Alexander Summers

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Western University profile.

Case Study Covid-19 Deliberative Dialogue Delphi Technique Family Physicians Influenza Pandemic Planning Primary Care

Latest papers

Development of a classification of common interventions to describe the work of local public health agencies.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025 · first author
Disproportionate Rates of COVID-19 Among Black Canadian Communities: Lessons from a Cross-Sectional Study in the First Year of the Pandemic.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025

All 2 publications

Latest funding

3PC-I: Pandemic Planning for Primary Care - Implementing a plan in Southwestern Ontario
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Exploring the untold story of COVID-19: Understanding the wider and future impacts of the pandemic and finding solutions to improve population health, resiliency, and preparedness
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$455,243

All 2 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Development of a classification of common interventions to describe the work of local public health agencies.

Summers A, Kearon J, Maaten S, Gabriel C, Harvey A, Sangster Bouck M, McCann M, Verhaeghe T, DeMars D, Oyelade A

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01016-6 PMID: 40095297

02

Disproportionate Rates of COVID-19 Among Black Canadian Communities: Lessons from a Cross-Sectional Study in the First Year of the Pandemic.

Allen UD, Barton M, Upton J, Bailey A, Campigotto A, Abdulnoor M, Julien JP, Gubbay J, Kissoon N, Litosh A, La Neve MR, Wong P, Allen A, Bailey R, Byrne W, Jagoowani R, Phillips C, Merreles-Pulcini M, Polack A, Prescod C, Siddiqi A, Summers A, Thompson K, Thompson S, James C, seroMARK Research Group

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities2025

DOI: 10.1007/s40615-023-01903-z PMID: 38253978

3PC-I: Pandemic Planning for Primary Care - Implementing a plan in Southwestern Ontario

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - PA: Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies Research

Principal investigators: Mathews, Maria; Summers, Alexander T; Wickett, Jamie

Keywords: Case Study; Covid-19; Deliberative Dialogue; Delphi Technique; Family Physicians; Influenza; Pandemic Planning; Primary Care; Primary Care Nurses

$100,000

Exploring the untold story of COVID-19: Understanding the wider and future impacts of the pandemic and finding solutions to improve population health, resiliency, and preparedness

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Gr.: Addr. Wider Impacts of COVID-Imp. on social/econ/pop iss/pbl outcomes

Principal investigators: Ryan, Bridget L; Terry, Amanda L

Keywords: Covid-19 Pandemic Population Health Impacts; Health Behaviours; Mixed Methods; Resilience; Social Isolation

$455,243

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

Frequent collaborators

Family Medicine
Epidemiology
Department of Biochemistry
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
Clinical Public Health Division
Other

Co-authors at Western University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Joanne Kearon

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Arjumand Siddiqi

Epidemiology

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Jean-Philippe Julien

Department of Biochemistry

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Jonathan Gubbay

Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Peter Wong

Clinical Public Health Division

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Aaron Campigotto

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Annette Bailey

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Case Study Dear Professor Summers, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Development of a classification of common interventions to describe the work of local public health agencies." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "3PC-I: Pandemic Planning for Primary Care - Implementing a plan in Southwestern Ontario" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]