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.
Graduate 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)
Fasnewende Yvon Tychique Kabore, MD, MSc (in progress)
Yacine Diallo, MCs (in progress)
Doctorate
Lionel Adisso, MSc
Postdoctoral interns
Briscia Anaid Tinoco Mar, MSc, PhD
Roberta de Carvalho Corôa, MSc, PhD
Research staff
Ana Luisa Zapata Viveros, B.S., M.Sc., research professional
Claude Bernard Uwizeye, MD, MSc, research professional
Odilon Quentin Assan, PharmD., MSc, research professional
Oscar Nduwimana, MD, MSc, professionnel de recherche
Diane Paquet, research coordinator
Georgina Suélène Dofara, scientific coordinator
Carole Thiébaut, research technician
Citizen partners
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).
Alèxe Deom Tardif, MSc
Alex Poulin Herron, inf. BSc, MSc
Ali Ben Charif, MSc, PhD
Alix Dubeau, MSc
Dalil Asmaou Bouba, MD
Diogo Gonçalves Vianna Mochcovitch, MSc, PhD
Felly Bakwa Kanyinga, MD, MSc
Gloria Elodie Dédé AYIVI-VINZ, BSc, MPH
Hajar Taqif, MSc
Joanie Lépine, PhD
Joshua Goutte, BA, MSc
Lorielle K. Lokossou, Médecin Généraliste
Lysa Bergeron, BSc, MSc
Maya Fakhfakh, MD
Meryeme El Balqui, MSc
Ndeye Thiab Diouf, MSc
S.Albérique Candide AHOUEHOME, BSc
Tania Lognon, BSc, MSc