Professor
Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS
Expertise: Pediatrics, infectious diseases, vaccines and immunology, global health, community-focused research
Dr. Noni MacDonald is a Professor of Paediatrics (Infectious Diseases) at Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is a former Dean of Medicine at Dalhousie University. Her two current major areas of interest involve global health ; 1) Vaccines including vaccine safety, hesitancy, demand, pain mitigation, education and policy especially through her work with the World Health Organization as a member of Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization (SAGE) and the Decade of Vaccines Working Group; and with the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology; 2) MicroResearch, building capacity in community focused research in developing countries and now also in Canada (microresearch-international.ca) to help interdisciplinary health professionals find local solutions for community health problems that fit the context, culture and resources.
She is a Founder and Co-Director of the Centre for MicroResearch International. Dr. MacDonald has published over 400 papers; was the founding Editor- in- Chief of Paediatrics & Child Health for 20 years, and a former Editor- in- Chief of CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). She is the Editor for Child Health for new Oxford University Press publication Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Global Public Health. Dr. MacDonald has long been recognized in Canada and internationally, as an advocate for children and youth health and as a leader in paediatric infectious disease and global health.