YVONNE LEFEBVRE

Yvonne Lefebvre is the Vice President of Research and Academic Affairs at Providence Health Care, President of the Providence Research Institute (Vancouver) and an Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia. Dr. Lefebvre’s research focus is steroid hormone action in breast and prostatic cancer, as well as in lymphoma and leukemia. She has had a longstanding interest in gender and equity issues in health research and education. Dr. Lefebvre has served on numerous national and international committees, is a Past President of the Canadian Biochemical and Molecular Biology Society and a member of the Advisory Board of the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. She received the Ottawa YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Research and Development in 1997 and the J. David Grimes Award for Scientific Achievement from the Loeb Institute in 1999.