Dennis Fitzpatrick is past Vice-President for Research at the University of Lethbridge and is currently chair of Genome Alberta's Board of Directors. He previously held positions at the University of Manitoba where he was head of the Department of Foods and Nutrition for ten years and at Agriculture Canada where he worked as a research scientist in the Animal Feed Safety and Nutrition Program on the Central Experimental Farm research complex in Ottawa.

Dr. Fitzpatrick is a biological scientist by training, holding degrees in biological sciences, nutrition and biochemistry. His research program focused on the environment, nutrition and human health. He maintained an active research program for over twenty years conducting research in two major areas, nutritional toxicology sponsored by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and Andean Foods Systems sponsored by the International Development Research Centre of Canada.

Dr. Fitzpatrick has served on the executive of a number of scientific societies including President of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies and the Canadian Society for Nutritional Sciences. He served as Chair of the Council of Congress for the International Union of Nutritional Sciences 16th International Congress held in Montreal and is current on several national boards including the Biotechnology Human Resources Council and the National Research Council Committee on International Science, Engineering and Technology as well as a number of regional initiatives.

Dennis' roles and responsibilities at U of L include the following:

Providing the overall leadership for the strategic development of research at The University of Lethbridge;
Soliciting new funding opportunities and maximizing the external resources that can be brought to The University of Lethbridge in support of its research programs;
Encouraging new funding applications and fostering departmental and professional research initiatives; and,
Facilitating the University's long-term planning and government relations.

dennis.fitzpatrick@uleth.ca

Dennis was recently honoured with an ASTech Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Alberta Science and Technology Community