Patrick is a Master of Applied Epidemiology (MAE) scholar in the 2022-23 cohort, undertaking a placement with the Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Public Health as a part of the Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research in NSW Health. Within this he is working with the Microbial Genomics Reference Laboratory team using genomics to better inform public health response and research.

Patrick holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical)(Honours)-Bachelor of Science (Physics), a Grad Cert of Education (Tertiary Education), a Grad Cert in Data Science and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Prior to joining the MAE program Patrick worked in higher education in enabling education and quantitative educational research. He more recently joined the Townsville Public Health Unit in North QLD as a data manager to help support and coordinate the local COVID-19 response. During this he then later joined the QLD Health COVID-19 Incident Management Team in the Epidemiology and Research Unit to provide timely and specific analysis to stakeholders to inform public health decisions and response.

Outside of epidemiology Patrick is a parkrun tragic, likes to think of himself as an avid trail runner when given the opportunity and loves finding a unique craft brew pub to recover at. 

Through the MAE Patrick hopes to put theory into practice and to expand his skillset. He is excited to learn more about genomic epidemiology and its applications.