Dr. Patrick McPhee has over 12 years of clinical research experience with expertise in noncommunicable disease, movement behaviour (i.e., physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and sleep), and quality of life research in individuals with childhood-onset disabilities. He is an experienced quantitative researcher with a strong background in epidemiology, health research methodology, and complex statistical analyses. He has vast experience managing and analyzing large datasets across multiple neurodevelopmental disorders.
Dr. McPhee completed his PhD in rehabilitation science with CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Following his PhD, he completed a Canadian Institutes of Health Research- and Michael G. DeGroote-funded Fellowship in Pediatrics, researching children with varying clinical conditions, including obesity, autism, epilepsy, and cerebral palsy. He recently worked as a Health Research Methodologist at McMaster University, conducting various research projects in autistic children and families. Dr. McPhee currently sits on the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Rehabilitation Science (Disability, Research, and Inclusion).
Dr. McPhee has a brief history with CPRN and CPNOW; he was invited as an aspiring clinical researcher to participate in Research CP in 2017 to establish a patient-centered research agenda for cerebral palsy.
Dr. McPhee is passionate about promoting movement behaviours to improve health-related outcomes in individuals with disabilities across the lifespan. His ongoing research interests include the utilization of large datasets to answer clinically meaningful questions. In his personal life, he enjoys spending time with his family at the hockey arena, on the golf course, or on hikes with their dog Murphy.
