Allison McGeer | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto (BS, MSc, MD) |
| Known for | Pandemic response |
| 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 (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.