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.

The Unit offers tools, trainings and recommendations 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
4 scientific axis and their patient partners develop scientific and experiential knowledge

- Partnership Axis
- Data Management 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
Catherine Wilhelmy
Patient Partner Scientific Comanagement, comanagement of the Université de Sherbrooke SSA-RUISSS team and of the patient partners community "Expériences"
France Légaré
Scientific Comanagement of the Change Management axis (ULaval branch) and Scaling up
Maude Laberge
Scientific Comanagement of the Université Laval SSA-RUISSS team and Health Economics
Alexandra de Pokomandy
Scientific Comanagement of the McGill SSA-RUISSS team
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Isabelle Gaboury
Scientific Comanagement of the Université de Sherbrooke SSA-RUISSS team
Amal Abdel-Baki
Scientific Comanagement of the Université de Montreal SSA-RUISSS team
Anik Giguère
Comanagement of the Capacity Building axis and Decision-Making
Marie-Ève Poitras
Comanagement of the Capacity Building Axis, PREMs and PROMs
Denis Chênevert
Scientific Comanagement of the Change Management axis (HEC branch)
Denis Boutin
Patient Partner Comanagement of the Data Management axis
Marie-Dominique Poirier
Patient Partner Comanagement of the Capacity Building Axis and the program for scholarship holders
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
Simon Courtemanche
Patient Partner Comanagement of the Partnership axis
Yohann Moanahere Chiu
Scientific Comanagement of the Data Management Axis
Marie-Pascale Pomey
Scientific Comanagement of the Partnership axis and Partnership branch of the Université de Montréal SSA-RUISSS team
Expertise
Yan Défossés
Citizen Partner of the Change Management axis (ULaval branch)
Amédé Gogovor
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Gender-Based Analysis Plus
Maude Laberge
Scientific Comanagement of the Université Laval SSA-RUISSS team and Health Economics
Catherine Bouffard-Dumais
Medical advisor to the scientific director for ''Learning FMG''
Anaïs Lacasse
Scientific Management of the TorSaDE research community and Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Gender-Based Analysis Plus
Anik Giguère
Comanagement of the Capacity Building axis and Decision-Making
Bilkis Vissandjee
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Gender-Based Analysis Plus
Marie-Ève Poitras
Comanagement of the Capacity Building Axis, PREMs and PROMs
Robert-Paul Juster
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Gender-Based Analysis Plus
Sara Ahmed
PREMs, PROMs and Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Gender-Based Analysis Plus
Executive team
Mireille Plouffe-Malette
Provincial Continuous Quality Improvement Coordination
Linda Roussel
Executive secretary (replacement)
Dominic Carmichael
Technopedagogy
Pascale Maude Salvail
Project Manager
Geneviève Boisvert
LHS Leader – RUISSS Université de Sherbrooke and RUISSS Université Laval
Malorie Vuillemin
Project Manager
Valérie Grenier
LHS Leader – RUISSS McGill and RUISSS Université de Montréal
Denis Côté
Regional Continuous Quality Improvement Officer (ARACQ) – RUISSS Université Laval
Karina Prévost
Patient Partner Coleadership of the patient partners community "Expériences"
Karine Gagnon
Regional Continuous Quality Improvement Officer (ARACQ) in the RUISSS Université de Montréal
Éric Savoie
Regional Continuous Quality Improvement Officer (ARACQ) – RUISSS Université de Sherbrooke
Safa Regragui
Regional Continuous Quality Improvement Officer (ARACQ) – McGill RUISSS
Johannie Laliberté-Gagné
Facilitation of clinical and organizational practices
France Lemieux
Portfolio Management
Mylène Lévesque
Scientific Management assistance
Myra Drolet
Communications
Sylvie Noël
Executive secretary (on leave)
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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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
Governance
