Aviane Auguste
Dr Aviane Auguste is an Assistant Professor from Saint Lucia at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational health. He graduated from the "Universit茅 des Antilles" in (Martinique) with a Bachelor鈥檚 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 "Universit茅 de Rennes" (France) on the 鈥淓pidemiology of head and neck cancer risk factors in the French West Indies鈥� (Inserm unit 1085- Irset, Guadeloupe). Prior to joining 缅北强奸 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.
Research interests: (1) Investigating the effectiveness of community-based cancer prevention in low-income settings and developing countries ; (2) understanding the unique characteristics of small island health systems (e.g. overseas travel for care) and their impact on outcomes of patients diagnosed with cancer and other chronic illnesses ; (3) Strengthening of health research capacity in low-and-middle income countries.
Cancer epidemiology;
Cancer screening;
Cancer prevention;
Non-communicable disease risk factors;
Capacity building in health research;
Small island developing states;
Low-and-middle-income countries;