Biography
Dr. Marie-Hélène Chomienne is an Assistant Professor and Clinical Investigator at the Department of Family Medicine as well as a Scientist and founding member of the Institut du Savoir Montfort. Dr. Chomienne is an accomplished interdisciplinary researcher with interests in primary mental health care, determinants of health, global health, and the health status of Francophone minority populations. Dr. Chomienne is also interested in primary health care services, the organization of primary care and improving primary care delivery through interprofessional collaboration. In 2020, Dr. Chomienne was awarded the Chaire de recherche en francophonie internationale et santé de l’immigrant ou du réfugié d’Afrique francophone subsaharienne, an international Francophonie research chair that will focus on the health of immigrants and refugees from Sub-Saharan Africa. As a family medicine hospitalist based at Hôpital Montfort, Dr. Chomienne oversees training for University of Ottawa family medicine residents and medical students on rotation in the wards. She works in family medicine outpatient clinics at Hôpital Montfort, and conducts home visits with a number of patients in Quebec.