clinicians and policymakers can act on.
CURTIN UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS
- Adjunct Research Fellow (honorary)Curtin University, Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Perth, Australia19 Jan 2026 - 21 Jan 2028
- Adjunct Research Fellow (honorary)Curtin University, Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Perth, Australia18 Nov 2024 - 17 Nov 2025
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Postdoctoral Research FellowPennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, United States1 Jan 2025 - 30 Nov 2026
- Research FellowMonash University, Anaesthesia Teaching and Research, School of Translational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Melbourne, Australia17 Apr 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
- Research Officer and MD Research SupervisorThe University of Western Australia, Perth, AustraliaJan 2023 - 29 Feb 2024
- Lecturer and Laboratory DemonstratorThe University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia2022 - 29 Feb 2024
- Coordinating Physiologist and Laboratory SpecialistThe University of Western Australia, UWA Exercise and Performance Centre, Perth, Australia2022 - 2024
- Research AssistantThe University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia2016 - 2017
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Founder and DirectordrCWDugan, AustraliaJan 2024 - present
DEGREES
- Doctor of Philosophy, Nutrition and Exercise PhysiologyThe University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Sport Science, Exercise and Health, Sport Science, Exercise and HealthThe University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- Bachelor of Science (Sport Science, Exercise and Health), Sport Science; Exercise and HealthThe University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
CERTIFICATIONS
- Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)Advance HE, York, United KingdomAssociate Fellowship of Advance HE for contribution to tertiary teaching and curriculum development. Reference PR239700. No expiry.
- Standard Mental Health First AidMental Health First Aid International, AustraliaAccredited Standard Mental Health First Aider.
- Good Clinical Practice (clinical research ethics)Western Australian Health Translation Network, AustraliaResearch Education and Training Program, Western Australian Health Translation Network.
- Responsible Conduct of ResearchNIH Network of the National Library of Medicine, United StatesCompleted through the All of Us Research Program.
- Research Security TrainingNational Science Foundation SECURE Center, United States
- How to Plan and Apply for Linked Data (PHRN Researcher e-Learning Course)Population Health Research Network, AustraliaPopulation Health Research Network, funded under the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy.
- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis CourseCochrane
- R: Data Use in Science, High Distinction (SCIE4401)The University of Western Australia, Perth, AustraliaAdvanced R programming for scientific data analysis. Doctoral coursework credit, grade High Distinction.
- Google AI Professional CertificateGoogle
- Gemini for Data Scientists and AnalystsGoogle Cloud
- AI for Research and InsightsGoogle
- AI Fluency: Framework and FoundationsAnthropic
- Claude Code 101Anthropic Education
- AI for Health Care ApplicationsAIM-AHEADIntroductory course, AIM-AHEAD.
- Stack AI Consultant CertificationSTACK AI
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Postdoctoral Research FellowshipPennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, United StatesMicronutrient metabolism and large cohort data analysisPostdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Hennigar S
LANGUAGES
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
ROLE
- Staff
FIELDS OF RESEARCH
- 3201 - Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
- 3210 - Nutrition and dietetics
- 4206 - Public health
DEPARTMENT
- Curtin School of Population Health