Allison McGeer

Allison McGeer
Allison McGeer
Born	1953 (age 70–71)
Alma mater	University of Toronto (BS, MSc, MD)
Known for	Pandemic response, SARS coronavirus research, vaccine approval, public health guidance
	Scientific career
Institutions	Sinai Health System; Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute; Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology at the University of Toronto

Allison Joan McGeer FRCPC (born 1953) is a Canadian infectious disease specialist in the Sinai Health System, and a professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. She also appointed at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and a Senior Clinician Scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, and is a partner of the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases. McGeer has led investigations into the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in Toronto and worked alongside Donald Low. During the COVID-19 pandemic, McGeer has studied how SARS-CoV-2 survives in the air and has served on several provincial committees advising aspects of the Government of Ontario's pandemic response.

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