Volume 23
Number 2
2002

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New Principal Scientific Editor

We are very pleased to welcome Dr. Sylvie Stachenko to the position of Principal Scientific Editor of Chronic Diseases in Canada.

Dr. Stachenko is Director General of Health Canada's Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control. She previously served as Director of Health Policy and Services with the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe in Copenhagen, Denmark.

After graduating with a doctorate in Medicine from McGill University, Dr. Stachenko completed her residency in family medicine at the Université de Montréal and earned a Master's of Epidemiology and Health Services Administration from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Stachenko served as an associate professor of family medicine and research director at the Université de Montréal before joining the former Department of Health and Welfare, where she served as Director of Preventive Health Services, then as Director of the Adult Health Division of the former Health Promotion and Programs Branch.

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