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Philip McCallion

  • College of Public Health

    • Social Work

      • Professor

      • Director

Biography

Philip McCallion, PhD, is currently professor and director of the School of Social Work within the College of Public Health at Temple University. He is also director of the ABA Centers of America Autism Lab, co-founder/co-PI/co-applicant of the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, and national consultant on intellectual disabilities and dementia for the National Alzheimer's and Dementia Resource Center. For over 30 years, McCallion's systems design, translational research, and training offerings to states, large cities, and communities have extended to:

  • Improving systems integration, creating aging-prepared/friendly communities
  • Embedding continuous quality improvement processes and outcomes, evidence-based health promotion, self-management, care transitions, options counseling, screening, and participant-directed practices in services delivery
  • Development and successful randomized control trial testing of interventions
  • Evaluation of non-pharmacological interventions for persons with dementia and persons with intellectual disabilities and dementia and of psycho-educational interventions for families including kinship caregivers, with improved reach to African American, Latinx/Hispanic, Chinese, and Korean families
  • In-person, webinar-based, and phone-based training and technical assistance in eight countries on aging, dementia care, and related service redesign including programming for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and for autistic individuals
  • Development of innovative demonstration projects designed to maintain aging persons with intellectual disabilities in the community
  • Advancing early identification, assessment, care planning, and person-centered care for older adults, persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and autistic individuals
  • Increasing the reach of palliative care programs

McCallion has offered trainings and technical assistance in the translation and implementation of evidence-based/evidence-informed interventions, participant-centered counseling, and self-directed service strategies, as well as the launching, management, and evaluation of aging and disability resource centers and aging-prepared communities. He is a master trainer in National DPP and in Making the Connection (to address loneliness and isolation) as well as co-developer of the COMPASS EBI data and project management system.

Professor McCallion, ranked by ScholarGPS for the past five years as #4 globally in the field of intellectual disability, has over 250 publications and has received over $50,000,000 in grants and contracts. He is a fellow of the National Academies of Practice, American Association of Social Work and Social Welfare, the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and the Gerontological Society of America. He has received the Career Achievement Award from the Association for Community Organization and Social Action; a Lifetime Achievement Award, from the American Public Health Association's Disability Division; the President’s Award for Exemplary Community Engagement from the University at Albany; a Career Achievement Award from the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work; and the Excellence in Research Award from the University at Albany.

Education

  • PhD, University of Albany
  • MSW, University of Albany
  • BSSc, Social Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast Northern Ireland

Curriculum Vitae 

Google Scholar: Philip McCallion's Google Scholar profile

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

SSWU 3011

The Social Worker in the Group

Undergraduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Janicki, M., McCallion, P., Jokinen, N., Larsen, F., Mughal, D., Palanisamy, V., Santos, F., Service, K., Shih, A., Shooshtari, S., Thakur, A., Tiziano, G., & Watchman, K. (2025). Autism and Dementia: A Summative Report from the 2nd International Summit on Intellectual Disabilities and Dementia. J Autism Dev Disord. United States. 10.1007/s10803-025-06843-7

  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., Eustace-Cook, J., Burke, Ã., & McCallion, P. (2025). Physical health effects of sedentary behaviour on adults with an intellectual disability: A scoping review. J Intellect Disabil, 29(1), 167-193. England. 10.1177/17446295221107281

  • Gorman, A., Odalović, M., McCallion, P., Paul, A., Burke, Ã., MacLachlan, M., McCarron, M., Henman, M., Moran, M., O'Connell, J., Shankar, R., Ryan, C., & O'Dwyer, M. (2025). Comparing self-report medication data from a longitudinal study on intellectual disability and national dispensing records. J Intellect Disabil Res, 69(1), 103-111. England. 10.1111/jir.13192

  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., & Burke, E. (2025). To Identify and Compare ActivPAL Objectively Measured Activity Levels With Self-Reported Activity From the International Physical Activity Questionnaire in Older Adults With Intellectual Disability. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil, 38(1), e13327. England. 10.1111/jar.13327

  • Corrigan, S., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., & Burke, Ã. (2025). The Impact of Menopause on the Mental Health of Women With an Intellectual Disability: A Scoping Review. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil, 38(1), e70017. England. 10.1111/jar.70017

  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., & Burke, E. (2024). An exploration into self-reported inactivity behaviours of adults with an intellectual disability using physical activity questionnaires. J Intellect Disabil Res, 68(12), 1396-1407. England. 10.1111/jir.13184

  • Lee, J., Ferretti, L., Nelson, C., Nigam, P., Zawacki, J., & McCallion, P. (2024). Health Disparities in Hospitalized Pediatric Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder and COVID-19. Children (Basel), 11(11). Switzerland. 10.3390/children11111363

  • McMahon, M., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2024). An invisible population: Late-stage cancer diagnosis for people with intellectual or developmental disability. Cancer, 130(5), 668-670. United States. 10.1002/cncr.35132

  • McCausland, D., Haigh, M., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2024). IRB challenges in multisite studies: A case report and commentary from the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA). HRB Open Res, 7, 3. Ireland. 10.12688/hrbopenres.13854.1

  • Brennan, D., D'eath, M., Dunne, N., O'Donovan, M., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2023). Irish social policy to family carers of adults with an intellectual disability: A critical analysis. J Intellect Disabil, 27(4), 1013-1031. England. 10.1177/17446295221115296

  • Kelly, K., Margaret, H., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., Burke, E., & Wormald, A.D. (2023). Moral distress in carers for people with an intellectual disability who died during the COVID-19 pandemic, a template analysis extending the Barlem and Ramos model of moral distress. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil, 36(3), 507-515. England. 10.1111/jar.13073

  • Wormald, A., McGlinchey, E., D'Eath, M., Leroi, I., Lawlor, B., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., O'Sullivan, R., & Chen, Y. (2023). Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Caregivers of People with an Intellectual Disability, in Comparison to Carers of Those with Other Disabilities and with Mental Health Issues: A Multicountry Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 20(4). Switzerland. 10.3390/ijerph20043256

  • Dennehy, H., Allen, A.P., McGlinchey, E., Buttery, N., García-Domínguez, L., Chansler, R., Corr, C., Dunne, P., Kennelly, S., Daly, L., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2023). A scoping review of post-diagnostic dementia supports for people with intellectual disability. Aging Ment Health, 27(8), 1456-1465. England. 10.1080/13607863.2022.2130171

  • McMahon, M., Lynch, L., Wormald, A., Eustace-Cook, J., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., & Smith, V. (2023). Prevalence and incidence of cancer amongst adults with intellectual disability - a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. HRB Open Res, 6, 51. Ireland. 10.12688/hrbopenres.13740.2

  • Shi, J., Ferretti, L., & McCallion, P. (2022). Attending with family members, completion rate and benefits accrued from chronic disease self-management program. Chronic Illn, 18(4), 784-795. United States. 10.1177/17423953211032263

  • Maguire, E., Mulryan, N., Sheerin, F., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2022). Autism spectrum disorder in older adults with intellectual disability: a scoping review. Ir J Psychol Med, 39(3), 287-300. England. 10.1017/ipm.2021.65

  • McCausland, D., Murphy, E., McCarron, M., & McCallion, P. (2022). The potential for person-centred planning to support the community participation of adults with an intellectual disability. J Intellect Disabil, 26(3), 603-623. England. 10.1177/17446295211022125

  • King, E., Brangan, J., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., Bavussantakath, F.R., & O'Donovan, M. (2022). Predictors of Productivity and Leisure for People Aging with Intellectual Disability. Can J Occup Ther, 89(2), 135-146. United States. 10.1177/00084174211073257

  • McCarron, M., McCausland, D., McGlinchey, E., Bowman, S., Foley, M., Haigh, M., Burke, E., & McCallion, P. (2022). Recruitment and retention in longitudinal studies of people with intellectual disability: A case study of the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (IDS-TILDA). Res Dev Disabil, 124, 104197. United States. 10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104197

  • Sheerin, F., Allen, A.P., Fallon, M., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., Mulryan, N., & Chen, Y. (2022). Staff mental health while providing care to people with intellectual disability during the COVID-19 pandemic. Br J Learn Disabil. England. 10.1111/bld.12458

  • Janicki, M.P., Hendrix, J.A., McCallion, P., & Panel, a.t.N.C.E.C. (2022). Examining older adults with neuroatypical conditions for MCI/dementia: Barriers and recommendations of the Neuroatypical Conditions Expert Consultative Panel. Alzheimers Dement (Amst), 14(1), e12335. United States. 10.1002/dad2.12335

  • Wormald, A., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2022). An exploration of the consequences of, and coping with loneliness in an ageing intellectual disability population. HRB Open Res, 5, 2. Ireland. 10.12688/hrbopenres.13452.2

  • Shuhaimi, L.A., Henman, M., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., & O'Dwyer, M. (2022). The adverse effects of long-term exposure to anticholinergics among people with intellectual disabilities: a scoping review. HRB Open Res, 5, 63. Ireland. 10.12688/hrbopenres.13599.1

  • McCarron, M., McCausland, D., Luus, R., Allen, A., Sheerin, F., Burke, E., McGlinchy, E., Flannery, F., & McCallion, P. (2021). The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on older adults with an intellectual disability during the first wave of the pandemic in Ireland. HRB Open Research, 4, 93. doi: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13238.2.

  • Ryan, J., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., Luus, R., & Burke, E. (2021). Overweight/obesity and chronic health conditions in older people with intellectual disability in Ireland. J Intellect Disabil Res, 65(12), 1097-1109. England. 10.1111/jir.12900

  • McCarron, M., Allen, A., McCausland, D., Haigh, M., Luus, R., Bavussantakath, F.R., Sheerin, F., Mulryan, N., Burke, E., McGlinchey, E., Flannery, F., & McCallion, P. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on people ageing with an intellectual disability in Ireland: Protocol for a follow-up survey. HRB Open Research, 4, 95. doi: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13340.2.

  • McCausland, D., Luus, R., McCallion, P., Murphy, E., & McCarron, M. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on the social inclusion of older adults with an intellectual disability during the first wave of the pandemic in Ireland. J Intellect Disabil Res, 65(10), 879-889. England. 10.1111/jir.12862

  • Monaghan, R., O'Dwyer, M., Luus, R., Mulryan, N., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., & Henman, M.C. (2021). The relationship between antiepileptic drug load and challenging behaviors in older adults with intellectual disability and epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav, 122, 108191. United States. 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108191

  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., & Burke, E. (2021). Sedentary behaviour levels in adults with an intellectual disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis. HRB Open Research, 4, 69. doi: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13326.1.

  • Shuhaimi, L.A., Henman, M., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., & O'Dwyer, M. (2021). The impact of long-term exposure to anticholinergics among people with intellectual disabilities: a scoping review protocol. HRB Open Research, 4, 62. doi: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13266.1.

  • Manduchi, B., Walshe, M., Burke, Ã., Carroll, R., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2021). Prevalence and risk factors of choking in older adults with intellectual disability: Results from a national cross-sectional study. J Intellect Dev Disabil, 46(2), 126-137. England. 10.3109/13668250.2020.1763278

  • Dee, B., Burke, E., Romero-Ortuno, R., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2021). Factors associated with the progression of deficit accumulation frailty among adults with an intellectual disability: a systematic review revealing research gaps. HRB Open Research, 4, 58. doi: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13257.1.

  • O'Brien, F., McCallion, P., Carroll, R., O'Dwyer, M., Burke, E., & McCarron, M. (2021). Reflections about hypertension in older adults with an intellectual disability: the importance of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring (HBPM)-Authors' reply. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs, 20(4), 391. England. 10.1093/eurjcn/zvab024

  • O'Brien, F., McCallion, P., Carroll, R., O'Dwyer, M., Burke, E., & McCarron, M. (2021). The prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in older adults with an intellectual disability in Ireland: a cross sectional study. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs, 20(4), 315-323. England. 10.1093/eurjcn/zvaa019

  • Monaghan, R., O'Dwyer, M., Luus, R., Mulryan, N., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., & Henman, M.C. (2021). Antiepileptic drugs, occurrence of seizures and effect of co-administration of potential seizure threshold-lowering psychotropic drugs in adults with intellectual disability who have epilepsy. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil, 34(3), 818-829. England. 10.1111/jar.12857

  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., & Burke, E. (2021). Sedentary behaviour levels in adults with an intellectual disability: a systematic review protocol. HRB Open Research, 3, 57. doi: 10.12688/hrbopenres.13123.2.

  • McCallion, P., Ferretti, L., & McCarron, M. (2021). The emergence of ageing with long-term disability populations. In Handbook on Ageing with Disability (pp. 219-228).

  • Sheerin, F., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2021). Responding to changing workforce realities: One profession's experience. In Handbook on Ageing with Disability (pp. 323-336).

  • McCausland, D., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2021). Health and wellness among persons ageing with intellectual disability. In Handbook on Ageing with Disability (pp. 229-239).

  • O'Dwyer, M., Watkins, L., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., Henman, M., & Shankar, R. (2021). Optimising medicines use in older adults with intellectual disability who have epilepsy: challenges and perspectives. Ther Adv Drug Saf, 12, 20420986211025157. England. 10.1177/20420986211025157

  • McCarron, M., McCausland, D., Luus, R., Allen, A., Sheerin, F., Burke, E., McGlinchy, E., Flannery, F., & McCallion, P. (2021). The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on older adults with an intellectual disability during the first wave of the pandemic in Ireland. HRB Open Res, 4, 93. Ireland. 10.12688/hrbopenres.13238.2

  • McCarron, M., Allen, A., McCausland, D., Haigh, M., Luus, R., Bavussantakath, F.R., Sheerin, F., Mulryan, N., Burke, E., McGlinchey, E., Flannery, F., & McCallion, P. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 on people ageing with an intellectual disability in Ireland: Protocol for a follow-up survey. HRB Open Res, 4, 95. Ireland. 10.12688/hrbopenres.13340.2

  • McCallion, P., Shi, J., Ferretti, L.A., & McCarron, M. (2021). Utilizing the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) to Understand the Aging of People Living in the Community with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Health, 13(1), 47-59. doi: 10.4236/health.2021.131005.

  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., & Burke, E. (2021). Sedentary behaviour levels in adults with an intellectual disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis. HRB Open Res, 4, 69. Ireland. 10.12688/hrbopenres.13326.2

  • McCallion, P. & Ferretti, L.A. (2020). Psychosocial Concerns Among Ageing Family Caregivers. In Mental Health, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Ageing Process (pp. 249-259). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-56934-1_15.

  • Brennan, D., McCausland, D., O'Donovan, M.A., Eustace-Cook, J., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2020). Approaches to and outcomes of future planning for family carers of adults with an intellectual disability: A systematic review. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil, 33(6), 1221-1233. England. 10.1111/jar.12742

  • Phadraig, C.M.G., Farag, M., McCallion, P., Waldron, C., & McCarron, M. (2020). The complexity of tooth brushing among older adults with intellectual disabilities: Findings from a nationally representative survey. Disabil Health J, 13(4), 100935. United States. 10.1016/j.dhjo.2020.100935

  • Phadraig, C.M.G., Griffiths, C., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., Wride, M.A., & Nunn, J.H. (2020). How dentists learn behaviour support skills for adults with intellectual developmental disorders: A qualitative analysis. Eur J Dent Educ, 24(3), 535-541. England. 10.1111/eje.12534

  • Sheerin, F., McCallion, P., McGlinchey, E., O’Dwyer, M., Reilly, E., & McCarron, M. (2020). Aging with Intellectual Disability: Dementia and Cognitive Decline. In Handbook of Dual Diagnosis (pp. 311-330). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-46835-4_19.

  • Burke, Ã.A., Walsh, J.B., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2020). Making Reasonable Adjustment to Enable and Support People With Intellectual Disability Engage in Objective Health Measures in a Research Study—The Health Fair in the Intellectual Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Inclusion, 8(2), 124-137. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988-8.2.124.

  • O'Dwyer, M., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., O'Connell, J., & Henman, M. (2020). Measuring drug burden in older adults with intellectual disabilities: Critical issues for consideration in finding the optimal measure to improve safety of medicines use. Expert Opin Drug Saf, 19(6), 649-652. England. 10.1080/14740338.2020.1751119

  • McCausland, D., Stancliffe, R.J., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2020). Longitudinal use and factors associated with public transport and other travel options for older people with an intellectual disability in Ireland. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil, 33(3), 442-456. England. 10.1111/jar.12686

  • McCausland, D., McCallion, P., Brennan, D., & McCarron, M. (2020). In pursuit of meaningful occupation: Employment and occupational outcomes for older Irish adults with an intellectual disability. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil, 33(3), 386-397. England. 10.1111/jar.12681

  • Bond, L., Carroll, R., Mulryan, N., O'Dwyer, M., O'Connell, J., Monaghan, R., Sheerin, F., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2020). Biopsychosocial factors associated with depression and anxiety in older adults with intellectual disability: results of the wave 3 Intellectual Disability Supplement to The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. J Intellect Disabil Res, 64(5), 368-380. England. 10.1111/jir.12724

  • McGlinchey, E., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2020). Down syndrome and dementia: advances in the field. Curr Opin Psychiatry, 33(3), 278-283. United States. 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000589

  • O’Donovan, M., McCallion, P., McCausland, D., & McCarron, M. (2020). Choice as People Age with Intellectual Disability: An Irish Perspective. In Choice, Preference, and Disability (pp. 303-315). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-35683-5_16.

  • O'Connell, J., Henman, M.C., McMahon, N., Burke, Ã., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., & O'Dwyer, M. (2020). Medication burden and frailty in older adults with intellectual disability: An observational cross-sectional study. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf, 29(4), 482-492. England. 10.1002/pds.4987

  • Smith, M., Manduchi, B., Burke, Ã., Carroll, R., McCallion, P., & McCarron, M. (2020). Communication difficulties in adults with Intellectual Disability: Results from a national cross-sectional study. Res Dev Disabil, 97, 103557. United States. 10.1016/j.ridd.2019.103557

  • AlMutairi, H., O'Dwyer, M., Burke, E., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., & Henman, M.C. (2020). Laxative use among older adults with intellectual disability: a cross-sectional observational study. Int J Clin Pharm, 42(1), 89-99. Netherlands. 10.1007/s11096-019-00942-z

  • McCallion, P. (2020). Social Work Response Needed to the Challenge of COVID-19 for Aging People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilties. J Gerontol Soc Work, 63(6-7), 595-597. United States. 10.1080/01634372.2020.1769791

  • Lynch, L., McCarron, M., McCallion, P., & Burke, E. (2020). Sedentary behaviour levels in adults with an intellectual disability: a systematic review protocol. HRB Open Res, 3, 57. Ireland. 10.12688/hrbopenres.13123.2