The UWI Finance and General Purpose Committee has endorsed the promotion to the rank of Professor of two members of the academic staff at the UWI St Augustine Faculty of Medical Sciences. Dr Harrinath Maharajh, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, and Dr Michele Anne Monteil, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Para-Clinical Sciences, have been promoted to the rank of Professor, with effect from May 19th, 2010.
“I am delighted to be promoted to the rank of Professor and I wish to thank The University of the West Indies for conferring this singular honour. I would also like to extend my gratitude to the Dean and colleagues at the Faculty of Medical Sciences for their continued support,” said Dr Monteil.
Dr Monteil has taught Immunology to a generation of medical students. She has also provided a weekly outpatient Immunology and Allergy clinic at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex. She continues to participate in research and publishes articles in the peer-reviewed medical literature. Her research group has conducted a survey of allergic asthma, rhinitis and eczema among over 8,000 school-aged children in Trinidad and Tobago. Their data have contributed to the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood. She has an ongoing interest in the effect of ethnicity on the expression of clinical diseases such as asthma and dengue virus infection, where the patient’s ethnicity is associated with difference in clinical expression. She is also part a multi-institutional collaboration on the potential health impact of Saharan dust clouds on Caribbean populations.
Dr Maharajh, who was awarded the Chaconia Gold Medal in 2000 for his outstanding contribution in the field of Medicine, described himself as “very people-focused” and said that his greatest achievement has been the opportunity to serve the community that nurtured and educated him. He enjoys teaching and is dedicated to the instruction of students at all levels. He has lectured extensively abroad, and has several publications in reputable international magazines and is the author of two textbooks, “Neurology for Students” and “Social and Cultural Psychiatry: Experiences in the Caribbean.”
The UWI Finance and General Purpose Committee has endorsed the promotion to the rank of Professor of two members of the academic staff at the UWI St Augustine Faculty of Medical Sciences. Dr Harrinath Maharajh, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Clinical Medical Sciences, and Dr Michele Anne Monteil, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Para-Clinical Sciences, have been promoted to the rank of Professor, with effect from May 19th, 2010. 
provided a weekly outpatient Immunology and Allergy clinic at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex. She continues to participate in research and publishes articles in the peer-reviewed medical literature. Her research group has conducted a survey of allergic asthma, rhinitis and eczema among over 8,000 school-aged children in Trinidad and Tobago. Their data have contributed to the International Study of Asthma and Allergy in Childhood. She has an ongoing interest in the effect of ethnicity on the expression of clinical diseases such as asthma and dengue virus infection, where the patient’s ethnicity is associated with difference in clinical expression. She is also part a multi-institutional collaboration on the potential health impact of Saharan dust clouds on Caribbean populations.