Team

The Unit’s expertise is based in particular on the facilitation of collaboration between the four Réseaux universitaires de santé et de services sociaux (RUISSSs), their faculties of medicine (Laval, McGill, Montréal and Sherbrooke universities) and their research teams. The coming together of these traditionally highly competitive institutions is in itself a notable success attributable to the establishment and operation of the Unit.

Our Pan-Québec Unit brings together experts whose skills and research are key to enabling the health and social services network to become a learning organization.

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The Unit offers tools, consultation, training, facilitation and networking to all individuals or organizations active in research, healthcare and social services. These services are offered by:

  • Scientific teams and field teams (1/ major University Health and Social Services Networks) led by scientist-patient duos
  • A team of practice facilitators specialized in continuous quality improvement
  • A mobilization team specialized in project and operations management, communication and technopedagogy
  • Experiences’ provincial patient partner community and Indigenous Partner Circles

5 scientific axis and their patient partners develop scientific and experiential knowledge

  • Partenership Axis
  • Data Management Axis
  • Data to Knowledge Axis
  • Change Management Axis
  • Capacity-Building Axis

4 SSA-RUISSS teams (field teams) and their partners apply knowledge to improve practices

  • Université de Montréal SSA-RUISSS team
  • McGill SSA-RUISSS team
  • Université Laval SSA-RUISSS team
  • Université de Sherbrooke SSA-RUISSS team

Management

Portrait of Catherine Wilhelmy.

Catherine Wilhelmy

Patient Partner Comanagement of the Unit's Scientific Management and of the Université de Sherbrooke SSA-RUISSS team, scientific co-promotion, project ”practices and trajectory of services for people with common mental disorders in primary care” of the PATIenTS program as well as coleadership of the patient partners community "Expériences"

Portrait of Antoine Groulx.

Antoine Groulx

Scientific Comanagement

Portrait of Rénald Breton.

Rénald Breton

Administrative Services Management

Portrait of Denis Chênevert.

Denis Chênevert

Scientific Comanagement of the Change Management axis (HEC branch)

Portrait of Denis Boutin.

Denis Boutin

Patient Partner Comanagement of the Data Management axis

Portrait of France Légaré.

France Légaré

Scientific Comanagement of the Change Management axis (ULaval branch)

Portrait of Louis Valiquette.

Louis Valiquette

Scientific Comanagement of the Data Management Axis

Portrait of Marie-Dominique Poirier.

Marie-Dominique Poirier

Patient Partner Comanagement of the program for scholarship holders

Portrait of Tracie A Barnett.

Tracie A Barnett

Scientific Comanagement of the Data to knowledge axis and scientific Representation of the Partnership branch of the McGill SSA-RUISSS team

Find out more about our complementary expertise

Find out more about our Patient-Public-Organizational Partnership expertise

Portrait of Vincent Dumez.
Portrait of Sonia Lussier.

Sonia Lussier

Patient partner Comanagement of the axis Data to knowledge and of the partnership branch of the McGill SSA-RUISSS team as well as patient co-promotion project ”Care trajectory related to respiratory infections” of the PATIenTS program

Portrait of Marie-Pascale Pomey.

Marie-Pascale Pomey

Scientific Comanagement of the Partnership axis and scientific representative of the Partnership branch of the Université de Montréal SSA-RUISSS team

Expertise

Portrait of Maude Laberge.

Maude Laberge

Scientific Comanagement of the Université Laval SSA-RUISSS team/ Health Economics and scientific co-promotion, project ”Improving the trajectory of seniors in the transition from home to residential care” of the PATIenTS program

Portrait of Catherine Bouffard-Dumais .

Catherine Bouffard-Dumais

Medical advisor to the scientific director/ GMF apprenant

Portrait of Denis Côté.

Denis Côté

Regional Continuous Quality Improvement Officer (ARACQ) in the RUISSS Université Laval

Portrait of Adama Ousmane Mamadou.

Adama Ousmane Mamadou

Regional Continuous Quality Improvement Officer (ARACQ) in the RUISSS Université de Montréal

Portrait of Karine Gagnon.

Karine Gagnon

Regional Continuous Quality Improvement Officer (ARACQ) in the RUISSS Université de Montréal (replacement of a maternity leave)

Portrait of Éric Savoie.

Éric Savoie

Regional Continuous Quality Improvement Officer (ARACQ) dans le RUISSS Université de Sherbrooke

Portrait of Safa Regragui.

Safa Regragui

Regional Continuous Quality Improvement Officer (ARACQ) in the McGill RUISSS

Portrait of Anaïs Lacasse.

Anaïs Lacasse

Scientific Management of the TorSaDE research community / Population data

Portrait of Anik Giguère.

Anik Giguère

Decision-making tools

Portrait of Alex McComber.

Alex McComber

Indigenous Health Care

Portrait of Annabelle Cumyn.

Annabelle Cumyn

Ethics

Portrait of Bilkis Vissandjee.

Bilkis Vissandjee

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Portrait of Marie-Claude Tremblay.

Marie-Claude Tremblay

Indigenous Health Care

Portrait of Marie-Ève Poitras.

Marie-Ève Poitras

Scientific representative of the Partnership branch of the Université de Sherbrooke SSA-RUISSS team/ PaRIS Québec project

Find out more about PREMs, PROMs and CREMs

Portrait of Robert-Paul Juster.

Robert-Paul Juster

Sex and Gender Analysis

Portrait of Sara Ahmed.

Sara Ahmed

PREMs and PROMs

Find out more about PREMsPROMs and CREMs

Portrait of Yves Couturier.

Yves Couturier

Accès Recherche portal

Portrait of Thomas Poder.

Thomas Poder

Health Economics

Find out more about our Health economics expertise

Portrait of Tibor Schuster.

Tibor Schuster

AI & Algorithms

Coordination

Portrait of Claude Bernard-Uwizeye.

Claude Bernard-Uwizeye

Coordination of the Change Management axis (Université Laval branch)

Portrait of Paula Bush.

Paula Bush

Coordination of the Data to Knowledge axis

Portrait of Vanessa Fayolle.

Vanessa Fayolle

Coordination of the Change Management axis (HEC branch)

Portrait of Andrée-Anne Clément.

Andrée-Anne Clément

Coordination of the Data Management axis

Portrait of Myriam Fournier-Tombs.

Executive team

Portrait of Zhaky Benaziza.

Zhaky Benaziza

Technopedagogy (replacement of a maternity leave)

Portrait of Malorie Vuillemin.

Malorie Vuillemin

Project Manager

Portrait of Johanne Boutin.

Johanne Boutin

Finance

Portrait of Sophie Boies.

Sophie Boies

Coordination/ "GMF apprenant"

Portrait of Lucie Devos.

Lucie Devos

LHS Leader – RUISSS Université Laval

Portrait of Claudia Paré.

Claudia Paré

Leader SSA – RUISSS Université de Sherbrooke

Portrait of Valérie Grenier.

Valérie Grenier

LHS Leader – RUISSS McGill

Portrait of Katherine Desjardins.

Katherine Desjardins

LHS Leader – RUISSS Université de Montréal

Portrait of Karina Prévost.

Karina Prévost

Patient Partner Coleadership of the patient partners community "Expériences" and member of the executive committee

Portrait of Virginie Belval-Nadeau.

Virginie Belval-Nadeau

Technopedagogy

Portrait of Johannie Laliberté-Gagné.

Johannie Laliberté-Gagné

Facilitation of clinical and organizational practices

Portrait of Mireille Plouffe-Malette.

Mireille Plouffe-Malette

Provincial Continuous Quality Improvement Coordination

Portrait of France Lemieux.

France Lemieux

Operations

Portrait of Mylène Lévesque.

Mylène Lévesque

Scientific Management assistance

Portrait of Myra Drolet.

Myra Drolet

Communications

Portrait of Sylvie Noël.

Sylvie Noël

Executive secretary

SSA-RUISSS Université de Montréal team

Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Lussier.

Marie-Thérèse Lussier

Scientific co-promotion, project ”Trajectory for people without a family doctor going through the Guichet d’accès à la première ligne (GAP)” of the PATIenTS program

Portrait of Clara Dallaire.

Clara Dallaire

Patient co-promotion, project ”Trajectory for people without a family doctor going through the Guichet d’accès à la première ligne (GAP)” of the PATIenTS program

Portrait of Viviane Tran.

Viviane Tran

Manager of the project ”Trajectory for people without a family doctor going through the Guichet d’accès à la première ligne (GAP)” of the PATIenTS program

Portrait of Marie-Anne Fillion.

Marie-Anne Fillion

Patient Partner of the partnership branch of the Université de Montréal SSA-RUISSS team

Portrait of Katherine Desjardins.

Katherine Desjardins

LHS Leader – RUISSS Université de Montréal

Portrait of Marie-Hélène Goulet.

Marie-Hélène Goulet

Young learning health systems leader

Project: Control measures in mental health: a participatory approach to prevent their use (free translation)  

Find out more about young learning health systems leaders

 

Portrait of Marie-Pascale Pomey.

Marie-Pascale Pomey

Scientific Comanagement of the Partnership axis and scientific representative of the Partnership branch of the Université de Montréal SSA-RUISSS team

SSA-RUISSS Université de Sherbrooke team

Portrait of Isabelle Gaboury.

Isabelle Gaboury

Scientific Comanagement of the Université de Sherbrooke SSA-RUISSS team and scientific co-promotion, project ”practices and trajectory of services for people with common mental disorders in primary care” of the PATIenTS program

Portrait of Catherine Wilhelmy.

Catherine Wilhelmy

Patient Partner Comanagement of the Unit's Scientific Management and of the Université de Sherbrooke SSA-RUISSS team, scientific co-promotion, project ”practices and trajectory of services for people with common mental disorders in primary care” of the PATIenTS program as well as coleadership of the patient partners community "Expériences"

Portrait of Claudia Paré.

Claudia Paré

Leader SSA – RUISSS Université de Sherbrooke

Portrait of Marie-Ève Poitras.

Marie-Ève Poitras

Scientific representative of the Partnership branch of the Université de Sherbrooke SSA-RUISSS team/ PaRIS Québec project

Find out more about PREMs, PROMs and CREMs

Portrait of Matthew Garriss.

Matthew Garriss

Patient Partner of the partnership branch of the Université de Sherbrooke SSA-RUISSS team

Portrait of Ariane Girard.

Ariane Girard

Young learning health systems leader

Project: Application of the learning health system approach to improving clinical follow-up of people with common mental disorders 

Find out more about young learning health systems leaders

Portrait of Yessica-Haydee Gomez Sandoval.

Yessica-Haydee Gomez Sandoval

Manager of the project ”practices and trajectory of services for people with common mental disorders in primary care” of the PATIenTS program

SSA-RUISSS Université Laval team

Portrait of Marie-Soleil Hardy.

Marie-Soleil Hardy

Scientific Comanagement of the Université Laval SSA-RUISSS team and scientific co-promotion, project ”Improving the trajectory of seniors in the transition from home to residential care” of the PATIenTS program (replacement until December 2024)

Portrait of Fanny Leblanc.

Fanny Leblanc

Manager of the project ”Improving the trajectory of seniors in the transition from home to residential care” of the PATIenTS program

Portrait of Maude Laberge.

Maude Laberge

Scientific Comanagement of the Université Laval SSA-RUISSS team/ Health Economics and scientific co-promotion, project ”Improving the trajectory of seniors in the transition from home to residential care” of the PATIenTS program

Portrait of Samira Amil.

Samira Amil

Patient Partner Comanagement of the Université Laval SSA-RUISSS team and the Partnership branch of the Université Laval SSA-RUISSS team as well as Patient co-promotion, project ”Improving the trajectory of seniors in the transition from home to residential care” of the PATIenTS program

Portrait of Marie-Pierre Gagnon.

Marie-Pierre Gagnon

Scientific Representative of the Partnership branch of the Université Laval SSA-RUISSS team

Portrait of Lucie Devos.

Lucie Devos

LHS Leader – RUISSS Université Laval

Portrait of Maxime Sasseville.

Maxime Sasseville

Young learning health systems leader

Project: Sustainable implementation of self-reported measures (PROM) and data valorization for an equitable and personalized first line (IMPROV) (free translation)

Find out more about young learning health systems leaders

Portrait of Mathieu Hotton.

Mathieu Hotton

Young learning health systems leader

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)

Find out more about young learning health systems leaders

McGill University SSA-RUISSS team

Portrait of Alexandra de Pokomandy.

Alexandra de Pokomandy

Scientific Comanagement of the McGill SSA-RUISSS team and scientific co-promotion project ”Care trajectory related to respiratory infections” of the PATIenTS program

Find out more about SSA-RUISSS teams

Find out more about our Implementation and change management expertise

Portrait of Araceli Gonzalez Reyes.

Araceli Gonzalez Reyes

Manager of the project ”Care trajectory related to respiratory infections” of the PATIenTS program

Portrait of Valérie Grenier.

Valérie Grenier

LHS Leader – RUISSS McGill

Portrait of Paula Bush.

Paula Bush

Coordination of the Data to Knowledge axis

Portrait of Frédérique Poncet.

Frédérique Poncet

Young learning health systems leader

Project: Interventions to improve participation among people with acquired brain injuries: development, implementation and evaluation of new innovative practices (free translation)

Find out more about young learning health systems leaders

 

Portrait of Tracie A Barnett.

Tracie A Barnett

Scientific Comanagement of the Data to knowledge axis and scientific Representation of the Partnership branch of the McGill SSA-RUISSS team

Find out more about our complementary expertise

Find out more about our Patient-Public-Organizational Partnership expertise

Portrait of Sonia Lussier.

Sonia Lussier

Patient partner Comanagement of the axis Data to knowledge and of the partnership branch of the McGill SSA-RUISSS team as well as patient co-promotion project ”Care trajectory related to respiratory infections” of the PATIenTS program

Governance