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Rank
Professor -
Degree
PhD -
Specialization
Bacteriology -
Major
Parasitology
Born in Shouf, 1968
Scientific Qualifications
- University diploma in Epidemiology from the University of Bordeaux (2), France in 2009;
- PhD in Parasitology from the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France in 1998;
- Diploma in Medical Entomology from Pasteur Institute, Paris in 1998;
- Master in Hydrobiology from Aix-Marseille University (3), France in 1994;
- Bachelor in Natural Sciences from the Faculty of Science at the Lebanese University in 1990.
Professional Career
- Lecturer at the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 2) in 1999;
- Promoted to the rank of Professor in 2016;
- Assigned the duties of Dean of the Faculty of Public Health between 2023-2024;
- Researcher at the Laboratory of Immunology and Vector-Borne Diseases at the Faculty of Public Health;
- Representative of the Faculty of Public Health in the Strategic Plan Committee of the Lebanese University in 2022;
- Head of the Department of Nursing Sciences at the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 2) since 2022;
- Head of the Speech Therapy Department at the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 2) between 2016-2020;
- Master Coordinator "Biohealth: Host-Disease Interactions" at the Faculty of Public Health since 2019;
- Member of the Steering Committee for Accreditation at the Faculty of Public Health between 2021-2022;
- Coordinator of the Master in Speech Therapy at the Faculty of Public Health between 2018-2020
- Member of the Curriculum Standardization Committee for the Medical Laboratory Sciences Program at the Faculty of Public Health between 2019-2020;
- Lecturer in medical laboratory science courses at the Lebanese University, the University of Balamand, NDU and AUB;
- Research Project Leader with local and international organizations on leishmaniasis, sand fly virus fever and mosquito-borne viral diseases;
- Expert at the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health in Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases;
- Expert in medical entomology at the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean;
- National reference for the WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network;
- Member of Euro-Mediterranean Networks (MediLabSecure) and (VectorNet);
- Awarded the American Fulbright Scholarship in 2013;
- Awarded a PhD scholarship from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1995-1998;
- Author of scientific research and papers published in international peer-reviewed scientific journals.