Marie Johnston

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Marie Johnston FMedSci FRSE FRCPE is a British psychologist who specialises in health psychology. She is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen.

Biography[edit]

After getting her BSc at the University of Aberdeen, Johnston later moved to the University of Hull, where she got her PhD in 1970.[1][2] After working at the University of Oxford as a postdoctoral fellow (1970-1977). she worked as a lecturer at the Royal Free and University College Medical School from 1977 until 1990, when she moved to the University of St Andrews and became a professor.[1] While at St Andrews, she was appointed Chair of Psychology in 1992.[3] In 2003, she moved to the University of Aberdeen and remained professor until 2011, when she was promoted to emeritus professor.[1]

As an academic, Johnston specialises in health psychology.[1] She has also served as chair of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Health Psychology division (1986) and as president of the European Health Psychology Society (1992).[2] In 1994, she was awarded the BPS's Presidents' Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge.[4] She has also authored or edited several books related to health psychology.[2]

Johnston was elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1998.[5][6] She was elected Fellow of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in 2000.[1] She was appointed Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society in 2005.[7] In addition to her 1988 regular fellowship,[1] she was elected Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 2011.[8] She is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Professor emerita Marie Johnston". AcademiaNet. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Professor Marie Johnston". University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Trailblazing Women at the University of St Andrews: A Celebration for International Women's Day". University of St Andrews Special Collections blog. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Presidents' Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge". Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Professor Marie Johnston". The Academy of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Professor Marie Johnston". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Fellowship". EHPS.net. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Founders, Fellows, Presidents and Members". BPS. Retrieved 23 December 2023.