David Buetti, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Management, Evaluation, and Policy (DGEPS) at the School of Public Health, University of Montreal (ESPUM). He leads AnÉis and AnÉSOSS, two graduate programs that focus on analyzing and evaluating health services, organizations, and systems. His expertise lies in program and health policy evaluation, particularly in innovating evaluative approaches and methods and in strengthening evaluation capacities within organizations. Dr. Buetti has considerable experience in these areas, having participated in over a dozen evaluation and applied research projects in collaboration with municipal, provincial, federal, and community stakeholders.

Dr. Buetti has also played a key role in enhancing the monitoring and evaluation skills and structures of more than twenty health organizations, enabling him to build a strong and extensive network of collaborators. Through his diverse professional experiences and multidisciplinary training, which includes a PhD in Population Health and a Master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Ottawa, he has developed an in-depth understanding of evaluative challenges in various contexts. His work has resulted in numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, a special issue, and an open-access pedagogical textbook on evaluation in French, contributing to advancing health policy and program evaluation.