Annie LeBlanc, Ph.D., is full professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of Université Laval and researcher at VITAM Sustainable Health Research Center. She is the Nominated PI and Scientific Director of PASSERELLE, the national training entity of Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR), dedicated to inclusively and collectively developing, supporting, and maintaining scientific and practical capacities in patient-oriented research in Canada. She holds a Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Mobilization and Integration in Practice. Her expertise focuses on mobilizing evidence within the healthcare system, advancing research methods and practices in real-world care contexts, and building capacity to optimize healthcare delivery while providing significant benefits for patients.