Health Research and Studies

Professor Laith J. Abu-Raddad is a Professor of Population Health Sciences and the founder and leader of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) of Cornell University. He also serves as the Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Disease Epidemiology Analytics and the Director of the Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Biomathematics Research Core at WCM-Q.

Professor Abu-Raddad has built a prolific and internationally renowned career in infectious disease epidemiology, characterized by a longstanding record of high-impact scholarship. His academic achievements are reflected in numerous high-profile studies published in leading journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine, Science, Lancet journals, JAMA, and Nature Medicine. His research encompasses a broad spectrum of infectious diseases, including COVID-19, HIV, other sexually transmitted infections, hepatitis C virus, and tuberculosis.

Professor Abu-Raddad’s research has influenced public health policies and strategies at national, regional, and global levels. He has served as an expert advisor to various international organizations, including the World Health Organization, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Bank, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. His work has been instrumental in shaping health guidelines, public health policies, and resource allocation. Findings from his studies have garnered extensive coverage in the international press and media.

Dr. Jabareen currently works at Hebron University as Dean of College of Nursing since 2011 and jointly Dean of College of Pharmacy & Medical Sciences (2020-2022). 

He is a member of several health/development committees at national and international level and coordinates academic cooperation projects, supervised postgraduate students, published scientific journals with research interests in change management, health system administration, Health Informatics, public health, community institutions improvement, and social equity. 

In addition to his deanship experience, history of professional employment includes an assistant professor at Hebron University for 5 years and chairperson of nursing department for another 3 years, part-time project evaluator at MAB-UK, Research Assistant at Faculty of Medicine-University of Glasgow, employed by Lutheran World Federation as full time senior staff nurse at Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem for 4 years, and part-time coordinator of the Out Reach Program at the Peace Medical Centers in East Jerusalem for 2 years.

Dr Jabareen holds a PhD in Health Services Research & Development from the University of Glasgow (2007); MSc in Development Studies (2009) from University of Glasgow; MSc in Community & Public Health from Birzeit University (2000); & BSc in Nursing from Bethlehem University (1996).   

Prof. Ahmed (MBBS, Ph.D., FFPH) is a professor of epidemiology at the Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University. With over 20 years of professional experience, his proficiency encompasses a wide array of epidemiological study designs, research methodology and data analysis, and teaching and supervision experience of undergraduates, MPH and Ph.D. students. He has contributed to various successful research projects, received many grants, and published over 130 scientific articles. His current research efforts are concentrated on epidemiological investigations concerning maternal and child health and the epidemiology of diabetes and cancer. Prof. Ahmed is the principal investigator of the UAE’s first and largest mother and child cohort study (The Mutaba’ah Study) and also serves as a co-investigator in several national and international research projects.