Marie Johnston

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

Biography After getting her BSc at the University of Aberdeen, Johnston later moved to the University of Hull, where she obtained her PhD in 1970. In 2003, she moved to the University of Aberdeen and remained professor until 2011, when she was promoted to emeritus professor. 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). She has also authored or edited several books related to health psychology. She was elected Fellow of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences in 2000. In addition to her 1988 regular fellowship, She is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.