Meet our Trainees

Joined in Fall 22-23 term

Ghassan Khairallah, MD (family medicine physician, occupational and environmental medicine fellow, MS in Epidemiology candidate)

Degrees: BS in Biology, General Medicine, Family Medicine physician

Home institution: American University of Beirut Medical Center.

Research Interest:

• Barriers and facilitators for the use of patient lifts by the nursing staff
• The establishment of an Employee Assistance Program at a tertiary healthcare center in a crisis-stuck country
• Change in trends of occupational injuries among healthcare workers in a tertiary healthcare center in Lebanon

Joined in Fall 23-24 term

Abdelrahman Yahia Moustafa Ahmed Mohamed, MD (Occupational medicine specialist)

Degrees: General Medicine, MS in Industrial Medicine and Occupational Health

Home institution: American University of Beirut

Research Interest: Occupational noise induced hearing loss, workplace mental health and wellbeing

Joined in Spring 22-23 term

Josleen Al Barathie , PhD Student in Epidemiology
Degrees: MPH (Biostatistics and Epidemiology)/ BS (Medical Laboratory Sciences)
Home institution: American University of Beirut
Research Interest: Interplay between environmental and social stressors and their effect on neurobehavioral outcomes

Joined in Spring 22-23 term

Bandar Salah Noory Mohamed, PhD student in Epidemiology

Degrees: Bachelor in Medicine and General Surgery (MBBS), Master of philosophy degree (M.phil) in Public Health)

Home institution: American University of Beirut,

Research Interest: Political, economic, and social dynamics influencing the health of Syrian refugee agricultural workers in Lebanon.

Joined in Spring 22-23 term

Sara Ali Assaf , PhD student in Epidemiology
Degrees: Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy, Master's degree in Parmaco-epidemiology

Home institution: American University of Beirut

Research Interest: Conceptualizing displacement stressors: the Case of Syrian refugees