Philippa Eleanor Pattison (born 11 April 1952) worked in the area of Quantitative psychology and retired in December 2021 as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Education at the University of Sydney.

[3] In a number of these roles she was involved in the introduction and implementation of the Melbourne Model (a restructure of the undergraduate curriculum to provide only generalist undergraduate courses and specialist postgraduate courses)[1] and oversight of learning and teaching, including eLearning and the introduction of MOOCs to the University.

[4][5] As DVC Education she is a member of the University’s senior executive group and leads the strategy for teaching and learning at Sydney.

[5] Pattison was named on the Queen’s Birthday 2015 Honours List as an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to higher education, particularly through contributions to the study of social network modelling, analysis and theory and to university leadership and administration".

[5] Her work has broad application, from tracking the spread of infectious diseases to following the recovery of communities after the 2009 Victorian bushfires,[5] and has been funded by competitive grants in Australia and the US.