Scott Patten

Dr. Scott Patten obtained an MD from the University of Alberta in 1986, and completed an FRCP(C) in psychiatry (1991) and a PhD in epidemiology (1994) at the University of Calgary, where he now holds the Cuthbertson and Fischer Chair in Pediatric Mental Health. He is a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. He has over 25 years’ experience teaching epidemiology and supervising graduate students. As a researcher, he has published more than 500 scientific papers. In 2020, he was elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.