Dr. Hutnik is a full Professor in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Pathology at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. She is Chair of Research in the department and Director of the Ophthalmology Basic Science Laboratory at the Lawson Health Research Institute in the Center for Clinical Investigation and Therapeutics. Dr. Hutnik is currently a member of a number of editorial and research review boards. She supervises an independent program of clinical, basic science, educational research and collaborates with local colleagues engaged in health economics research.