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Upton Allen

ResearcherPediatricsUniversity of Toronto

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Upton Allen

Researcher

Pediatrics

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
19 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

Adaptive Trials Biostatistics Clinical Trials Hqp Development Job Shadowing Mentorship Pedogagy Training

Latest papers

The IPTA Nashville Consensus Conference on Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders After Solid Organ Transplantation in Children: Updates on Classification and Prevention-2026.
Pediatric transplantation · 2026
IPNA clinical practice recommendations on care of pediatric patients with pre-existing kidney disease during seasonal outbreak of COVID-19.
Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2025
Persistence and decay of neutralizing antibody responses elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection and hybrid immunity in a Canadian cohort.
Microbiology spectrum · 2025 · senior author

All 57 publications

Latest funding

COVID-19 seroepidemiology in children Using Retrieved POPCORN site Leftover Samples (CURNLS)
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
Canadian Training Platform for Trials Leveraging Existing Networks (CAN-TAP-TALENT)
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$4,314,242
Pediatric Outcomes imProvement through COordination of Research Networks (POPCORN)
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$6,700,000

All 12 grants and awards

57 publications.

The IPTA Nashville Consensus Conference on Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders After Solid Organ Transplantation in Children: Updates on Classification and Prevention-2026.

Green M, Michaels MG, Gross T, Allen U, Bollard CM, Martinez O, Yamada M, Swerdlow SH

Pediatric transplantation2026

DOI: 10.1111/petr.70445 PMID: 42720126

IPNA clinical practice recommendations on care of pediatric patients with pre-existing kidney disease during seasonal outbreak of COVID-19.

Alhasan KA, Raina R, Boyer O, Koh J, Bonilla-Felix M, Sethi SK, Amer YS, Coccia P, Temsah MH, Exantus J, Khan SA, Zhong X, Koch V, Duzova A, Vasudevan A, McCulloch M, Allen U, Filler G, Montini G, International Pediatric Nephrology Association

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany)2025

DOI: 10.1007/s00467-024-06565-5 PMID: 39733391

Persistence and decay of neutralizing antibody responses elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection and hybrid immunity in a Canadian cohort.

Nouanesengsy A, Semesi A, Quach K, Ivanochko D, Byrne W, Hwang M, La Neve M-R, Leon-Ponte M, Litosh A, Wisener N, Adeli K, Campigotto A, Grunebaum E, McGeer A, Moraes TJ, Sepiashvili L, Upton J, Julien J-P, Allen U

Microbiology spectrum2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01333-24 PMID: 39969224

Antiviral Therapy for HPAI and Reported Oseltamivir Resistance in Canada.

Mubareka S, Papenburg J, Harrison R, Allen U, Skowronski DM, Hatchette TF, Evans GA

Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2025

DOI: 10.3138/jammi-2025-0307 PMID: 40673056

Immune phenotyping in a pediatric multicenter transplant study: Suitability of a preformulated dry-antibody panel system.

Ionescu LI, Blydt-Hansen T, Foster BJ, Allen U, Birk PE, Hamiwka L, Phan V, Min S, Ivison S, Levings M, West LJ, Mital S, Urschel S

Human immunology2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2024.110837 PMID: 39013208

Valganciclovir and Risk for Neutropenia: When the Friend Becomes the Foe.

Nalli N, Teoh CW, Allen U

Pediatric transplantation2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14817 PMID: 39030959

The IPTA Nashville Consensus Conference on Post-Transplant lymphoproliferative disorders after solid organ transplantation in children: III - Consensus guidelines for Epstein-Barr virus load and other biomarker monitoring.

Preiksaitis J, Allen U, Bollard CM, Dharnidharka VR, Dulek DE, Green M, Martinez OM, Metes DM, Michaels MG, Smets F, Chinnock RE, Comoli P, Danziger-Isakov L, Dipchand AI, Esquivel CO, Ferry JA, Gross TG, Hayashi RJ, Höcker B, L'Huillier AG, Marks SD, Mazariegos GV, Squires J, Swerdlow SH, Trappe RU, Visner G, Webber SA, Wilkinson JD, Maecker-Kolhoff B

Pediatric transplantation2024

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14471 PMID: 37294621

The IPTA Nashville consensus conference on Post-Transplant lymphoproliferative disorders after solid organ transplantation in children: II-consensus guidelines for prevention.

Green M, Squires JE, Chinnock RE, Comoli P, Danziger-Isakov L, Dulek DE, Esquivel CO, Höcker B, L'Huillier AG, Mazariegos GV, Visner GA, Bollard CM, Dipchand AI, Ferry JA, Gross TG, Hayashi R, Maecker-Kolhoff B, Marks S, Martinez OM, Metes DM, Michaels MG, Preiksaitis J, Smets F, Swerdlow SH, Trappe RU, Wilkinson JD, Allen U, Webber SA, Dharnidharka VR

Pediatric transplantation2024

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14350 PMID: 36369745

The IPTA Nashville consensus conference on post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders after solid organ transplantation in children: I-Methodology for the development of consensus practice guidelines.

Wilkinson JD, Allen U, Green M, Dipchand AI, Dharnidharka VR, Esquivel CO, Maecker-Kolhoff B, Preiksaitis J, Swerdlow SH, Webber SA, IPTA Pediatric PTLD Consensus Guidelines Conference

Pediatric transplantation2024

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14333 PMID: 36369733

Differences in medication adherence by sex and organ type among adolescent and young adult solid organ transplant recipients.

Vaisbourd Y, Dahhou M, Zhang X, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Cardinal H, Johnston O, Blydt-Hansen TD, Tibbles LA, Hamiwka L, Urschel S, Birk P, Bissonnette J, Matsuda-Abedini M, BScPhm JH, Schiff J, Phan V, De Geest S, Allen U, Avitzur Y, Mital S, Foster BJ

Pediatric transplantation2023

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14446 PMID: 36478059

COVID-19 seroepidemiology in children Using Retrieved POPCORN site Leftover Samples (CURNLS)

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Operating Grant: POPCORN Supplement

Principal investigators: Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Galanis, Eleni; Strang, Robert A; Basta, Nicole; Bhatt, Maala; Buchanan, Francine; Constantin, Evelyn; Côté, Sylvana; Drouin, Olivier; Dugas, Marc-André; Fontela, Patricia S; Foo, Cheryl P; Foster, Jennifer; Freedman, Stephen B; Gagneur, Arnaud A; Gantt, Soren M; Gill, Peter J; Kakkar, Fatima; Kellner, James D; Klassen, Terry P; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Lalgudi Ganesan, Saptharishi; Li, Patricia T; Mahant, Sanjay; Mater, Ahmed; Muttalib, Fiona; Papenburg, Jesse; Sadarangani, Manish; Sehgal, Anupam V; 't Jong, Geert W; Wahi, Gita; Wright, Bruce

Keywords: Covid 19

Canadian Training Platform for Trials Leveraging Existing Networks (CAN-TAP-TALENT)

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms

Principal investigators: Cheung, Angela M; Ahmed, Sofia B; Allen, Upton D; Bhat, Mamatha; Boyd, Steven K; Crawley, Angela M; Dolatabadi, Elham; Fahim, Christine; Farkouh, Michael E; Feld, Jordan J; Fox, Susan; Furlan, Andrea D; Goligher, Ewan C; Hodgson, David C; Inman, Robert D; Juando Prats, Clara; Lamontagne, Francois; Langlois, Marc-Andre; Levin, Adeera; Mansfield, Avril; Manske, Sarah L; McMaster, W. Robert; Mylopoulos, Maria; Oza, Amit M; Papaioannou, Alexandra; Pinto, Andrew D; Quinn, Kieran L; Rahman, Proton; Razak, Fahad; Richard, Nicolas; Richardson, Harriet; Sander, Beate H; Sellmann, Susanna; Stelfox, Henry T; Straus, Sharon E; Tartaglia, Maria Carmela; Tobe, Sheldon W; Tomlinson, George A; Verma, Amol; Walmsley, Sharon L; Wu, Robert; Xu, Wei

Keywords: Adaptive Trials; Biostatistics; Clinical Trials; Hqp Development; Job Shadowing; Mentorship; Pedogagy; Training

$4,314,242

Pediatric Outcomes imProvement through COordination of Research Networks (POPCORN)

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Op. Grant: Canadian Pediatric COVID-19 Research Platform

Principal investigators: Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Galanis, Eleni; Strang, Robert A; Basta, Nicole; Bhatt, Maala; Buchanan, Francine; Burstein, Brett S; Carwana, Matthew; Choong, Karen; Constantin, Evelyn; Côté, Sylvana; Drouin, Olivier; Dugas, Marc-André; Fontela, Patricia S; Foo, Cheryl P; Foster, Jennifer; Freedman, Stephen B; Gagneur, Arnaud A; Gantt, Soren M; Gill, Peter J; Kakkar, Fatima; Kellner, James D; Klassen, Terry P; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Lalgudi Ganesan, Saptharishi; Li, Patricia T; Mahant, Sanjay; Mater, Ahmed; Morris, Shaun K; Muttalib, Fiona; Papenburg, Jesse; Sadarangani, Manish; Sehgal, Anupam V; 't Jong, Geert W; Top, Karina A; Wahi, Gita; Wright, Bruce

Keywords: Child Health; Covid-19; Critical Care; Data Infrastructure; Emergency Department; Epidemiology; Inpatient Medicine; Vaccine Safety And Effectiveness

$6,700,000

Canadian Training Platform for Trials Leveraging Existing Networks (CAN-TAP-TALENT)

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms - Indirect Costs

Keywords: Adaptive Trials; Biostatistics; Clinical Trials; Hqp Development; Job Shadowing; Mentorship; Pedogagy; Training

$1,078,562

COVID-19 Vaccine Responses among African Canadian Children with and without Sickle Cell Disease

Nominated PICIHR2021Op. Gr.:Emerging COVID-19 Res. Gaps & Priorities (July 2021) - Immune Responses

Principal investigators: Allen, Upton D

Keywords: African Canadians; Children; Immune Response; Sars-Cov-2; Sickle Cell Disease; Vaccines

$482,223

COVID-19 Vaccine Responses among African Canadians: Sustainability of Immune Responses and Safety Profiles.

Nominated PICIHR2021Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities - Vaccines

Principal investigators: Allen, Upton D

Keywords: African Canadians; Immune Response; Safety; Sars-Cov-2; Vaccines

$467,999

CPARG @30: Knowledge translation in the digital age

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kakkar, Fatima

Keywords: Hiv; Knowledge Dissemination; Pediatrics; Tools

$19,811

Measuring what Matters: Integrating Patient-Reported Outcomes into Clinical Practice - A Consensus Conference

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Patient-Oriented Research Collaboration Grants

Principal investigators: Anthony, Samantha J

Keywords: Patient Engagement; Patient-Reported Outcome Measures; Pediatric; Psychosocial; Quality Of Life; Self-Care Management; Transplantation

$24,961

The Canadian National Transplant Research Program: Increasing Donation and Improving Transplantation Outcomes

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Transplantation Research - LOI

Principal investigators: West, Lori J; Caulfield, Timothy A; Hébert, Marie-Josée; Humar, Atul; Keshavjee, Shaf; Knoll, Gregory; Levings, Megan K; Mital, Seema; Roy, Denis-Claude; Schultz, Kirk R

Keywords: Bone Marrow; Immunomodulation; Increasing Donation; Inflammation; Organ Repair; Pediatrics; Solid Organs/Cells; Stem Cells; Transplant Complications; Transplantation

$25,000

The Canadian National Transplant Research Program: Increasing Donation and Improving Transplantation Outcomes

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Transplantation Research - Full Application

Principal investigators: West, Lori J; Caulfield, Timothy A; Hébert, Marie-Josée; Humar, Atul; Knoll, Gregory; Levings, Megan K; Mital, Seema; Roy, Denis-Claude; Schultz, Kirk R; Shapiro, James

Keywords: Bone Marrow; Increasing Donation; Inflammation; Organ Repair; Pediatrics; Solid Organs/Cells; Stem Cells; Tolerance/Immunomodulation; Transplant Complications; Transplantation

$11,250,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Upton Allen

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The IPTA Nashville Consensus Conference on Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders After Solid Organ Transplantation in Children: Updates on Classification and Prevention-2026.

IPNA clinical practice recommendations on care of pediatric patients with pre-existing kidney disease during seasonal outbreak of COVID-19.

Persistence and decay of neutralizing antibody responses elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection and hybrid immunity in a Canadian cohort.

Antiviral Therapy for HPAI and Reported Oseltamivir Resistance in Canada.

Immune phenotyping in a pediatric multicenter transplant study: Suitability of a preformulated dry-antibody panel system.

Valganciclovir and Risk for Neutropenia: When the Friend Becomes the Foe.

The IPTA Nashville Consensus Conference on Post-Transplant lymphoproliferative disorders after solid organ transplantation in children: III - Consensus guidelines for Epstein-Barr virus load and other biomarker monitoring.

The IPTA Nashville consensus conference on Post-Transplant lymphoproliferative disorders after solid organ transplantation in children: II-consensus guidelines for prevention.

The IPTA Nashville consensus conference on post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders after solid organ transplantation in children: I-Methodology for the development of consensus practice guidelines.

Differences in medication adherence by sex and organ type among adolescent and young adult solid organ transplant recipients.

Frequent collaborators

Sheila Weitzman

Lorraine Hamiwka

Seema Mital

Aaron Campigotto

Suzanne Schuh

Tom Blydt-Hansen

Jesse Papenburg

Anne Dipchand

Annie Fecteau

Stanley Read

Tom Blydt-Hansen

Michelle Science

Jesse Papenburg

Allison McGeer

Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze

Seema Mital

Sumit Gupta

Pingzhao Hu

Bukola Salami

Gary Sibbald

Héloise Cardinal

Michael Green

Allan Coates

Cedric Manlhiot

Charles Hui

Andy Willan

Khosrow Adeli

Lillian Sung

Jean-Philippe Julien

Christoph Licht

Beate Sander

Denis Daneman

Atul Humar

Avram Denburg