Alison Fox-Robichaud

Dr. Fox-Robichaud (she/her) is Professor of Medicine at McMaster University and a Critical Medicine Specialist, Head of Service for the Critical Care Response Team and Director of Medical Education at Hamilton Health Sciences. She is also Scientific Director of Sepsis Canada, a nationally funded research network. She has over 140 peer reviewed publications reflecting broad academic interests including animal models of sepsis, health services research and clinical trials.

A leader in the critical care community, she was the first female president of the Canadian Critical Care Society (CCCS) from 2015-2018 and the first female chair of the Canadian Critical Care Examination board. Internationally, she is a member of Global Sepsis Alliance board, the advisory board of the International Society for Rapid Response Systems and the council of the World Federation of Intensive and Critical Care.

She has been honored nationally for her work in electronic early warning scores to prevent patient deterioration. Internationally, in 2018 the Global Sepsis Alliance awarded her an individual award for her sepsis leadership.