Scientific Officer
François Champagne is full professor of healthcare management, health policy and healthcare evaluation in the Department of Health Administration, researcher in the Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé (GRIS), collaborator in the Unité de santé internationale and program director for the PhD in Health Care Organization (Public Health) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal.
He is currently Scientific Officer of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) and was Chair of the Advisory Board of the Canadian Institute of Health Services and Policy Research from 2001 to 2007. He was director of the Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé (GRIS) from 1993 to 1997 and a FRSQ research scholar from 1983 to 1994. He has published books in French, English, Spanish and Portuguese on epidemiology in health services management, research methods, evaluation, quality assurance, health care organization performance and the use of knowledge in decision-making. His current research interests are in the area of strategic management, inter-organizational networks, integrated delivery systems, organizational performance and the use of evidence in management. He was one of the co-leaders of HEALNet, a Canadian network of centres of excellence dedicated to research on optimizing the use of research funding to improve decisions in the health system. Since 1976, he has repeatedly acted as a consultant to healthcare organizations and governments in Canada, France, Africa, Brazil, Haiti, Turkey and China.