Education
- PhD (Communications) University of Massachusetts
- MTS (Master of Theological Studies, Applied Theology, Women's Studies) Harvard University
- BA (Anthropology; Economics) Appalachian State University, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Biography
Dr. Cindy Patton, Professor, received her Ph.D. in Communications from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1992. Dr. Patton joined the Department of Sociology and Anthropology in May of 2003 as Canada Research Chair in Community, Culture, and Health. She is an Associate Member in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies. Dr. Patton has worked in health research for four decades. She has published work in the areas of: social study of medicine (especially AIDS); social movement theory; gender studies; and media studies. Her current research interests include: social study of medicine health, especially social aspects of AIDS; bioethics; the history of sexuality; continental theory; research design, especially mixed methods; and Taiwan studies.
Research Interests
Social study of medicine; continental theory; research design; and bioethics.
Books include:
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Rebirth of the Clinic: Places and Agents in Contemporary Health Care Cindy Patton (editor) 2010 |
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Global Science/ Women's Health. Youngstown, New York: Teneo Press. Cindy Patton & Helen Loshny (editors) 2008. |
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Cinematic Identity: Anatomy of a Problem Film, University of Minnesota Press Cindy Patton (2007) [ Abstract ] |
Pierre Bourdieu, a special issue of Cultural Studies (co-edited with Mary Pileggi) Winter 2003 |
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Gender, HIV and Globalization, a special issue of Feminist Media Studies, (co-edited with Meredith Raimondo) London: Routledge, 2.1, April 2002 |
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Globalizating AIDS, "Theory Out of Bounds" Series, Minneapolis , MN: University of Minnesota Press, Spring 2002 |
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Queer Diasporas (co-edited with Benigno Sanchez-Eppler) Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2000 |
Awards
Winship Distinguished Research Professor, Emory University, 1999-2002
Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, Emory University, 1997, 1998
Research Funding
Using a System Analytic Approach to Living (SynAL) with Chronic Diseases
Scott Lear (Health Sceinces), Miriam Rosin (Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology), Nadine Schuurman (Geography), and Andrew Wister (Gerontology).
Community Health Solutions Institute
with Scott Lear and Andrew Wister
Centre for the Study of Gender, Social Inequities and Mental Health
with Marina Morrow
SSHRC
Accidental Community
Principal Investigator: Cindy Patton
Collaboration: Mary Stuart Petty, Susan Cadell
Institutions of Co-Investigators: St Paul's Hospital
2005 -2008
MSFHR Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Senior Scholar Award in Population Health
Principal Investigator: Cindy Patton (SFU)
2005-2007
CRC Canada Research Chairs
Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Community, Culture and Health
Principal Investigator: Cindy Patton (SFU)
2003-2008
SSHRC
Public Access Homelessness Research Library
Principal Investigator: Cindy Patton (SFU)
Co-Investigators: Lynn Copeland (SFU - Dean of Libraries)
2006-2007
SSHRC - Pilot Tools Project
Tools to Analyze Health
Principal Investigator: Cindy Patton (SFU)
2006-2007
CIHR
A mixed-method approach for analyzing and reducing health disparities that are embedded in social and behavioral practices
Principal Investigator: Cindy Patton
Co-Investigator: Marky Tyndall, Carl Schwartz (UBC)
2006-2007
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
INTEGRATE: Inderdisciplinary Team Generating Research on Complex Patients to Develop Innovative Solutions
Joint Investigator: Cindy Patton
Collaboration: Adeera Levin (St Paul's Hosp/UBC)
2006-2007