Marie-Pascale Pomey is a Full Professor in the Department of Health Management, Evaluation and Policy at the University of Montreal, Canada, where she is also Co-Director of the Office of Collaboration and Patient Partnership in the Faculty of Medicine. The Chair in technology and advanced modalities assessment at the University of Montreal Health Centre (CR-CHUM), Marie-Pascale's research focuses on the role that patients and their families play in transforming health systems.

Jean-Louis Denis is Professor in the Department of Management, Evaluation and Health Policy, School of Public Health at the University of Montreal, Canada. He holds the Canada Research Chair on health system design and adaptation and is a researcher at CR-CHUM. Visiting Professor in the Department of Management at King's College London, UK, Jean-Louis is Co-Editor of Palgrave's Organizational Behaviour in Healthcare series. He is also an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences.

Vincent Dumez is Co-Director of the Office of Collaboration and Patient Partnership in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal, Canada, and previously studied at HEC Montreal. Living with three chronic diseases for over three decades, and thus a significant user of healthcare services, Vincent has been actively involved in developing the concept of Patient Partnership.