Barbara Fallon

Barbara Fallon, PhD, is the Associate Vice-President, Research for the University of Toronto and a Professor at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work. Dr. Fallon also holds a Canada Research Chair in Child Welfare. She is an Adjoint Professor at the Kempe Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, University of Colorado School of Medicine and a Professor at The Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Fallon’s research interests include comparisons of child protection systems, the disproportional and disparate representation of racialized groups within the child welfare system, and the contribution of worker and organizational characteristics to child-welfare decision making.