Dr. Noni MacDonald is a Professor of Paediatrics at Dalhousie University with a clinical appointment in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax. She is a member of the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology, Halifax and is head of the Health Policy and Translation Group. She is the former Dean of Medicine at Dalhousie University. Prior to coming to Dalhousie in 1999, Dr. MacDonald worked for 18 years at the University of Ottawa, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Ottawa General as a professor, teacher, clinician and researcher in paediatrics and infectious diseases.

Her major research interests have included the microbiology of cystic fibrosis; stress management in medical faculty; sexually transmitted diseases in adolescents; and, vaccines for serious infectious diseases in children and youth. She has published over 190 papers, served on the editorial boards of several major publications, and is the founding Editor in Chief for Paediatrics and Child Health, one of the most read Canadian speciality journals.

She is active in many academic and professional organizations as well as federal government committees and task forces. She also is a consultant to the Department of Immunization, Vaccine and Biologicals of WHO since completion of her term on the World Health Organization’s Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety. Dr. MacDonald has long been recognized in Canada as an advocate for children and youth health and as a leader in paediatric infectious disease.