HIV physician and medical anthropologist
CURRENT POSITIONS
- Professor, School of Public Health and Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal
- Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
- Research Chair, Collège d’études mondiales, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Paris
Hospital
- Attending physician, Montreal Jewish General Hospital
- Attending physician, Assistance publique Hôpitaux de Paris | Hôpital Avicenne
- Attending physician, Centre hospitalier de Mayotte | Mamoudzou
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Academic degrees
1982-1985 BSc, Biology, McGill University
1985-1990 Doctorat en médecine (MD), Université de Montréal
1990-1992 Courses in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University
1994-1996 MA, Medical Anthropology, McGill University
Thesis title: “Illness, epidemiology and visibility: an anthropological account of the emergence of a community based response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Côte-d’Ivoire.” Supervisor: Prof Margaret Lock.
1996-2001 PhD, Medical Anthropology, McGill University
Thesis title: “Epidemics, interzones and biosocial change: retroviruses and biologies of globalisation in West Africa.” Supervisor: Prof Margaret Lock. Dean’s Honour List.
Post-doctoral training
1990-1992 Residency, Family Medicine, The Montreal General Hospital, McGill University
1990-1992 Courses in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University
2002-2003 École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris). Supervisors: Jean-Pierre Dozon and Didier Fassin.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1992-1993 Faculty Lecturer (clinical, non-tenure track), Department of Family Medicine, McGill University
1992-2002 Attending physician with admitting privileges, The Montreal General Hospital
1992-2002 Attending physician with admitting privileges, St Mary’s Hospital
1993-2001 Assistant Professor (clinical, non-tenure track), Department of Family Medicine, McGill University
2000-2012 Physician, Clinique médicale l’Actuel.
2001-2003 Research Associate, Department of Anthropology, McGill University
2002-2006 Associate Professor (clinical, non-tenure track), Department of Family Medicine, McGill University
2002- Attending physician with admitting privileges, Montreal Jewish General Hospital.
2003- Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, McGill University
2004-2006 Associate Professor, Department of Social Studies of Medicine, McGill University
2004-2006 Chercheur associé (Associate Researcher), Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal
2006-2008 Associate Professor (tenure track), Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal
2008-2013 Associate Professor (with tenure), Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal
2013- Full Professor, Département de médecine sociale et préventive, Université de Montréal
2013- Special Research Professor, Department of Anthropology, Universiteit van Amsterdam