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Alison Macpherson

ResearcherKinesiology and Health SciencesYork University

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Alison Macpherson

Researcher

Kinesiology and Health Sciences

York University

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.
Principal investigator on 14 research grants (14 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Child Injury Prevention Health Policy

Latest papers

Insights into vulnerable road user injury trends in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian city trends 2012-2022.
Journal of safety research · 2026
Child maltreatment cases in Ontario and British Columbia during the pandemic: A comparative study.
Child abuse & neglect · 2026
Social and Economic Factors and Disparities in Pediatric Trauma Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Academic pediatrics · 2026

All 67 publications

Latest funding

Speed, Safety, and Equity: Unveiling the Impact of Automated Speed Enforcement on Collisions in Canadian Cities
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$501,076
You-CAN (Youth Concussion Awareness Network) SHRed Concussions (Surveillance in High School and Community Sport to Reduce Concussions and their Consequences): Canadian Youth Informing Best Practice and Policy in the Prevention of Sport-related Concussions
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,500,000
Modernizing the Electronic Resource Allocation Tool to Improve the Economic Analysis of Preventable Injuries in Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 33 grants and awards

67 publications.

Insights into vulnerable road user injury trends in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian city trends 2012-2022.

Rothman L, Howard A, Winters M, Saunders N, Macpherson A, Hagel BE, Macarthur C, HubkaRao T, Pike I, Zubair S, Cloutier MS, Harris MA, Chevrier T, Zanotto M, Fuselli P, Batomen B

Journal of safety research2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2026.04.017 PMID: 42744516

Child maltreatment cases in Ontario and British Columbia during the pandemic: A comparative study.

Cho KBH, Rajabali F, Karmali S, McFaull S, Campeau A, Smith B, Carsley S, Pike I, Macpherson A, Richmond SA

Child abuse & neglect2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2026.108115 PMID: 42140020

Social and Economic Factors and Disparities in Pediatric Trauma Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Gnanvi JE, Freire G, Yanchar N, Beaulieu E, Tardif PA, Adadja J, Bérubé M, Macpherson A, Pike I, Zemek R, Gagnon IJ, Carsen S, Gabbe B, Gnanou S, Duval C, Moore L

Academic pediatrics2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2025.103185 PMID: 41238112

Risky driving behaviors at school drop-off across Canadian municipalities: Findings from the Child Active Transportation Safety and the Environment (CHASE) study.

Pitt TM, Macpherson A, Fridman L, Hagel BE, Winters M, Cloutier MS, HubkaRao T, Fuselli P, Howard A, Rothman L

Traffic injury prevention2026

DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2025.2478153 PMID: 40205785

Association of serum carotenoids, steatotic liver disease, and metabolic dysfunctions with all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality.

Sadrmanesh O, Mirzadeh P, Macpherson A, Kuk JL

Applied physiology, nutrition, and metabolism = Physiologie appliquee, nutrition et metabolisme2026

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2026-0201 PMID: 42673617

Concussion Awareness Training Tool for Youth: Impact on Concussion Knowledge, Beliefs, and Reporting Intentions.

Shepherd HA, Galarneau JM, Neill M, Karmali S, Turcotte K, Williamson RA, Cowle S, Macpherson A, Reed N, Schneider KJ, Belton KL, Gagnon I, Black AM, Emery CA, Babul S

Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education2025

DOI: 10.1177/10901981241263577 PMID: 39138808

Evidence-Informed Quality Indicators for Pediatric Trauma Care.

Moore L, Yanchar NL, Tardif PA, Weiss M, Beaulieu E, Stang A, Gagnon I, Gabbe B, Stelfox T, Pike I, Macpherson A, Berthelot S, Klassen T, Beno S, Carsen S, Labrosse M, Zemek R, Priestap F, Burstein B, Remick KE, Yeates KO, Merritt N, Kuppermann N, Loellgen R, Davis N, Lecky F, Teague W, Holland A, Malo C, Beaudin M, Archambault P, Freire G, Quality Indicators in Pediatric Trauma Care Expert Consensus Group

JAMA pediatrics2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.0036 PMID: 40163207

Built environment change for injury prevention: insights from public health professionals across public health units in Ontario, Canada.

McCullogh E, Macpherson A, Harrington DW, Pike I, Hagel B, Buchan C, Fuselli P, Richmond SA

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-21118-z PMID: 39754087

Modelling prevalent cardiovascular disease in an urban Indigenous population.

Avery L, Maddox R, Abtan R, Wong O, Rotondi NK, McConkey S, Bourgeois C, McKnight C, Wolfe S, Flicker S, Macpherson A, Smylie J, Rotondi M

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-022-00669-x PMID: 35945472

Vulnerable road user injury trends following the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Canada: An interrupted time series analysis.

Batomen B, Macpherson A, Lewis J, Howard A, Ruth Saunders N, Richmond S, Anne Harris M, Saskin R, Zagorski B, Macarthur C, Fuselli P, Rothman L

Journal of safety research2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2024.02.007 PMID: 38858038

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Child Injury Prevention Dear Professor Macpherson, 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 "Insights into vulnerable road user injury trends in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian city trends 2012-2022." (2026), 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 "You-CAN (Youth Concussion Awareness Network) SHRed Concussions (Surveillance in High School and Community Sport to Reduce Concussions and their Consequences): Canadian Youth Informing Best Practice and Policy in the Prevention of Sport-related Concussions" (2025), 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]

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Alison Macpherson

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Insights into vulnerable road user injury trends in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Canadian city trends 2012-2022.

Child maltreatment cases in Ontario and British Columbia during the pandemic: A comparative study.

Social and Economic Factors and Disparities in Pediatric Trauma Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Risky driving behaviors at school drop-off across Canadian municipalities: Findings from the Child Active Transportation Safety and the Environment (CHASE) study.

Association of serum carotenoids, steatotic liver disease, and metabolic dysfunctions with all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality.

Concussion Awareness Training Tool for Youth: Impact on Concussion Knowledge, Beliefs, and Reporting Intentions.

Evidence-Informed Quality Indicators for Pediatric Trauma Care.

Built environment change for injury prevention: insights from public health professionals across public health units in Ontario, Canada.

Modelling prevalent cardiovascular disease in an urban Indigenous population.

Vulnerable road user injury trends following the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Canada: An interrupted time series analysis.

Frequent collaborators

Ian Pike

Linda Rothman

Andrew Howard

Pamela Fuselli

Hala Tamim

Meghan Winters

Lynne Moore

Roger Zemek

Natalie Yanchar

Gabrielle Freire

Sasha Carsen

Brent Hagel

Astrid Guttmann

Antonia Stang

Simon Berthelot

Shelina Babul

Marie-Soleil Cloutier

Brice Batomen

Ning Liu

Matthew Weiss

Teresa To

Sean Wharton

Yan Kestens