Linda McGillis Hall, RN, PhD, FCAHS, FCNEI, FAAN, FCAN is a Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto and was the Kathleen Russell Distinguished Professor from 2013 to 2019. She served as the Associate Dean Research at the Faculty (2007-2013 and 2014-2018), Acting Dean (July-Dec 2011), and Interim Dean (July 2013-August 2014). Her work has been acknowledged through national and international fellowships including as the first Canadian nurse inducted as an American Academy of Nursing ‘International’ Fellow (2007), a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (2010), was named a Senior Massey Fellow (2015), a Fellow of the Canadian Nurse Educator Institute (2018), and a Fellow of the Canadian Nurses Association (2020). 

She also received numerous national and international research honours including being the inaugural recipient of the Canadian Nurses Association Order of Merit for Nursing Research in Canada (2008), the Award for Excellence in Nursing Research from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (2011), the Research Mentorship Award from the U.S. Health Services Research Organization – ‘Academy Health’s Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues (2013), and selection to the Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing, Nurse International Researcher Hall of Fame (2016). Her research also earned her a number of prestigious awards including the Pat Griffin Scholar from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (2017), an Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care [MOHLTC] Nursing Senior Career Research Award (2009-2012), a Canadian Institutes of Health Research [CIHR] New Investigator Award (2002-2007), and a Premier’s Research Excellence Award from the Government of Ontario (2003-2008).

Professor McGillis Hall is a recognized leader in nursing health services and systems research, with a particular focus on regulated and unregulated professions (particularly nursing), health human resources, health care work environments and outcomes of models of care She gives invited presentations nationally and internationally, contributes to review panels and works extensively with policy, professional, health system, union leaders, and federal and provincial governments. Her current work is focused on evaluating the models of care implemented by health care organizations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.