Dr. Shani Venner is a Child Psychiatrist who assists with assessments and projects at the Child Development and Guidance Centre. She also has her own practice providing Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry services in St. Lucia.

She completed her Medical Degree at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica; her Doctor of Medicine in Psychiatry at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados; and Fellowship (subspecialization) at the Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Dr. Venner also completed a Master’s in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.