Patrick J. McGrath, OC, FRSC FCAHS is a Canadian psychologist noted for his contribution to research on childhood pain.
Biography
Patrick McGrath was born in Ottawa and initially attended the
University of Ottawa
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but transferred to the
University of Saskatchewan
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where he completed his BA Psychology. He subsequently obtained his PhD in psychology from Queen's University at Kingston. His first post was a clinical post in the
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
CHEO is a pediatric health-care and research centre located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. CHEO is also a tertiary trauma centre for children in Eastern Ontario, Nunavut, Northern Ontario and the Outaouais region of Quebec and one of only seven Leve ...
in Ottawa. It was there that he became interested in childhood pain. He then transferred to Dalhousie University in
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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to establish a graduate training programme in clinical psychology. It was here that he established the Centre for Pediatric Pain Research and the Centre for Family Health Research. He retired from that institution as emeritus professor of psychiatry.
Research
He has published extensively in the area of pediatric pain and on delivery of psychological care at a distance. He has published hundreds of peer-reviewed articles and his
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Administrative experience
He was on the Governing Council of the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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for 7 years (2004-2011) and was Integrated Vice President Research, Innovation and Knowledge Translation at the
IWK Health Centre
The IWK Health Centre is a major pediatric hospital and trauma centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia that provides care to maritime youth, children and women from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and beyond. The IWK is the largest facili ...
and the
Nova Scotia Health Authority
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for a decade until September 2017. He is a founder and was chairman of the board of the Strongest Families Institute which delivers mental health care to families who have children with mental health problems. He now leads development of the Superminds for Superhumans, a mental health program in Lviv Ukraine.
Honours and awards
*1972-73: R.S. McLaughlin Fellowship, Queen's University at Kingston
*1973-74: Canada Council, Doctoral Fellowship
*1982-89: Career Scientist Award, Ontario Ministry of Health
*1988 : Fellow,
Canadian Psychological Association
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*1988 : Book of the Year Award, awarded by the American Journal of Nursing for Pain in Children and Adolescents.
*1993-98: Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Research Award and Grant Holder
*1995 : Canadian Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contribution to Canadian Psychology as a Profession
*1995 : Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
*1995 : Co-author of paper winning the Best Paper of the International Meeting on Pediatric Pain, Atlanta
*1997 : Co-author of paper winning the Best Paper of the meeting at the American Association for the Study of Headache, New York
*1998-2003: Distinguished Scientist Award, Medical Research Council of Canada (now Canadian Institutes of Health Research
*1999 : Research Award,
IWK Health Centre
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*1999 : Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association, Clinical Division
*1999 : Interview included in the John C. Liebskind History of Pain Collection UCLA
*2000 : Zubeck Lecturer,
University of Manitoba
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*2001 : Canadian Pain Society, Distinguished Career Award
*2001-2005: Killam Professor, Dalhousie University
*2001 : Supervisor of and co-author with CIHR, Brain Star, Lynn Breau
*2002 : Cecil and Ida Green Visiting professor,
University of British Columbia
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*2002-09: Canada Research Chair: Pediatric Pain
*2003 :
Order of Canada
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Canadian Psychological Association
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*2007 : A top producer of Scholarly Publications see: Stewart, PK, Wu, YP & Roberts, MC, Top Producers of Scholarly Publications in Clinical Psychology PhD Programs. J Clin Psychol 63: 1209–1215, 2007.
*2009 : Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children's Pain Relief. American Pain Society
*2009 : Invited Master Researcher/Clinician, American Psychological Association Convention, August
*2009-16: Canada Research Chair in Child Health (renewal)
*2010 : Mayday Outstanding Contributor's Award, International Association for the Study of Pain, Special Interest Group on Pain in Children.
*2010 : Logan Wright Distinguished Research Award, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) American Psychological Association
*2013 : Manning Principal Award for best innovation in Canada for Strongest Families 9with Patricia Lingley Pottie)
*2013 : Initial winner of the Pat Award for Mentorship of the International Forum for Pediatric Pain
*2016 : Legacy of Leadership Award, HealthCareCAN
*2017 : Governor General's Award for Innovation for Strongest Families (with Patricia Lingley-Pottie)
*2017 : Difference Makers Award of the Centre for Mental Health and Addiction
Books
* McGrath, P.J. & Firestone, P. (Eds.). (1983). Pediatric and adolescent behavioral medicine: Issues in treatment. New York: Springer.
* Firestone, P., McGrath, P. & Feldman, W. (Eds.). (1983). Advances in behavioral medicine for children and adolescents. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
* Feldman, W., Rosser, W. & McGrath, P. (1987). Primary medical care of children and adolescents. Oxford University Press.
* McGrath, P. & Unruh, A. (1987). Pain in children and adolescents. Amsterdam: Elsevier. Published in hardcover and softcover editions.
* Anand, K.J.S. & McGrath, P.J. (Eds.). (1993). Pain in Neonates. Amsterdam: Elsevier. Also available in paperback.
* Finley, G.A. & McGrath, P.J. (Eds.) (1998). Measurement of pain in infants and children. Seattle: IASP Press.
* WHO working group (P.J. McGrath and 21 others). (1998). Cancer Pain Relief and Palliative Care in Children. Geneva, WHO.
* McGrath, P.J. & Finley, G.A. (Eds.) (1999) Chronic and recurrent pain in children and adolescents. Seattle: IASP Press
* Anand, K.J.S., Stevens, B. & McGrath, P.J. (Eds.) (2000). Pain in Neonates, 2nd edition, Amsterdam, Elsevier
* Finley, G.A. & McGrath, P.J. (Eds.) (2001) Acute and procedure pain in infants and children. Seattle, IASP Press.
* McGrath, P.J. & Finley, G.A. (eds.) (2003) Pediatric Pain: Biological and Social Context. Seattle, IASP Press
* Finley GA, McGrath PJ, Chambers CT (eds.).(2006). Bringing Pain Relief to Children. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.
* Anand, KJS, Stevens B, and McGrath PJ (eds.) (2007) Pain in Neonates and Infants (3rd ed). Elsevier, New York
* McGrath, PJ, Stevens,BJ, Walker, SM and William T. Zempsky, WT, (eds) Oxford Textbook of Paediatric Pain, Oxford