Dr Aviane Auguste is an Assistant Professor from Saint Lucia at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational health. He graduated from the “Université des Antilles” in (Martinique) with a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Biology. His trainining in Public health and Epidemiology was from the Bordeaux school of Public Health (ISPED, France) and University of Burgundy (France). Dr Auguste completed a Doctoral thesis in 2019 at the “Université de Rennes” (France) on the “Epidemiology of head and neck cancer risk factors in the French West Indies” (Inserm unit 1085- Irset, Guadeloupe). Prior to joining McGill university, he worked as post-doctoral scientist at the Guadeloupe cancer registry (University hospital of Guadeloupe) and most recently at the Gustave Roussy Institute (Inserm unit 1018- CESP, Paris). Dr Auguste is the co-leader of the head and neck cancer working group of the African-Caribbean Cancer Consortium (AC3) which investigates cancer disparities in populations of African descent.
