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Paul Macpherson

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Associate ProfessorBiochemistry, Microbiology and ImmunologyUniversity of Ottawa

Paul Macpherson

Associate Professor

Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

Faculty of Medicine

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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19 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2012.

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Research

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Blood Donation Equity Deserving Groups Feasibility Health Behaviour Change Intervention Development Plasma Donation Survey Systematic Reviews

Latest papers

Impact of “absolute” versus “relative” HIV risk communication on pre-exposure prophylaxis interest in Canada: a randomized survey
AIDS Care · 2026
Use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men: low uptake and retention despite high-risk indications.
AIDS care · 2025
Intracellular tenofovir-diphosphate concentrations in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis users who underwent bariatric surgery.
HIV medicine · 2025

All 44 publications

Latest funding

Building and sustaining trust in healthcare: Co-developing a compendium of equitable strategies for building, rebuilding and maintaining trust
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$956,248
Building and sustaining trust in healthcare: Co-developing a compendium of equitable strategies for building, rebuilding and maintaining trust
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Expanding source plasma donation in Canada: Enhancing the capability, opportunity, and motivation of under-represented Canadians to donate plasma
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$761,176

All 15 grants and awards

44 publications.

Impact of “absolute” versus “relative” HIV risk communication on pre-exposure prophylaxis interest in Canada: a randomized survey

Oo MM, Karabelas-Pittman S, Hull M, Grace D, Lachowsky NJ, MacPherson P, Woodward K, Tan DHS

AIDS Care20261 citations

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2025.2587911

Use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men: low uptake and retention despite high-risk indications.

Orser L, MacPherson P, O'Byrne P, Saeed M

AIDS care2025

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2024.2437564 PMID: 39644220

Intracellular tenofovir-diphosphate concentrations in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis users who underwent bariatric surgery.

McGarrity MW, MacPherson P, Li A, Naccarato M, Anderson P, Tan DHS

HIV medicine2025

DOI: 10.1111/hiv.13759 PMID: 39812218

Acute Dyspnea With an Infiltrative Tracheal Mass.

Villeneuve J, Selvam R, Gomes MM, Souza C, MacPherson P

Chest2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.10.030 PMID: 38336444

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and opportunities for vaccination against hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus and human papillomavirus: an analysis of the Ontario PrEP cohort study

McGarrity MW, Lisk R, MacPherson P, Knox D, Woodward KS, Reinhart J, MacLeod J, Bogoch II, Clatworthy D, Biondi MJ

Sexually Transmitted Infections20243 citations

DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2023-055961

Reported Side Effects and Adherence of Daily HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Users in Ontario, Canada: An Analysis of the Ontario Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Cohort Study

Rudd M, McGarrity M, Lisk R, MacPherson P, Knox D, Woodward K, Reinhart J, MacLeod J, Bogoch II, Clatworthy D

AIDS Patient Care and STDs20242 citations

DOI: 10.1089/apc.2024.0144

Hepatitis C Virus Seroprevalence, Incidence, and Screening Patterns in Ontario Preexposure Prophylaxis Users

McGarrity MW, Lisk R, MacPherson P, Knox D, Woodward KS, Reinhart J, MacLeod J, Bogoch II, Clatworthy D, Biondi MJ

Open Forum Infectious Diseases20241 citations

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf014

Navigating imperfect policies to donate plasma: Survey on plasma donation and a pilot plasma donation program among men who have sex with men in Canada.

Vesnaver E, Gibson E, Goldman M, Butler-Foster T, Hill NE, Lapierre D, MacDonagh R, Rubini KA, Miguel G, Rosser A, MacPherson P, Palumbo A, Randall T, Osbourne-Sorrell W, O'Brien SF, Otis J, Greaves M, Al-Bakri TB, Reid M, Labrecque M, Germain M, Orvis S, Clapperton AT, Devine D, Presseau J

Transfusion2023

DOI: 10.1111/trf.17398 PMID: 37218408

Barriers and enablers to and strategies for promoting domestic plasma donation throughout the world: Overarching protocol for three systematic reviews.

Etherington C, Palumbo A, Holloway K, Meyer S, Labrecque M, Rubini K, Shorr R, Welch V, Gibson E, Foster T, Haw J, Vesnaver E, Maharshi MT, O'Brien SF, MacPherson P, Dogba J, Steed T, Goldman M, Presseau J

PloS one2023

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296104 PMID: 38128026

Baseline characteristics of a prospective cohort study of aging and cardiovascular diseases among people living with HIV.

Giguère K, Chartrand-Lefebvre C, Baril JG, Conway B, El-Far M, Falutz J, Harris M, Jenabian MA, Leipsic J, Loutfy M, Mansour S, MacPherson P, Margolese S, McMillan JM, Monteith K, Murray MCM, Pick N, Thomas R, Trottier B, Trottier S, Tsoukas C, Walmsley S, Wong A, Tremblay C, Durand M, Canadian HIV And Aging Cohort Study Group

HIV medicine2023

DOI: 10.1111/hiv.13550 PMID: 37779267

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Paul Macpherson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Impact of “absolute” versus “relative” HIV risk communication on pre-exposure prophylaxis interest in Canada: a randomized survey

Use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men: low uptake and retention despite high-risk indications.

Intracellular tenofovir-diphosphate concentrations in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis users who underwent bariatric surgery.

Acute Dyspnea With an Infiltrative Tracheal Mass.

HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and opportunities for vaccination against hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus and human papillomavirus: an analysis of the Ontario PrEP cohort study

Reported Side Effects and Adherence of Daily HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Users in Ontario, Canada: An Analysis of the Ontario Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Cohort Study

Hepatitis C Virus Seroprevalence, Incidence, and Screening Patterns in Ontario Preexposure Prophylaxis Users

Navigating imperfect policies to donate plasma: Survey on plasma donation and a pilot plasma donation program among men who have sex with men in Canada.

Barriers and enablers to and strategies for promoting domestic plasma donation throughout the world: Overarching protocol for three systematic reviews.

Baseline characteristics of a prospective cohort study of aging and cardiovascular diseases among people living with HIV.

Frequent collaborators

Patrick O'Byrne

Daniel Grace

Elisabeth Vesnaver

Mindy Goldman

Justin Presseau

Kevin Woodward

Joanne Otis

Mark Hull

Dana Devine

Girish Dwivedi

Ryan Lisk

Sharon Walmsley

Carl Chartrand-Lefebvre

Ron Rosenes

Fanta Ongoiba

Madeleine Durand

Ramandip Grewal

Gary Garber

Olli Saarela

Aisha Lofters

Gina Ogilvie

Aisha Lofters

Nathan Lachowsky

Ron Rosenes

Madeleine Durand

Jorge Flores-Aranda

Cole Etherington

Christopher Bredeson

Lothar Huebsch

Samer Mansour

Nicolas Chomont

Mohammad-Ali Jenabian

Danielle Rice

Shari Margolese

Christos Tsoukas

Petronela Ancuta

Fiona Smaill

Alan Li

Vivian Welch

Clare Liddy