Awa Diagne

Raised in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, Awa is interested in the study of transfusion medicine as a site for the modulation of history, statecraft and geography in Canada. In the wake of transnational concerns regarding imminent infectious encounters, her particular focus is how scientists, hematologists, social scientists and activists understand the relationship between race, space, infectious disease, blood and public health. She completed her BA in sociocultural anthropology and MA in the history & philosophy of science at the University of Toronto.