Dr Lussier is a full professor in the Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine department at Université de Montréal. Until recently, she practiced family medicine at the academic Family Heath Team in Laval (Québec). She is the director of the RRSPUM (rrspum@umontreal.ca) the FM Department’s PBRN since 2012. Her main research interests are chronic disease management in primary care with a focus on healthcare provider-patient communication and the use of information technology. She has co-authored a number of scientific articles on this subject. She is co-editor of the only French language textbook on health communication “La communication professionnelle en santé” (2005 and 2016) used in many health sciences faculties of French speaking countries around the world.