Prof. Alison Fox-Robichaud, BSc, MSc, MD, FRCPC (Int Med, Crit Care)

Dr. Fox-Robichaud (she/her) is Professor of Medicine at McMaster University and a Critical Care Medicine Specialist, Head of Service for the Critical Care Response Team, and Director of Medical Education at Hamilton Health Sciences. She is also the Scientific Director of Sepsis Canada, a nationally funded research network, and holds the Hamilton Health Science Chair in Sepsis Research. She has over 150 peer reviewed publications reflecting broad academic interests including animal models of sepsis, translational medicine, 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, the council of the World Federation of Intensive and Critical Care. She is the Chair of the organizing committee for the 17th World Congress of Intensive and Critical Care to be held in Vancouver Canada September 16-19, 2025.

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.