David Patrick

David M. Patrick, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, Infectious Disease physician and epidemiologist. Professor at University of British Columbia, School of Population and Public Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

ME/CFS Common Data Element (CDE) Project
Member of the Biomarkers Working Group of the Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Common Data Element (CDE) Project sponsored by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention. This working group reviewed data collection instruments widely used by investigators in the ME/CFS field, and either recommended their use unchanged or (more often) proposed some modifications.

Notable studies

 * 2015, Brain-derived neurotrophic factor concentration may not be depressed in chronic fatigue syndrome (Abstract)

Talks and interviews

 * 2016, CFS/ME Research Collaborative Conference - speech title: Researching a Syndrome: Findings from the UBC Complex Chronic Disease Study Group part one part two

Online presence

 * PubMed
 * ResearchGate
 * Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute Researcher's page