Upton D. Allen MBBS, MSc, FAAP, FRCPC

Upton D. Allen, OOnt., MBBS, MSc, FAAP, FRCPC, Hon FRCP (UK), FIDSA. Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. He is Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Hospital for Sick Children. Professor Allen is a Senior Associate Scientist in the Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children. His primary appointment is with the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics at the Hospital for Sick Children. He is also a professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto. He was born in Jamaica and received his medical degree from the University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica. He received pediatric training at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. His subspecialty training in Infectious Diseases was also done at The Hospital for Sick Children. He obtained further research training leading to a degree in Clinical Epidemiology (MSc) from McMaster University. Prior to the start of his training in Canada, he worked at the Princess Margaret Hospital, Nassau, Bahamas.

Professor Allen is a past director of the Infectious Diseases Society of America and Fellow of the Society. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (UK). He is a past Chair of the Infectious Diseases Specialty Training Committee, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC). He previously served as a member of the Specialty Standards Review Committee, RCPSC. He is actively involved in clinical and research activities relating to immunocompromised patients, including children with cancers and those who have undergone organ transplantation. He is co-chair of the SickKids Caribbean Initiative on Paediatric Cancers and Serious Blood Disorders. This is a collaborative initiative between The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and 6 Caribbean countries, aimed at improving outcomes from childhood cancers in these countries (Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, The Bahamas, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Lucia).

Professor Allen has had many other academic and professional accomplishments. He has had numerous invited lectures internationally, visiting professorships, greater than 200 scientific publications, several book chapters, more than 150 scientific abstracts and several peer-reviewed research grants. Past awards include the Harry Jerome Award, the African Canadian Achievement Award of Excellence in the Health Sciences, the UWI Vice-Chancellor’s Award and the Clinical Science Established Investigator Award from the American Society of Transplantation. In 2018, he was awarded the Order of Ontario, which is the highest honor awarded by the province of Ontario.