François Chiocchio is a Co-Researcher in Two International Projects in Health

François Chiocchio is involved in two international projects that have recently received financing. In the first, titled “Reduce maternal and neonatal mortality across a region, an integrated approach to the management of pregnancy and childbirth,” his role will be to study interprofessional collaboration in a change management context. The principal investigators are Marie-Hélène Chomienne, University of Ottawa (as well as Jean Charles Moreau and  Samba Corr Sarr).

The second project, led by Valéry Ridde, University of Montreal, is titled “Results-based financing in maternal and child health.” In this project, professor Chiocchio will study the impact of results-based financing on motivation and teamwork.

Both projects received 1,000,000$ over 5 years and will take place in four West African countries: Sénégal, Bénin, Burkina Faso, and Mali. They are part of a group of 20 projects which recently received funding from Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, the International Development Research Centre, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

François Chiocchio is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management and member of the Montfort Hospital Research Institute. His research centres on projects, teamwork, and collaboration in various organizational environments, including health care organizations in Canada and Africa.