Stéphanie Maltais is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management, Evaluation and Health Policy (DGEPS) at the School of Public Health of the Université de Montréal (ESPUM). She holds a PhD in International Development, with a thesis focused on the management of health crises in fragile states, using the Ebola outbreak in Guinea as a case study. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship on the “One Health” approach at the University of Ottawa. Her expertise lies at the intersection of crisis management, project management, public and global health, and organizational resilience.