Margaret Moss

Dr. Margaret Moss is a Professor in the Faculty of Applied Science, School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia and Director of the UBC First Nations House of Learning. An enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation with Dakhóta lineage, she is the first American Indian to hold both Nursing and Juris Doctorates.

Her credentials include:

• PhD
• JD
• RN
• FAAN

Her research centers on Indigenous health disparities, health equity frameworks, aging policies, and structural determinants of health. She pioneered scholarship through award-winning texts addressing systemic inequities in American Indian health and nursing practice, influencing federal policy reviews on racial health disparities.

Key recognitions:

• Forbes 50 over 50 Impact List (2021)
• American Academy of Nursing Board membership (2021)
• National Academy of Medicine election (2022)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowship
• Fulbright Research Chair at McGill University

With 23 years of academic leadership across four institutions, Dr. Moss co-developed the globally recognized UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan (2020) and currently shapes national health policy through her NAM committee work reviewing federal policies contributing to health inequities.