CEO
Iwaspoisoned.com
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Patrick Quade is the founder and CEO of Iwaspoisoned.com, a pioneering crowdsourcing platform that identifies food safety issues in real-time. Leveraging his data and analytics expertise honed during his years on Wall Street, along with his deep knowledge of public health informatics, Patrick has been instrumental in driving the success of this platform. With over a decade of experience in crowdsourced surveillance systems and food safety technology, he is a respected figure in the field, dedicated to protecting individuals from foodborne illnesses and contributing to a safer food industry.
Patrick is a co-author of the peer-reviewed paper “A Platform for Crowdsourced Foodborne Illness Surveillance: Description of Users and Reports,” published in JMIR Public Health & Surveillance in 2017. The study demonstrated the extensive reach of the Iwaspoisoned platform and established its value as a complement to traditional surveillance approaches. Patrick and his platform have been extensively featured in major media outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal, for their role in detecting outbreaks and improving public health outcomes.
Quade has also presented at over 50 conferences in the U.S. and internationally, with a focus on food safety and environmental health—such as, the International Association for Food Protection Conference (IAFP) in 2016, 2018, 2023, and 2024, the Global Food Safety Initiative Conference (GFSI) in 2019, and the National Environmental Health Association Annual Educational Conference (NEHA) in 2017, 2018, and 2024.