MacKinnon | Health Quality Programs

Dr. Neil J. MacKinnon BSc(Pharm), MSc(Pharm), PhD, FCSHP, FNAP

Position(s)

Adjunct Associate Professor, Queen's University | President, Central Michigan University, Michigan, USA

Contact Info

Graduate Student Supervision - I am not currently accepting PhD students for co-supervision in the area of Health Quality.

Dr. Neil MacKinnon became the 16th president of Central Michigan University on November 1, 2024.

Prior to his current position, he was Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Augusta University in Augusta, Georgia. He was Dean of the James L Winkle College of Pharmacy at the University of Cincinnati. He was Director of the State Office of Rural Health for Arizona and a Professor at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. He was also Professor and Associate Director for Research at the College of Pharmacy at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada.

A native of Nova Scotia, Dr. MacKinnon completed an undergraduate degree in pharmacy at Dalhousie University, a Master's degree in Hospital Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin, an administrative hospital pharmacy residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, and a PhD and a fellowship at the University of Florida. He completed a midcareer Harkness fellowship in international health care policy with the Commonwealth Fund under the direction of Dr. Stephen Soumerai, Professor at Harvard Medical School. He completed the Institute for Management and Leadership in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

A pharmacist, Dr. MacKinnon has practiced in both the community and hospital settings. He is a fellow and a past president of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists. In 2010, he co-authored a national bestselling book in Canada with a primary care physician called Take As Directed. In 2018, he was inducted into the National Academies of Practice. As Provost, he maintains an active research program in health policy with over 190 publications and 300 presentations to date. His fourth book, on the opioid crisis, will be published in late 2021.

Teaching/Clinical Practice

Public health, the role of the pharmacist, patient safety, health reform, career planning.

Affiliations

President, Central Michigan University

Adjunct Professor (Courtesy Appointment), School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queens University

Adjunct Professor, School of Health Administration (Faculty of Health Professions) and the Department of Community Health & Epidemiology (Faculty of Medicine), Dalhousie University

Publications

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