Academic Partner

Barbara Fallon is Associate Vice-President, Research and a full Professor at the Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. Dr. Fallon holds a Canada Research Chair in Child Welfare.  She has with cross-appointments at the Hospital for Sick Children and the Kempe Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Department of Pediatrics, University Colorado School of Medicine. Her research has received over 31 million dollars, focusing on the collection of novel data to inform child welfare systems, policy, and practice.

Professor Fallon’s scientific impact on child welfare is evident in her high productivity: over 200 peer-reviewed publications including seminal papers in Child Abuse and Neglect, Child Maltreatment, the Canadian Medical Association Journal, and crucial child welfare textbooks. She has robust international partnerships making significant contributions to leading conference programs, including the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect and the European Scientific Association on Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.