Elizabeth Tanguay, winner of the Robert Wood Johnson Award

With 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry in communications, marketing, business and partnerships development, and team management, Elizabeth began her master’s degree to contribute in public health administration. For her, health is “the ultimate wealth”, which explains her desire to better understand the complexity of the health care system. She is convinced that quality person-centred care is not the exclusive responsibility of health care professionals but rather needs to proactively involve all concerned individuals such as patients, clients, family members and caregivers. The inequities that still exist in health care concern her deeply. Since taking over the leadership of the Ottawa East Ontario OHT in November 2021, she has been working with the many members and partners of the OHT “to reduce current and future barriers in health care” and bring health at the heart of the community.