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Virginie Blanchette, BSc, MSc, DPM, PhD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres
Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

Dr Virginie Blanchette is the first podiatrist PhD in Québec and has been an associate professor in the podiatric medicine program at Université du Québec at Trois-Rivières since 2014. Her research specialty is prevention and management of diabetic foot ulcers and their complications, with a team approach within patient-oriented research (POR). Her research program focuses on knowledge mobilization for limb preservation. She was a Diabetes Action Canada trainee and conducted one postdoctoral fellowship with Dr France Légaré at Université Laval, in shared decision making, knowledge translation and implementation science as well as on in University of Southern California in limb preservation in David G Armstrong's team. Dr Blanchette holds a PhD in biomedical sciences from Université de Montréal, a doctorate in podiatric medicine (DPM), and a master’s degree and bachelor’s degree in medical biology from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR). She joined Canadian Diabetic Foot Task Force in 2019 to help to prevent, manage and address the deficit in awareness, knowledge and funding of diabetes-related foot complications, preventable amputations and loss of life or people living with diabetes in Canada. She is a member of many research networks and works in collaboration with many associations such as Wounds Canada, Société de santé vasculaire du Québec and many others. She is a passionate agent of change in her field and wants to make a difference for Canadians living with diabetes and its complications, but also others by building capacity, collaboration, leadership and research.

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