Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Faculty Member

Heather Katherine Scott-​Marshall BS.c, MS.c, PhD

Research Interests

Workplace psychological health and safety; psychosocial risk; occupational health and safety; work-related risk exposures; workplace wellbeing; structural determinants of occupational health; health inequalities; precarious employment; work disability; longitudinal methods.

Education & Training History

• BSc Psychology, University of Toronto
• MSc Behavioural Science, Department of Community Health, University of Toronto
• PhD Social and Behavioural Health Sciences, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto

Professional Summary & Appointments

• President and Scientific Director, Mission Research
• Adjunct Professor, Social and Behavioural Health Sciences, Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Representative Publications

Scott-Marshall, H. K., Slot, T., & Marshall, L. (2026). Workplace wellbeing in Ontario’s public sector: Employee and employer perspectives on workplace supports. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 23(7), 909. https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/23/7/909

Scott-Marshall, H. K. (2024). Safe limits on work hours in the nursing profession: A rapid evidence review. Frontiers in Global Women’s Health, 5, 1455422. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2024.1455422

Tarshis, S., Scott-Marshall, H. K., & Alaggia, R. (2022). An analysis of comparative perspectives on economic empowerment among employment-seeking survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) and service providers. Societies, 12, 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc12010016

Scott-Marshall, H. K. (2021). A political economy lens on health inequalities in the 21st century. American Journal of Public Health, 111(4), 553–555.

Scott-Marshall, H. K. (2020). Structural origins of health determinants: Implications for research and policy. American Journal of Public Health, 110(8), 1173–1174.

Scott-Marshall, H. K. (2019). Occupational gradients in work-related insecurity and health: Interrogating the links. International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, 49(2), 212–236.

Fan, J. K., Amick, B. C., Richardson, L., Scott-Marshall, H. K., & McLeod, C. B. (2018). Labor market and health trajectories during periods of economic recession and expansion in the United States, 1988–2011. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 44(6), 639–646.

Steenstra, I., Cullen, K., Irvin, E., Van Eerd, D., Alavinia, M., Beaton, D., Geary, J., Gignac, M., Gross, D., Mahood, Q., Macdonald, S., Puts, M., Scott-Marshall, H., & Yazdani, A. (2017). A systematic review of interventions to promote work participation in older workers. Journal of Safety Research, 60, 93–102.

Scott-Marshall, H., Tompa, E., Wang, Y., & Liao, Q. (2014). Long-term mortality risk in individuals with permanent work-related impairment. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 105(5), e330–e335.

Scott-Marshall, H., Tompa, E., Liao, Q., & Fang, M. (2013). Marital formation in individuals with permanent work-related impairment. Disability and Health Journal, 6(1), 43–51.

Scott-Marshall, H. K. (2013). A commentary on “A randomized controlled trial to improve health among women receiving welfare in the US: The relationship between employment outcomes and the economic recession.” Social Science & Medicine, 80, 141–146.

Scott-Marshall, H. K., & Tompa, E. (2011). The health consequences of precarious employment experiences. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 38(4), 369–382.

Scott-Marshall, H. K. (2010). The social patterning of work-related insecurity and its health consequences. Social Indicators Research, 96(2), 313–337.

Tompa, E., Scott-Marshall, H. K., & Fang, M. (2010). Social protection and the employment contract: The impact on sickness absence. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 37(3), 251–260.

Tompa, E., Scott-Marshall, H. K., & Fang, M. (2008). The impact of temporary employment and job tenure on work-related sickness absence. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 65, 801–807.

Scott-Marshall, H. K. (2007). Work-related insecurity in the new economy: Evaluating the consequences for health. Research in Political Sociology, 16, 21–60.

Scott-Marshall, H. K., Tompa, E., & Trevithick, S. (2007). The social patterning of underemployment and its health consequences. International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, 44(1), 7–34.

Tompa, E., Scott-Marshall, H. K., Dolinschi, R., Trevithick, S., & Bhattacharyya, S. (2007). Precarious employment experiences and their health consequences: Towards a theoretical framework. Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 28(3), 209–224.

Scott, H. K., Irvine, J., Ritvo, P., & Mann, R. E. (2005). Can psychological interventions reduce mortality rates in patients with coronary heart disease and cancer? A review of randomized trials. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2(2), 13–24.

Scott, H. K. (2004). Reconceptualizing the nature and health consequences of work-related insecurity for the new economy: The decline of workers’ power in the flexibility regime. International Journal of Health Services, 34(1), 143–153.