> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Provincial Health Services Authority - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/provincial-health-services-authority/ - Published: 1999-01-02T22:48:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-04-03T21:25:15.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization The **Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)** is a Canadian provincial government agency based in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is a province-wide publicly funded healthcare services provider. ## History Following the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, PHSA received funding from the [Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canada-Research-Continuity-Emergency-Fund) as an affiliation institution of the University of British Columbia (UBC).[\[1\]](#fn1) [Penny Ballem](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Penny-Ballem) was announced as the new interim director of the PHSA on March 31, 2025.[\[2\]](#fn2) ## Organization | Name | Position | Notes | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [Penny Ballem](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Penny-Ballem) | Interim Director[\[2:1\]](#fn2) | [Vancouver Coastal Health Authority](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Vancouver-Coastal-Health-Authority) | | Réka Gustafson | Vice President of Public Health and Wellness, Deputy Provincial Health Officer (former)[\[3\]](#fn3) | Vancouver Island Health Authority, UBC School of Population and Public Health, [British Columbia Centre for Disease Control](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/British-Columbia-Centre-for-Disease-Control) (BCCDC) | | Matthew Hetu | Information Access Advisor | \- | | Sableen Minhas | Communications and Reporting Assistant (former)[\[4\]](#fn4) | [British Columbia Centre for Disease Control](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/British-Columbia-Centre-for-Disease-Control) (BCCDC), Captus Advertising, Stenberg College, Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), International Association of Business Communicators British Columbia (IABC/BC) | | Laura Sauvé | Interim Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control[\[5\]](#fn5) | [British Columbia Centre for Disease Control](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/British-Columbia-Centre-for-Disease-Control), Canadian Perinatal HIV Surveillance Program, CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network | | Alice Virani | Executive Director, Clinical Ethics and Spiritual Care Service[\[6\]](#fn6) | [BC COVID-19 Strategic Research Advisory Committee](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/BC-COVID-19-Strategic-Research-Advisory-Committee), Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics | | Julie Wilson | Provincial Director, Clinical Sourcing[\[7\]](#fn7) | BC Clinical and Support Services (BCCSS), Health Shared Services BC, Fraser Health Authority | ### Subsidiaries - [British Columbia Centre for Disease Control](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/British-Columbia-Centre-for-Disease-Control) ## Activities PHSA has provided funding to: - [BCCDC Foundation for Public Health](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/BCCDC-Foundation-for-Public-Health)[\[8\]](#fn8) - British Columbia Academic Health Science Network (BC AHSN)[\[9\]](#fn9) - [Canadian Public Health Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Public-Health-Association) (CPHA)[\[10\]](#fn10) ## External links - [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=public%5Fhealth%5Fagencies:canada:provincial%5Fhealth%5Fservices%5Fauthority) - [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/provincial-health-services-authority) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ProvincialHealthServices/) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/phsa.bc/) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/provincial-health-services-authority/) - [Twitter](https://x.com/PHSAofBC) - [Website](http://www.phsa.ca/) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincial%5FHealth%5FServices%5FAuthority) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/ProvHealthServAuth) --- 1. *The Canada Research Continuity Emergency Fund.* UBC Research + Innovation. Retrieved November 6, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. Shaw, R. (2025, April 1). *NDP’s cost-savings plan for health care starts with $400K salary.* The Orca. [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) 3. *Réka Gustafson.* BC Centre for Disease Control. Retrieved December 11, 2021, from [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. *Sableen M.* LinkedIn. Retrieved June 14, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. *Laura Sauve.* LinkedIn. Retrieved February 1, 2023, from www.linkedin.com/in/laura-sauve-030057236/ [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. *Alice Virani.* UBC Department of Medical Genetics. Retrieved June 13, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. *Julie Wilson.* LinkedIn. Retrieved June 14, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. Dominato, C. (2020). *2019-2020 Annual Report* (p. 21). BCCDC Foundation for Public Health. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221112032818/https://bccdcfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BCCDCF\_Annual-Report\_2020\_Final2.pdf↩︎](https://web.archive.org/web/20221112032818/https://bccdcfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/BCCDCF%5FAnnual-Report%5F2020%5FFinal2.pdf%E2%86%A9%EF%B8%8E) [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. *Stakeholder Report*. (2019). British Columbia Academic Health Sciences Network. [https://web.archive.org/web/20220520055407/https://www.bcahsn.ca/sites/default/files/2021-06/BCSUPPORTUnit Annual Report 1.0 - 2019-2020 V2.0.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20220520055407/https://www.bcahsn.ca/sites/default/files/2021-06/BCSUPPORTUnit%20Annual%20Report%201.0%20-%202019-2020%20V2.0.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref9) 10. *2015 Annual Report.* Canadian Public Health Association. Retrieved April 24, 2019, from [↩︎](#fnref10)