Dr. Marjorie MacDonald

Marjorie MacDonald is a Professor Emerita and Adjunct Professor in both the School of Nursing and the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria. She is also a scientist in the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR). From 2009 to 2015, Marjorie held the inaugural CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Research Chair, the first research chair held by a faculty member in Nursing. She was President of the Public Health Association of BC (PHABC) from 2011 to 2015.

In 2015, Marjorie received the Award for Excellence in Advancing Nursing Knowledge and Research from the Association of Registered Nurses of BC, and in 2016, a Lifetime Achievement Award from PHABC. In 2018, PHABC established the Dr. Marjorie MacDonald Scholarship for Contributions to Public Health.

Marjorie’s research interests include PH and primary care collaboration, adolescent health promotion, substance use prevention, and public health ethics. A selection of completed research projects include the following CIHR-funded studies: the equity lens in public health, “Renewal of Public Health Systems in BC and Ontario,” a realist synthesis of the implementation of public health interventions, a meta-narrative synthesis of the use of e-cigarettes, and the use of complexity science in public health. She retired in 2018, but continues to hold her position as CISUR Scientist.