Karen Saperson
Affiliations
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Saperson is a University Academic Representative with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for McMaster University.
McMaster University
She is employed as a Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University, and is head of that department.1) She is also the Program Director for Geriatric Psychiatry, and the Academic Head for the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry.2)
Psychiatric Practice
Saperson practices psychiatry through St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and has hospital privileges at McMaster Children’s Hospital, St. Peter’s Hospital (Hamilton Health Sciences), Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, and St. Joseph's Centre for Mountain Health Services.3)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Saperson was a recipient of the 2017 Royal College’s AMS/Donald R. Wilson Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. “Dr. Saperson is unquestionably a pioneer in the field of mentorship.”4) She was selected for the reward “for inspiring and developing novel teaching methodologies that have raised the quality and quantity of research and scholarship emanating from her department at McMaster University.”
World Psychiatric Association
Saperson’s publication history includes studies funded by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), associated with the World Health Organization (WHO)5) 6) and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).7)
COVID-19
Saperson retweeted a Globe and Mail article blaming the “roughly 1.5 million eligible Ontarians [who are aged 12 or older] without a single jab” as being “the people responsible for keeping the pandemic alive.”8) The article cites data from the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table claiming that “being unvaccinated makes you more than five times more likely to catch COVID-19, and 26 times more likely to wind up in intensive care.” Further, the article insists that mandatory masking, vaccine passports, improved ventilation, capacity limits and complete vaccination are required.9)