Antoine St-Amant, PhD Student
Antoine is a Research Coordinator at Hôpital Montfort in Ottawa, Ontario, and a PhD student in the Population Health program at the University of Ottawa. He earned a master’s degree in cardiovascular physiology from Concordia University in Montreal, where he investigated factors contributing to atherosclerotic plaque development. Antoine also holds a bachelor’s degree in Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa.
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