A Haitian Scholar’s Path from Ouanaminthe to St. Louis

His name is Wesley Saintilnord. He hails from Ouanaminthe, a town that gained worldwide attention thanks to the collective achievement of Haitians who built an irrigation canal in 2023. Saintilnord excels in a field where few Haitians are represented: cellular and molecular biochemistry. On June 24, 2024, the Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research (JCC Fund) released its list of fellowship recipients for 2025. Among them: Wesley Saintilnord. From Ouanaminthe to the top universities in the United States, here’s a look back at the remarkable journey of this son of Haiti, who is actively contributing to the advancement of science.

Jonasson Odigène
Par Jonasson Odigène
04 Jul 2025 | Lecture : 5 min.

It’s Friday, July 4, and it’s 11 a.m. in Port-au-Prince—an hour earlier in Saint Louis, Missouri, a Midwestern U.S. state where Wesley Saintilnord now lives. Normally, at this time, he would be in his lab continuing his research. But that morning, he took some time out of his busy schedule to talk about his journey.

Following the JCC Fund announcement, we reached out to him for an interview. He quickly agreed, and a time was set. For more than 45 minutes, Wesley Saintilnord took us through his childhood in Ouanami

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