Our team
Chairholder
France Légaré
First trained as an architect, France Légaré has been practising family medicine in Quebec since 1990 and is a full professor in the Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine Department at Université Laval, Quebec. She is an internationally recognized leader in shared decision making (SDM) and knowledge translation research. Since June 1st 2016, she has held the title of Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Shared Decision Making and Knowledge Mobilisation. She is a clinical researcher at VITAM Centre de recherche en santé durable and at the Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, Université Laval. In 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021, she has been listed annually as one of the top 1% most cited scientists, indicating that her work has been repeatedly judged by her peers to be of notable significance and utility. Her research program aims to implement shared decision making in clinical practice with a focus on home care and prenatal screening programs. In addition to SDM, primary care and knowledge translation, she is also an expert in implementation science and scale-up science.
Members of our team
Collaborators
Dr Patrick Archambault, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Virginie Blanchette, DPM, MSc, PhD
Simon Décary, PhD
Sophie Desroches, DPT, PhD
Maman Joyce Dogba, PhD
Nora Ferdjaoui-Moumjid, PhD
Marie-Pierre Gagnon, PhD
Anik Giguère, PhD
Amédé Gogovor, DVM, MSc, PhD
Matthew Menear, MSc, PhD
François Rousseau, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Isabelle Samson, MD, CCMF, FCMF
Dawn Stacey, RN, PhD
Patrick Plante, PhD
Holly Witteman, PhDGraduate students
Master's degree
Antonieta Dorina Celis Trejo, MD,MSc (in progress)
Dave Delva, MSc (in progress)
Prosper Juge Edan, MSc (in progress)
Florence Lizotte, MD, MSc (in progress)
Doctorate
Lionel Adisso, MSc
Postdoctoral interns
Roberta de Carvalho Corôa, MSc, PhD
Research professionals
Odilon Quentin Assan, PharmD., MSc
Claude Bernard Uwizeye, MD, MSc
Research staff
Diane Paquet, research support
Georgina Suélène Dofara, coordonator
Carole Thiébaut, research technician
Alumni
France Légaré has over 20 years of experience as a clinical researcher and student supervisor at all levels: 26 postdoctoral fellows (15 scholarship holders), 7 doctoral students (6 scholarship holders) and 47 master's students (13 scholarship holders). She is also a mentor for 19 young researchers (11 scholarship holders).
S.Albérique Candide AHOUEHOME, BSc
Gloria Elodie Dédé AYIVI-VINZ, BSc, MPH
Meryeme El Balqui, MSc (diplômée juin 2024)
Lysa Bergeron, BSc, MSc
Dalil Asmaou Bouba, MD
Ali Ben Charif, MSc, PhD
Ndeye Thiab Diouf, MSc
Alix Dubeau, MSc (diplômée décembre 2024)
Maya Fakhfakh, MD
Joshua Goutte, BA, MSc (diplômé décembre 2024)
Alex Poulin Herron, inf. BSc, MSc
Felly Bakwa Kanyinga, MD, MSc
Joanie Lépine, PhD
Tania Lognon, BSc, MSc
Lorielle K. Lokossou, Médecin Généraliste
Diogo Gonçalves Vianna Mochcovitch, MSc, PhD
Lucas Gomes Souza, MD
Hajar Taqif, MSc
Alèxe Deom Tardif, MSc
Citizen partners
Jean Légaré