Director (Scientific Strategy)
Aetion, Inc.
Patrick (Pat) Arena, PhD, MPH, is a Director of Scientific Strategy at Aetion, Inc., where he brings extensive expertise in epidemiology and real-world data (RWD) methods to advance real-world evidence (RWE) research. With a robust background spanning various healthcare sectors, he has authored numerous publications leveraging RWD across multiple regions, including the USA, China, Africa, and Europe. Prior to Aetion, Pat contributed to post-marketing safety studies in addition to other RWD projects as a contractor with the Epidemiology Group at Pfizer. Pat holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology from Columbia University and a PhD in Epidemiology from UCLA, where his doctoral dissertation focused on the utilization of medical records to evaluate adverse neonatal health outcomes in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). At Aetion, he continues to drive impactful research, applying his epidemiologic expertise to innovative RWD projects and fostering collaborations with key stakeholders in the RWE space.