Noni MacDonald
{{short description|Canadian physician}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Noni E. MacDonald
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|ONS|size=100%}}
| alma_mater = University of Ottawa
Queen's University
McGill University
University of Rochester
| workplaces = University of Ottawa
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Dalhousie University
}}
Noni E. MacDonald {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|ONS}} is a Canadian physician. She is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University. In 2019, MacDonald was awarded the Order of Nova Scotia and Order of Canada.
Early life and education
MacDonald earned her bachelor's degree at Queen's University in 1970.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.longwoods.com/content/16679|title=Dr. Noni MacDonald, Dean of Medicine, Dalhousie University|last=Martin|first=Cynthia|date=2002-03-15|journal=Healthcare Quarterly|volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=80–84 |doi=10.12927/hcq..16679 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-31|doi-access=free}} She moved to the University of Ottawa for her graduate studies, where she specialised in microbiology. She remained here for her medical degree, which she completed magna cum laude in 1975.
MacDonald was awarded the university medal for highest academic attainment. She remained in Ottawa for her residency training and became board certified in 1978. MacDonald completed her speciality training in paediatric infectious diseases at McGill University and the University of Rochester. In 1983 MacDonald was the first paediatrician in Canada to complete the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada certification in paediatric infectious diseases.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dal.ca/news/2019/11/04/dr--noni-macdonald-to-be-invested-into-order-of-nova-scotia.html|title=Dr. Noni MacDonald to be invested into Order of Nova Scotia|website=Dalhousie News|access-date=2019-12-31}}
Career
In 1981, MacDonald joined the faculty at the University of Ottawa, where she founded the Division of Infectious Diseases. She led the Paediatric Infectious Diseases Service at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. In 1996 MacDonald founded the journal Paediatrics & Child Health, which was the first Canadian journal on paediatric medicine. Her research considered the microbiology of cystic fibrosis, sexually transmitted infections in adolescents and the development of vaccinations for infectious diseases.
In 1999 MacDonald left Ottawa and moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia. At Dalhousie University she became the first woman in Canada to be elected Dean of a Faculty of Medicine, and held this position until 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://signalhfx.ca/doctor-who-broke-glass-ceiling-for-women-in-medicine-inducted-to-order-of-nova-scotia/|title=Doctor who broke glass ceiling for women in medicine inducted to Order of Nova Scotia|last=Miller|first=Simon|website=The Signal|date=26 November 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-31}} That year she was a founding member of the World Health Organisation Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, and has held various positions on technical committees and in training development since then. She remains on their Strategic Advisory Committee on Immunisation, which considers the demand for vaccines, as well as serving as a consultant for vaccine safety.{{Cite web|url=https://www.who.int/immunization/sage/members/bio_macdonald/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312222027/http://www.who.int/immunization/sage/members/bio_macdonald/en/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 12, 2017|title=WHO {{!}} Professor Noni E MacDONALD|website=WHO|access-date=2019-12-31}} As part of her work with the WHO MacDonald is developing the 2021 – 2030 Global Vaccine Action Plan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.csih.org/en/about/membership/lifetime-achievement-award|title=Lifetime Achievement Award {{!}} CSIH|website=www.csih.org|access-date=2019-12-31}}
Affiliations
In 2004, with support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation she founded the Canadian Center for Vaccinology (CCfV). The CCfV was established to implement and evaluate vaccine technologies as well as training experts in infectious diseases and global health.{{Cite web|url=http://centerforvaccinology.ca/about-ccfv/|title=About CCfV - Participate in a Study|website=Canadian Center For Vaccinology|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-12-31}} She has spoken about the dangers of vaccine hesitancy and how the internet permits the dangerous messaging of anti-vaxxers.{{Cite journal|last1=MacDonald|first1=Noni E.|last2=Butler|first2=Robb|last3=Dubé|first3=Eve|date=2018-01-02|title=Addressing barriers to vaccine acceptance: an overview|journal=Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics|volume=14|issue=1|pages=218–224|doi=10.1080/21645515.2017.1394533|issn=2164-5515|pmc=5791591|pmid=29048975}} At Dalhousie University MacDonald teaches a course Addressing Evidence Denial in Public.
MacDonald serves on the advisory board of the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases and on the Board of Directors of Academics Without Borders.{{Cite web|url=https://nccid.ca/partner/noni-macdonald/|title=Noni MacDonald|website=National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases|date=20 May 2015 |language=en-CA|access-date=2019-12-31}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.awb-usf.org/awb-team/noni-macdonald/|title=Noni MacDonald – Academics Without Borders / Universitaires Sans Frontieres|language=en|access-date=2019-12-31}} MacDonald is interested in building the healthcare capacity of the developing world.{{Cite web|url=https://medicine.dal.ca/departments/department-sites/pediatrics/our-people/our-faculty/noni-macdonald.html|title=Noni MacDonald|website=Dalhousie University|access-date=2019-12-31}} She co-founded East Africa's MicroResearch, a program that looks to support local health providers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.microresearch.ca/leadership|title=Leadership|website=MicroResearch|language=en-CA|access-date=2019-12-31}} MicroResearch is modelled on principles from microfinance, developing solutions that are appropriate for the context and culture of African communities. From 2008 to 2019 MicroResearch had led more than forty two-week workshops across seven African countries, training in excess of 1000 healthcare professionals and community members. In particular MicroResearch looked to train women, improving their opportunities for leadership and tackling the gender gap in African research. The success of the programme resulted in a similar version being launched in Canada in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.microresearch-international.ca/|title=Micro Research International - Nova Scotia|website=www.microresearch-international.ca|access-date=2019-12-31}}
She was invested into the Order of Nova Scotia in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://novascotia.ca/iga/2019recipients.asp|title={{!}} novascotia.ca|website=novascotia.ca|access-date=2019-12-31}} That year she was also awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Society for International Health. In 2021, MacDonald was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.{{Cite web |title=PRESS RELEASE {{!}} THE RSC PRESENTS THE CLASS OF 2021 {{!}} The Royal Society of Canada |url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/news/press-release-rsc-presents-class-2021 |access-date=2022-04-05 |website=rsc-src.ca|date=7 September 2021 }}
Selected publications
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Her publications include:
- {{Cite journal|last=MacDonald|first=Noni E.|date=1982|title=Respiratory Syncytial Viral Infection in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease|journal=N Engl J Med|volume=307|issue=7|pages=397–400|doi=10.1056/NEJM198208123070702|pmid=7088112}}
- {{Cite journal|last=MacDonald|first=Noni E.|date=1990|title=High-Risk STD/HIV Behavior Among College Students|journal=JAMA|volume=263|issue=23|pages=3155–3159|doi=10.1001/jama.1990.03440230051031|pmid=2348524 }}
- {{Cite journal|last=MacDonald|first=Noni E.|date=1998|title=Induction of Immunologic Memory by Conjugated vs Plain Meningococcal C Polysaccharide Vaccine in Toddlers|journal=JAMA|volume=280|issue=19|pages=1685–1689|doi=10.1001/jama.280.19.1685|pmid=9832000|doi-access=}}
MacDonald has served as editor for the journals Paediatrics & Child Health and the Canadian Medical Association Journal, as well as acting as child health editor for the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Global Public Health.{{Cite web|url=https://canvax.ca/dr-noni-macdonald|title=Dr. Noni MacDonald {{!}} CANVax|website=canvax.ca|access-date=2019-12-31}} In 2004 the Canadian Paediatric Society founded the Noni MacDonald Award, which is given annually to researchers who have positively affected paediatrics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cps.ca/en/awards-prix/noni-macdonald-award|title=Noni MacDonald Award {{!}} Canadian Paediatric Society|last=Society|first=Canadian Paediatric|website=www.cps.ca|language=en|access-date=2019-12-31}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/psychology/home/news/current/leadbeater-Noni-MacDonald-Award.php|title=Bonnie Leadbeater: Recipient of the 2017 Dr. Noni MacDonald Award. - University of Victoria|website=UVic.ca|language=en|access-date=2019-12-31}}
Personal life
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