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Yvonne Lefebvre
Dr. Yvonne Lefebvre is the Vice President of Research and Academic Affairs at Providence Health Care and President of the Providence Health Care Research Institute (Vancouver). She is also an Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia and Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Brtish Columbia. Dr. Lefebvre's research focus is steroid hormone action in breast and prostate cancer, as well as in lymphoma and leukemia. She has had a longstanding interest in gender and equity issues in health research and education, and has published in this area as well. In June 1997, Dr. Lefebvre received the Ottawa YWCA Women of Distinction Award fo Research and Development and, in September 1999, the J. David Grimes Award for Scientific Achievement from LHRI. In 2003, she was elected to membership in the Canadian Institute of Academic Medicine, and in 2005, she was inducted into the Canadaian Academy of Health Sciences Yvonne can be contacted at ylefebvre@providencehealth.bc.ca 604-806-9608
Dr. Jean-Francois Kozak
Dr. Kozak is the Director of Research at the Centre for Healthy Aging and is the lead investigator for the BC Home and Community Care Research Network, a 3-year provincial initiative funded by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. His research is in the areas of dementia, abuse and neglect, disease management, social/health outcomes, and the evaluation of health service models as related to the elderly and the disabled. He currently is engaged in research on the evaluation of models of integrated care delivery, the management of difficult behaviours in residential settings, adverse events in nursing homes, and transitions in dementia. He is a Co-Principal Investigator in the CIHR funded Dementia-NET and has served on numerous national and international committees concerned with health care for seniors. He was the recipient of the Canadian Association of Gerontology's Award for Contribution to Canadian Gerontology in recognition of his work. Dr. Kozak can be contacted at jkozak@providencehealth.bc.ca or
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