Dr. Vadeboncoeur is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and is the Medical Director of the Palliative Care Program at CHEO and Roger Neilson house.  She is the Vice-Chair of the Canadian Network of Palliative Care for Children and is the Canadian Trustee for the International Children’s Palliative Care Network.  She collaborates on multicenter clinical research in Canada and population data research in Ontario.  She is an Associate Fellow of interRAI, an international not for profit organization involved in developing assessment tools for vulnerable populations.