Ghada Nasr Radwan (MD, PhD)

Assistant Professor of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo

University, Egypt.

Email: gnasr@theunion.org

ghadanasr@gmail.com

Skype ID: ghadanasr1

Mobile: (02) 0100-5094041

Home: (02) 02-33882984

Address: 1 El-Hoda Street, El-Maryoutia, Sakara Road, Giza, Cairo, Egypt.

Born: September 7, 1972

Citizenship: Egyptian

Languages: Arabic-native language

English fluent

French -basic

EDUCATION

1995 M.B., B.Ch.* Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University,

Egypt

Grade excellent with honor

2002 M.Sc. Public Health Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University,

Egypt

2006 M.D. ** (Ph.D.) Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University,

Egypt

* M.B., B. Ch.: Medical Bachelor and Bachelor of Chemistry equivalent to M.D. in

American system.

** M.D.: Medical Doctorate in Egyptian system is fulfilled by the Ph.D. thesis and

passing advanced courses relevant to the subject.

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MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES

The research projects and public health activities that the researcher leads or participates in,

presents an integrated effort to assist in combating tobacco epidemic in Egypt. This is

through provision of the domestic scientific evidence necessary to support policy decisions.

In addition to provision of technical assistance to governments to implement effective

tobacco control measures according to best practices and international agreements. The

research projects and national projects involved the following:

Epidemiology of tobacco use behavior and addiction

Genetics of tobacco use and addiction

Biological and environmental markers of tobacco exposure and tobacco

harms

Tobacco control: provision of technical assistance to governments and civil

society for the effective implementation of tobacco control policies at both

national and regional (Middle East) levels.

POSITIONS

1996-1997 House officer, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University,

Egypt.

1997-1998 Gynecology and Obstetrics’ residency, Faculty of

Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.

1998-2002 Demonstrator at Public Health Department, Faculty of

Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.

2003-2006 Assistant Lecturer at Public Heath Department, Faculty

of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.

2003-2008 Senior Researcher in Egyptian Smoking Prevention

Research Institute (ESPRI) at the National Hepatology

and Tropical Medicine Research Institute. A joint

program of MOHP-Egypt and Georgetown University –

USA.

2006-2012 Lecturer at Public Health Department, Faculty of

Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.

2012- present Assistant Professor at Public Health Department, Faculty

of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.

2008-present Technical Officer Tobacco Control and Technical

Advisor of Bloomberg Initiative Grants in Egypt- The

Union Middle East-The International Union Against

Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.

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COURSES AND THESES

2000-2002 Postgraduate courses in the field of Microbiology,

Parasitology, Child Psychiatry, Epidemiology,

Biostatistics, Nutrition, Environment, Management and

Demography.

2001-2002 Master thesis “Evaluation of the nutrition services

provided to the pregnant females in primary health care

centers in Cairo”.

2002-2006 Ph.D. thesis: “Role of behavioural and genetic factors in

determining tobacco induced harm in male smokers”,

defended in 2006.

2002-2006 Advanced courses in Epidemiology, Biostatistics,

Nutrition, Environment, Management and Demography.

Requirement of the Ph.D. degree in Public Health.

POST-GRADUARE TRAINING

Basic courses in statistics and computer in community center (1999), Manchester

UK.

IELTS course (2000), British Council, Cairo, Egypt.

Infectious Disease Research Training course– Epidemiology and Biostatistics

(2001), UMB, USA & Ministry of Health and Population, held in Cairo, Egypt.

SPSS applications in statistics (2001), Cairo University, Egypt.

Statistical course (2001), Cairo University, Egypt.

Decision Technologies in Public Health course (2004), British council, Cairo,

Egypt.

Biostatistics course (2004), Cairo Demographic Center, Cairo, Egypt.

Joint Sustainable Science Institute (SSI)-Action Building Capacity (ABC) Training

on grant writing (2004), held in the National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine

Research Institute, Cairo Egypt.

Survival Analysis and Longitudinal Data analysis training (2005), National

Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt.

Multilevel Models, Survival Analysis and Methods and Applications of Cohort

Studies courses (2005), Bloomberg School of Public Health-Johns Hopkins,

Baltimore-Maryland, USA.

ESRI certification on Geographic Information System (GIS) (2005), trained at

Maryland State Health Department, USA.

Health care informatics course (Jan-June, 2006), Faculty of Medicine Cairo

University, Egypt.

E-learning course (June-August 2006), Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University,

Egypt.

Development of Managerial Skills course (March 2007), Faculty of Medicine,

Cairo University, Egypt.

Qualitative Data Analysis course (October 2007), Ain Shams University (Egypt)

and Georgetown University (USA).

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Certificate in International Tobacco control (2007), Tobacco Academy e-learning

for health. Tobacco Academy is a project of the International Union Against Cancer

(UICC).

Leadership and Management, Human Resources Development, Budget and

Financial Management, Management of Mangers trainings (2008-2009) which are

part of the International Management Development Program (IMDP) conducted by

International Union Against Tuberculosis & Lung Disease, held in Cairo, Egypt.

These IMDP courses are accredited by the International Association for Continuing

Education and Training (IACET).

Regional Training on Tobacco Control Communication and Advocacy (17-20

February 2008), World Health Organization Regional Office for Eastern

Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.

Training on Communication For Teams: Cross Cultural Understanding and Team

Building (12-14 October 2008), The International Union Against Tuberculosis and

Lung Disease, Paris, France.

Training on Smoke-Free Policy Implementation (12-13 November 2008), World

Health Organization Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.

Online Tobacco Control Training from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of

Public Health (2008-2009).

Training of Trainers (20-23 April 2009), The International Union Against

Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Tobacco Control Department, Edinburgh, UK.

Global Tobacco Control Leadership Program (8-21 August 2009), The Institute for

Global Tobacco Control (IGTC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public

Health (JHSPH), Baltimore, USA.

Project Management (13-17 September 2010), The International Union Against

Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Tobacco Control Department, Edinburgh, UK.

Stat2.1x: Introduction to Statistics: Descriptive Statistics (5 weeks, 20 Feb-26

March, 2013). A course of study offered by BerkeleyX, an online learning initiative

of The University of California At Berkeley through edX.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Word processing, internet medical research, data entry and management, spread sheets

(EXCEL), PowerPoint, GIS and analysis (SPSS).

MEMBERSHIP

‏ Member of the Global link (Global tobacco control). http://www.globalink.org.

Member of International Union Against TB and Lung Disease: Membership

number CU-0620375

Member of the Egyptian Smoking Prevention Research Association (ESPRA) an NGO

established 2004.

Member of the Global Tobacco Control Partners.

http://www.globaltobaccocontrolpartners.org.

Member in Global Cancer Control Community. http://www.uicc-community.org .

GRANTS MANAGEMENT

Technical Advisor (TA) of 6 grants supported by the “Bloomberg Initiative to

Reduce Tobacco Use” in Egypt with funding reaching up to 500,000 USD for

individual grants. The role involves review of project proposal, of workplan, grants’

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negotiation, monitoring of progress and provision of ongoing technical assistance

and guidance to the grantees (Ministry of Health, World Health Organization,

Central Agency of Public Mobilization and Statistics and Civil Society) (2008-

present).

GRANTS REVIEW

A reviewer of project ideas and full proposals submitted to the Bloomberg Initiative

Grants Program. Reviewing more than 100 project ideas and full proposals

submitted from countries all over the world (2008- present).

GRANT SUPPORT

Genetic factors in tobacco smoking behavior and addiction

U.S.-Egypt Joint Science and Technology grants program (BIO11-002-005).

Role: Principal Investigator

Internal medicine residency training on smoking cessation in teaching hospitals

American Cancer Society (ACS) 13th

World Conference on Tobacco Or Health

(WCTOH) International Tobacco Control Policy Seed Grant.

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Health facilities smoking control polices: Implementation, barriers and challenges.

The Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (1000-024-362).

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Evaluation of the implementation of smoke free regulations in public places in

Cairo. The Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (1000-024-388).

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Egypt Smoking Prevention Research Initiative

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center (USA)

(1R01TW05944)

Role: Senior researcher position that involves study design, coordination & data

analysis for several intervention-evaluation, policy analysis, and basic research

studies as well as training for capacity building to implement tobacco control

activities.

Malignant Complications of Chronic HCV

National Cancer Institute (USA) (2RO1CA85888)

Role: Field supervisor and Data analyst

Gender Differences in Bladder Cancer Risk Factors

National Cancer Institute (USA) (1R01CA115618-01)

Role: Field supervisor and Data analyst

Rheumatic Heart disease among school children in greater Cairo

Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt

Role : Field supervisor

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PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL ARTICLES, PEER-REVIEWED

1. Mohlman MK, Boulos DN, El Setouhy M, Radwan G, Makambi K, Jillson I, Loffredo

CA. A Randomized, Controlled Community-Wide Intervention to Reduce

Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure. Nicotine Tob Res. 2013 Jan 17.

2. Radwan GN, Loffredo CA, Aziz R, Abdel-Aziz N, Labib N. Implementation, barriers

and challenges of smoke-free policies in hospitals in Egypt. BMC Res Notes. 2012 Oct

15;5(1):568.

3. Ghada N. Radwan, Awatef Hussein Emam, Khaled Mohamed Maher, Mohamed

Mehrez, Nasr El-sayed , Gihan M. El-Nahas . Public Opinion on Smoke-free Policies

among Egyptians. Accepted for publication in INT J TUBERC LUNG DIS, April 2012.

Volume 16, Number 10 - October 2012.

4. Ghada Radwan, Stephen S. Hecht, Steven G. Carmella, Christopher A.

Loffredo.Tobacco-specific nitrosamine exposures in smokers and non-smokers exposed

to cigarette or waterpipe tobacco smoke. Accepted for publication in Nicotine &

Tobacco Research February 2012.

5. Rehab Abdel-Rahman Auf, Ghada Nasr Radwan, Christopher A. Loffredo, Maged El

Setouhy, Ebenezer Israel, Mostafa K. Mohamed (2012). Assessment of Tobacco

Dependence in Waterpipe Smokers in Egypt. INT J TUBERC LUNG DIS, 16(1):132–

137.

6. Ahmed I. Kamel and Ghada Mohamed N. Radwan (2011). The Effect of Combined

Argon Laser with Electrolysis on Mal-Directed Eyelashes. Al-Azhar Med J; 40(3):

749-754.

7. Maissa K Noaman, Nargis A Labib, Ghada N Radwan, Othman M Mansour, Manar M

Moneer, Inas A Elattar (2011). Prognostic Factors For Survival Of Patients With

Hepatocellular Carcinoma In National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, accepted for

publication in The Journal of American Science.

8. Ghada Nasr Radwan, Wafaa Yousif Abdel Wahid, Doaa El-Derwy, Maha El-Rabat

(2011). Knowledge, Attitudes, & Practices of Avian Influenza among Backyard Poultry

Breeders in Fayoum Governorate, Egypt, accepted for publication in J Egypt Public

Health Assoc.

7. Radwan GN, Loffredo CA, El Setouhy MA, Abdel Hamid M, Israel EJ, Mohamed MK

(2010). Waterpipe Smoking And The DRD2/ANKK1 Genotype. J Egypt Public Health

Assoc. 2010;85(3-4):131-48.

8. Albert N. Radwan G.N. Aziz R. Israel E. Mohamed M.K. El Sherbiny N. Loffredo C

(2009). Characteristics of women smoking in waterpipe cafes in Cairo, The Egyptian

Journal of Community Medicine;27(1): 63-75.

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9. El-Setouhy M, Loffredo CA, Radwan G, Abdel Rahman R, Mahfouz E, Israel E,

Mohamed MK, Ayyad SB (2008). Genotoxic effects of waterpipe smoking on the

buccal mucosa cells, Mutat Res.; 655(1-2):36-40.

10. Radwan, GN, Setouhy ME, Mohamed MK, Hamid MA, Israel E, Azem SA, Kamel O,

Loffredo CA. (2007). DRD2/ANKK1 TaqI polymorphism and smoking behavior of

Egyptian male cigarette smokers. Nicotine & Tobacco Research Dec;9(12):1325-9.

11. Labib, N. Radwan, G. Mikhail, N. Mohamed, M.K. El Setouhy, M. Loffredo, C. Israel,

E. (2007). Comparison of cigarette and waterpipe smoking among female university

students. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 9(5), pp. 591–596.

12. Ayyad, S.B. Nasr, G.R. Israel, E. El-Setouhy, M. Mohamed, M.K. Loffredo, C.

(2006). Evaluation of Papanicolaou (Pap) stain for studying micronuclei in buccal cells

under field conditions. Acta Cytologica. 50, pp. 398-402.

13. Radwan, G.N. Mohamed, M. K. Setouhy M. and Israel, E. (2003) Review on

Waterpipe Smoking. Special Supplement on Tobacco Prevention and Control, Egyptian

Smoking Prevention Research Institute (ESPRI). Journal of The Egyptian Society Of

Parasitology. 33(3), pp.1087-1101.

14. Radwan, G.N. Israel, E. Setouhy, M. Abdel-Aziz, F. and Mohamed, M.K. (2003).

Impact Of Religious Rulings (Fatwa) On Smoking. Special Supplement on Tobacco

Prevention and Control, Egyptian Smoking Prevention Institute (ESPRI). Journal of

The Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 33(3), pp.1051-1071.

JOURNAL REVIEWING

Invitation to review scientific research submitted to the following International Peer-

reviewed Journals:

International Journal of Preventive Medicine (2011)

Egyptian Journal of Public Health association (2011-2012)

Journal Of Exposure Science And Environmental Epidemiology (2012)

Nicotine and Tobacco Research Journal (2012-2013)

Journal Of Social Science & Medicine (2013)

BOOKS/MONOGRAPHS

Tobacco-free Healthcare. A tobacco-free futures action guide. International Union

Against Tuberculosis and Lund Disease. 2009, ISBN 978-2-914365-52-9.

Tobacco Use in Shisha, Studies on the Waterpipe Smoking in Egypt. Egyptian

Smoking Prevention Research Institute and the World Health Organization:

Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. Publication number 978-92-9021-

561-1. WHO EMRO 2006, Cairo, Egypt. Available at:

http://www.emro.who.int/tfi/pdf/shisha.pdf

Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: Reference Guide for Clinicians. Ministry

of Health and Population and Egyptian Smoking Prevention Research Institute

(ESPRI) 2007.

Introduction to Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Egyptian Smoking

Prevention Research Institute (ESPRI) 2008.

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PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

Ghada Nasr Radwan, Christopher Loffredo, Ebenezer Israel, Ghada Hamada,

Fatma Abdel-Aziz, Nabiel Mikhail and Mostafa Mohamed. Carboxyhemoglobin In

Waterpipe Smokers Compared To Cigarette Smokers. (Paper presentation in

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) meeting, Prague, Czech

Republic, 2005).

Ghada Hamada, Ghada Nasr Radwan, Ebenezer Israel, Mohamed Zakaria, Maged

El-Setouhy, Mostafa Mohamed and Christopher Loffredo. Pulmonary Dysfunction

from Large Airways versus Small Airways among Waterpipe Smokers. (Poster

presentation in SRNT meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005).

Ghada Hamada, Ghada Nasr Radwan, Christopher Loffredo, Mohamed Zakaria,

Mostafa Mohamed, Maged El-Setouhy and Ebenezer Israel. Egyptian Smoking

Prevention Research Institute. Is Peak Experiatory Flow (PEF) A Good Screening

Indicator For Assessing Airway Obstruction In Waterpipe Smokers? (Poster

presentation in SRNT meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005).

Nargis Labib, Ghada Nasr Radwan, Mostafa Mohamed, Maged Setouhy, Rasha

Aziz, and Ebenezer Israel. Waterpipe Smoking among Women Attending

Waterpipe Cafes. (Poster presentation in SRNT meeting, Prague, Czech Republic,

2005).

Nargis Labib, Ghada Nasr Radwan, Nabiel Mikhail, Maged Setouhy, Mostafa

Mohamed and Ebenezer Israel. Less harmful? Motivation for female university

students to use waterpipe! (Poster presentation in SRNT meeting, Prague, Czech

Republic, 2005).

Mohamed Zakaria, Ghada Nasr Radwan, Mostafa Mohamed, Mahmoud El-

Zorkany, Fatma Abdel-Aziz, Ebenezer Israel Egyptian Smoking Prevention

Research Institute. COPD Among Smokers In A Community Setting? (Poster

presentation in SRNT meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005).

Jim Neergaard, Ghada Nasr Radwan, Mostafa Mohamed , Fatma Abdel-Aziz,

Ebenezer Israel. Can You Afford To Overlook Waterpipe Smoking? (Poster

presentation in SRNT meeting, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005).

Eman Mahfouz, Rehab Abdel Rahman, Ghada Nasr Radwan, Eman Al- Tahlawy,

Mostafa Mohamed, Fatma Abdel-Aziz and Ebenezer Israel. Socioeconomic

Predictors of Smoking Behavior (Poster presentation in SRNT meeting, Prague,

Czech Republic, 2005).

Rehab Abdel Rahman, Christopher A. Loffredo, Maged El-Setouhy , Ghada Nasr

Radwan, Mostafa K. Mohamed. Are Cigarette Smokrs in Rural Egypt Ready for a

Change? Characteristics of Cigarette Smokers in Each Stage of Change (Poster

presentation in the World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), 2006

Washington DC, USA).

Nargis Albert Labib, Ghada Nasr Radwan, Mustafa Kamal Mohamed, Maged El-

Setouhy, Rasha Azziz , Christopher A. Loffredo, Ebenezer Israel. Female Smokers

in Water-Pipe Cafes in Cairo, Egypt Why Do They Do It ? (Poster presentation in

the World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), 2006 Washington DC,

USA).

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Nargis Albert Labib, Ghada Nasr Radwan, Nagah Abdel Aziz, Rasha Aziz.

Evaluation of the effect of Internal Medicine Residency Training on Smoking

Cessation in Teaching Hospitals. (Oral presentation in the 5th World Assembly on

Tobacco Counters Health (WATCH), December, 2007, New Delhi, India).

Ghada Nasr Radwan, Christopher A. Loffredo, Maged El-Setouhy, Mohamed

Abdel Hamid, Ebenezer Israel, Rehab Abdel Rahman, Mustafa Kamal Mohamed.

Genetic Determinants of Waterpipe Smoking Behavior, Motives and Addiction

(Poster presentation in the World Cancer Congress, August, 2008, Geneva,

Switzerland).

N. A. Labib, G. N. Radwan, R. A. Azziz, N. H. Horesh. Evaluation of The Effect of

Internal Medicine Residency Training on Smoking Cessation in Teaching Hospitals

(Poster presentation in the World Cancer Congress, August, 2008, Geneva,

Switzerland).

Chris Loffredo, Ghada Radwan, Naglaa Elsherbini, Nargis Labib. Internal

Medicine Residency Training on Smoking Cessation in Teaching Hospitals (Poster

presentation in the World Conference On Tobacco Or Health, March, 2009,

Mumbai, India).

Wael S. Abd El meguid,. Ghada N. RADWAN,. Gihan El Nahas. The Egyptian

National Coalition Tobacco Control : a case study (Poster presentation in 40th

Union World Conference on Lung Health, 3 – 7 December 2009, Cancun, Mexico).

Ghada Nasr Radwan, Gihan El Nahas, Awatef Abou-Gendy, Sahar Labib .

Smoke-Free Policies Are Popular and Supported in Egypt...What Next? (Poster

discussion in 41st Union World Conference on Lung Health, 11 – 15 November

2010, Berlin, Germany).

G Nasr Radwan, C Boostrom, C Loffredo. NNK metabolites in the urine of

waterpipe tobacco smokers, cigarette smoker, and non-smokers exposed to

environmental tobacco smoke (Poster discussion in 42nd

Union World Conference

on Lung Health, 26-30 October 2011, Lille, France).

G. N. Radwan , S. Latif, N. Amin, E. Attia. Second Hand Smoke Exposure

Among Health Care Workers In Egypt: Respiratory Health Survey Findings”. Oral

session presented at the 2012 UICC World Cancer Congress (27 – 30 August 2012

at the Palais des Congrès, in Montréal, Canada).

G. Radwan , E. Latif . Smoke Free Environments In Eastern Mediterranean Region

(Emr) – Lesson From The Field. “E-Poster” presented at the 2012 UICC World

Cancer Congress (27 – 30 August 2012 at the Palais des Congrès, in Montréal,

Canada).

G. Radwan , C. Loffredo. Tobacco Specific Nitrosamines Metabolites In The Urine

Of Waterpipe Smokers: Evidence Of Carcinogenic Exposure. “E-Poster” presented

at the 2012 UICC World Cancer Congress (27 – 30 August 2012 at the Palais des

Congrès, in Montréal, Canada).

G. N. Radwan, M. Momen, A. Aboul Fotouh, C. Loffredo. Levels Of Suspended

Particulate Matter (Pm2.5) As A Marker Of Exposure To Tobacco Smoke In Public

Places In Cairo, Egypt. Oral session presented at the 2012 UICC World Cancer

Congress (27 – 30 August 2012 at the Palais des Congrès, in Montréal, Canada).

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Ghada Radwan, Hussam Rajab, Sahar Latif . Egyptians in public places are

exposed to dangerous levels of PM2.5 air pollution: urgent need for rigorous

enforcement of smoke-free laws presented at 43rd Union World Conference on

Lung Health (13-17th November, 2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).

Ghada N. Radwan, Sahar Latif, Nahla Amin, Ehab Attia. Health care workers’

exposure to tobacco smoke in Egypt: findings of the respiratory health survey

presented at 43rd Union World Conference on Lung Health (13-17th November,

2012 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).

Ghada. N. Radwan, M. Momen, A. Aboul Fotouh, C. Loffredo. Levels of

suspended particulate matter (PM2.5) as a marker of exposure to second-hand

smoke in workplaces and hospitality settings in Egypt presented at 43rd Union

World Conference on Lung Health (13-17th November, 2012 in Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia).

Ghada N. Radwan, Christopher A. Loffredo, Sania Amr . Depression and

neuroticism and their association with smoking behaviour in a population-based

survey in Egypt: implications in tobacco cessation presented at 43rd Union World

Conference on Lung Health (13-17th November, 2012 in Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia).

CONFERENCES & WORKHOPS ATENDED

World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Helsinki, Finland, 2003.

“The First Regional Conference on Tobacco Control”, Nasser Institute, Cairo,

Egypt, May 2004.

Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) meeting, Prague, Czech

Republic, 2005.

World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Washington DC, USA,

2006.

Lectured in “Molecular Epidemiology Workshop”: Second Annual Workshop

Health Collaborative Program (HCP), National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine

Research Institute (NHTMRI) Cairo, Swedish International Development

Cooperation Agency (SIDA) Sweden and Georgetown University (GTU) USA –

held at WHO/EMRO, Cairo, Egypt, 2006.

Mentor for "Grant Writing Workshop": Second Annual Workshop (HCP),

NHTMRI Cairo, SIDA Sweden and GTU USA – held at WHO/EMRO, Cairo,

Egypt, 2006.

"Smoking Cessation Workshop": Second Annual Workshop (HCP), NHTMRI

Cairo, SIDA Sweden and GTU USA – held at WHO/EMRO, Cairo, Egypt, 2006.

"Immunology and Epidemiology Workshop": Second Annual Workshop HCP,

NHTMRI Cairo, SIDA Sweden and Pasteur Institute Paris France – held at

WHO/EMRO, Cairo, Egypt, 2006.

"Genomics and Metabolomics Workshop": Second Annual Workshop HCP,

NHTMRI Cairo, SIDA Sweden and Faculty of Medicine Department of Nutrition

Kuopio, Finland – held at WHO/EMRO, Cairo, Egypt, 2006.

Invited by the World Health Organization (WHO) to attend the “World No

Tobacco Day” in years 2005- 2007.

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Invited by the WHO to attend the press conference for the monograph about

“Tobacco use in Shisha” that is prepared by ESPRI team and published by the

WHO (March 2007).

The International Society of Addiction Medicine 9th

annual meeting. Addiction

Medicine: Current advances & future direction, Cairo, Egypt, October 2007.

Faculty of Medicine (under supervision of the Chairman of Public Health

department and Dr Ghada Radwan) has organized (January 2008) a workshop about

the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. All students, staff and

administrative authorities were invited to attend this workshop.

Participated and Lectured “The Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Tobacco

Control” held in Tunis, Tunisia, June, 2008.

The Conference of Parties of WHO FCTC (17-22 November 2008), Durban,

South Africa.

Participated as a facilitator in the Bloomberg Initiative Grants Program, Pre-World

Conference on Tobacco or Health Meeting, (5- 8 March, 2009), Mumbai, India

World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH), Mumbai, India, March

2009.

Participated as facilitator in Pre-Conference Meeting of Bloomberg Initiative

grantees at the 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Mumbai, India (5- 8

March, 2009). Eighty-five participants from 36 countries, representing

organizations supported in Rounds One through Three of the Bloomberg Initiative

(BI) grants program, gathered in Mumbai, India prior to the 14th

World Conference

on Tobacco or Health. They took part in a 2-1/2 day meeting organized under the BI

grants program which is jointly managed by The Union and the US-based

Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids (TFK). The meeting provided a first-ever

opportunity for those working on BI-supported grants across the world to exchange

information and experiences.

40th

Union World Conference on Lung Health, 3 – 7 December 2009, Cancun,

Mexico.

41st Union World Conference on Lung Health, 11 – 15 November 2010, Berlin,

Germany

Coordinator and Chairperson of the session titled “Tobacco control from policy to

implementation” in the 42nd

Union World Conference on Lung Health, 26-30

October 2011, Lille, France.

Participated in UICC 2012 World Cancer congress during the period 27 – 30

August 2012 at the Palais des Congrès, in Montréal, Canada.

43rd Union World Conference on Lung Health, 13-17th November, 2012 in

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).

TEACHING ACTIVITITES

COURSES

Coordinate field training for medical students in each of the 4th

and 5th

years in

environmental health and health service delivery (1999-2006).

Teaching Public Health, Biostatics and Epidemiology courses for 4th

and 5th

years

medical students, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt (2003-2008).

Teaching Public Health and Biostatics for 2rd

year students, School of Nursing,

Cairo University, Egypt (2003- 2008).

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Teaching Public Health, Biostatics and Epidemiology for post-graduate medical

students, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt (2007-2008)

Development of training module for internal medicine residency training on

smoking cessation (2007).

Participated as instructor, facilitator and coordinator in The Union technical training

courses on “Banning of tobacco advertising Promotion and sponsorship”, “Smoke-

free Policies Implementation”, “ Tobacco-Free Health Care Facilities” (2008-

present).

Development of training modules for tobacco-free health care facilities. This was

done in collaboration with MOHP and WHO. This was part of MOHP national

smoke-free initiative (2011)

Assessing the technical and management training needs, design training, identify

eligible organizations, designing tools for impact assessment as well as conducting

national and regional trainings for The Union Middle East. Also invited to teach in

trainings conducted by MOHP and WHO (2008- present).

GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING

Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Egypt

(2006-2008): Wafaa Yousif (MS completed in 2008)

National Blood Transfusion Centre , Cairo, Egypt (2008-2009): Marian Safwat

Kedwani (MS completed in 2009)

Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Egypt

(2007-2009): Safa Khamis Hassan (MS completed in 2009)

National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Egypt (2009-2010): Maissa

Noaman (PhD completed 2010)