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Professor
University of Montreal/CHU Sainte-Justine, Canada
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Dr. Caroline Quach is a Professor in the Departments of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases & Immunology and of Pediatrics at University of Montreal. She is an adjunct Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health at McGill University and a scientific collaborator at the School of Public Health at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Brussels. She is the physician in charge of Infection Prevention and control at CHU Sainte-Justine where she also works as a pediatric infectious diseases specialist and medical microbiologist. Dr. Quach is a clinician-scientist, who was supported by the Fonds de Recherche Québec – Santé (FRQS, chercheure boursière de mérite) and is now the Canada Research Chair, Tier 1 in Infection Prevention and Control. Her research interests are in Infection Prevention: both healthcare-associated and vaccine-preventable diseases. She is the POPCORN (Pediatric Outcomes imProvement through COordination of Research Networks) network director.
Dr. Quach is the former Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization from the Public Health Agency of Canada (2017-2021) and the current Chair of the Quebec Immunization Committee (2021-). She is a former president from the Association for Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (AMMI) Canada (2014-2016). She was named Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. Dr. Quach was selected as one of the 2019 most Powerful Women in Canada (2019 Top 100 Award Winner in the Manulife Science and Technology category). In May 2021, she received the Order of Merit from Université de Montréal.