As a physician executive he has helped to create an innovative integrated system of care that is looked to by others as a different way of structuring healthcare.  He presents nationally and internationally on whole system transformation, the medical home, workforce issues, health disparities, and evolving roles for healthcare professionals.

Doug is a family physician.  He has been married for 25 years and has three children.  He has lived in Alaska for more than 20 years. 

Chanda has had a tremendous impact on sustaining the success of the SCF behavioral health programs, and continues to work toward improving the quality of care.  She has implemented important changes in access to care which eliminated a 1,600-person waitlist for services in just under a year.

Chanda’s formal education is in business administration; she completed her undergraduate studies at Alaska Pacific University. She received her master’s in business administration from the University of Phoenix in 2008.

She is also an associate professor of Political Science and William Dawson Scholar at McGill University. A multilingual Montréaler, Antonia studied at Université Laval, the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University, and Northwestern University. She has held visiting appointments at Harvard and Duke Universities in the U.S. and at the European University Institute in Italy.

Dr. Maioni has published widely in the field of Canadian and comparative politics, with a particular focus on health policy. She comments extensively on Canadian politics, Québec politics, and health care in both French and English language media across Canada.

Co-Chair of the Canadian Working Group for Primary Healthcare Improvement, President of the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research, Senior Advisor to the Quality Improvement and Innovation Partnership (QIIP) and Scientific Advisor for Primary Healthcare to the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation.

He is past Director (2002-2005) of the McMaster University Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis (CHEPA) and served as founding Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Policy from 2004-2009.

Brian held a National Health Research Scholar award from Health Canada from 1994 to 1999. He was the 2004 recipient of the Health Services Research Advancement Award presented by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. Brian received a Lifetime Achievement Award in Family Medicine Research from the College of Family Physicians of Canada in 2008.

His areas of research and policy interest include organization, funding and delivery of primary and community care, needs-based health care resource allocation and funding methods, provider payment methods, quality improvement and preventive care.

He has acquired a broad experience in clinical preventive medicine and in public health policy, practice, teaching and research over the last 30 years.

Early in his career, he practiced clinical preventive medicine in a local community services centre (CLSC) in a rural area of southern Quebec. After earning a masters degree in public health at the University of California in Berkeley, as well as a Masters in Epidemiology and a Speciality Degree in Community Health at McGill University, Dr. Roy became active in the field of policy and research in public health and health care services in the Montreal region. In this capacity, he has held leadership positions in planning, health surveillance and information systems. In 1998-1999, he served as Acting Director of Public Health at the Montreal Regional Board of Health and Social Services and has been, until January 2003, Assistant Director. Under his leadership, the Public Health Department was presented with the Canadian Foundation for Health Services Research Award for the advancement of research in year 2000. 

Dr Roy also acted as director of the Centre de coordination de la lutte contre le cancer du Québec from 2000 to 2004. In October 2004, Dr Roy received the Excellence Award presented by the Quebec Association of Community Health Physicians, for his outstanding achievements in the overall development of community health in Quebec. He received the Harkness Associate award offered by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation for 2005-2006.

From year 2003 to 2009, Dr Roy acted as Director of Information and Knowledge Management for the Agence de la santé et des services sociaux de la Montérégie. Under his leadership, the region has successfully implemented an evidence-informed, system-wide transformation and earned, in that respect, the Canadian Foundation for Health Services Research Award for the advancement of research in 2007.
 
On the Canadian scene, Dr Roy is a member of leading organizations and initiatives: the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research, the CPAC Cancer Performance Steering Committee, the Expert Analytic Group on Health Reports of the Canadian Institute of Health Information and the CHSRF /CPSI Governance for Patient Safety Committee.

Dr. Roy is associate professor at the Social and Preventive Medicine Department, University of Montreal, and is affiliated with the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Medicine Department, McGill University and the Community Health Department, University of Sherbrooke. He is involved in post-graduate training programmes in community medicine and allied public health disciplines.