In August 2024, the Unité de soutien SSA Québec welcomed four Learning Health System (LHS) Leaders to its team. They will support the Unit’s projects to implement a learning Quebec healthcare system in their respective University Health and Social Services Networks (Réseaux universitaires de santé et de services sociaux also known as RUISSSs). Working closely with the scientific co-directors of their respective SSA-RUISSS teams, the LHS leaders will play a key role in facilitating the networking and mobilization of players in their field.
The creation of these positions is intended to break down silos and make way for real partnership working in health and social services, and to promote the integration of science into practice, ultimately to deploy a Quebec-based LHS.
1 LHS leader / RUISSS
The arrival of the LHS leaders will facilitate communication of the Unit’s strategic priorities and scientific programming to the RUISSSs, as well as collaboration with their human resources and institutions.
McGill University SSA-RUISSS team
Alexandra de Pokomandy
Scientific Comanagement of the McGill SSA-RUISSS team
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Valérie Grenier
LHS Leader – RUISSS McGill and RUISSS Université de Montréal
Paula Bush
Methodology
Frédérique Poncet
Leading young researcher in LHS
Project: Interventions to improve participation among people with acquired brain injuries: development, implementation and evaluation of new innovative practices (free translation)
Tracie A Barnett
Scientific Comanagement of the Data Management axis and Partnership branch of the McGill SSA-RUISSS team
Sonia Lussier
Patient partner Comanagement of the Data Management axis and Partnership branch of the McGill SSA-RUISSS team
SSA-RUISSS Université de Montréal team
Marie-Thérèse Lussier
Scientific copromotor – PATIenTS Program
Clara Dallaire
Patient Partner, project copromotion within the PATIenTS program
Catherine Lemyze
Patient Partner of the partnership branch of the Université de Montréal SSA-RUISSS team
Amal Abdel-Baki
Scientific Comanagement of the Université de Montreal SSA-RUISSS team
Marie-Hélène Goulet
Leading young researcher in LHS
Project: Control measures in mental health: a participatory approach to prevent their use (free translation)
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Marie-Pascale Pomey
Scientific Comanagement of the Partnership axis and Partnership branch of the Université de Montréal SSA-RUISSS team
SSA-RUISSS Université de Sherbrooke team
Geneviève Boisvert
LHS Leader – RUISSS Université de Sherbrooke and RUISSS Université Laval
Catherine Wilhelmy
Patient Partner Scientific Comanagement, comanagement of the Université de Sherbrooke SSA-RUISSS team and of the patient partners community "Expériences"
Isabelle Gaboury
Scientific Comanagement of the Université de Sherbrooke SSA-RUISSS team
Matthew Garriss
Patient Partner of the partnership branch of the Université de Sherbrooke SSA-RUISSS team
Ariane Girard
Leading young researcher in LHS
Project: Application of the learning health system approach to improving clinical follow-up of people with common mental disorders
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SSA-RUISSS Université Laval team
Maude Laberge
Scientific Comanagement of the Université Laval SSA-RUISSS team and Health Economics
Samira Amil
Patient Partner Comanagement of the Université Laval SSA-RUISSS team and its Partnership branch, project copromotion within the PATIenTS program and Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Gender-Based Analysis Plus
Marie-Pierre Gagnon
Scientific Representation of the Partnership branch of the Université Laval SSA-RUISSS team
Maxime Sasseville
Leading young researcher in LHS
Project: Sustainable implementation of self-reported measures (PROM) and data valorization for an equitable and personalized first line (IMPROV) (free translation)
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Mathieu Hotton
Leading young researcher in LHS
Project: Hearing Health Services for Adults and Seniors with Hearing Loss: Improving Accessibility and Quality of Services to Better Serve the Québec Population (free translation)
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The SSA-RUISSS teams are completed
Launched in 2022 by the Unité de soutien SSA Québec in collaboration with the province’s four Réseaux universitaires intégrés de santé et de services sociaux (RUISSS), the SSA-RUISSS teams have completed their recruitment.
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