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Prof. Hikmat Akoum

Branch 5

Born in Bsaba-Chouf, 1968

Scientific Qualifications

PhD in Biology & Health Sciences/Immunology & Molecular Biology from Lille 1 University of Science and Technology and the Pasteur Institute, France in 1997;
Master of Advanced Studies in Molecular & Cell Biology from Lille 1 University of Science and Technology, France in 1994;
Master in Molecular & Cell Biology from Lille 1 University of Science and Technology, France in 1993;
Bachelor in Biology from the Faculty of Science at the Lebanese University in 1990.

Professional Career

Lecturer at the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 5) at the Lebanese University in 1998;
Director of the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 5) since 2019;
Teaching staff delegate of the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 5) at the faculty council between 2017-2019;
Head of the Master’s Program in Hospital Risk Management at the Faculty of Public Health since 2014;
Head of the Physical Therapy Department at the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 5) between 2015-2017;
Head of the Department of Radiology at the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 5) between 2013-2015;
Head of Midwifery Department at the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 5) between 2011-2013;
Head of the Nursing Sciences Department at the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 5) between 2008-2011;
Member of the Scientific Council at the Faculty of Public Health since 2008;
Member of the Committee for Accepting Master’s Thesis Projects at the Faculty of Public Health;
Member of the Master's Committee of Gerontology at the Faculty of Public Health;
Supervisor and rapporteur of master’s theses and PhD dissertations for students of the Faculty of Public Health and the Doctoral School of Science & Technology at the Lebanese University in cooperation with foreign universities;
Former lecturer at the Faculty of Science of Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ);
Author of research papers published in international peer-reviewed scientific journals on allergy, immunology, bacteriology, gerontology and hospital risk management.