Editorial
Meet the team


Prevalence and ethnic differences of obesity at southern province of Turkey

Overweight and obesity among university students, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

CT scan role in diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Bridging the gap with the integration of conventional and complementary medicine


Excellence of Anti-Tuberculosis Primary Health Care: Paradigm Shift towards Evidence-Based Medicine

Evaluation of Childhood Deaths in Istanbul, Turkey


Retrospective analysis of pediatric ocular trauma at Prince Ali Hospital


Adult Gynecomastia case report and brief review

 

 

 


Abdulrazak Abyad MD, MPH, MBA, AGSF, AFCHSE

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Meet the team - ABDULBARI BENER, PhD, ITMA, MFPHM, FRSS
 
AUTHOR

ABDULBARI BENER, PhD, ITMA, MFPHM, FRSS
Advisor to World Health Organization,
Professor of Biostatistics & Epidemiology,
Head Dept. of Medical Statistics & Epidemiology,
Hamad General Hospital,
Hamad Medical Corporation,
Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, State of Qatar.

CORRESPONDENCE

Mobile: + 974-522 15 16
Tel:+974-439 3765; Tel:+974-439 3766
Fax:+974-439 3769; Res:+974-483 44 12
e-mail: abener@hmc.org.qa e-mail: abaribener@hotmail.com

Adjunct Professor: Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology & Health Sciences The University of Manchester, United Kingdom (2005-2006)

Adjunct Professor: Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Doha, State of Qatar & New York, USA (2005-2006).

Professor: Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Dept. of Statistics, University of Qatar, (2002-2005).

EDUCATION

BSc: Ankara University, Faculty of Education, :Ankara University, Faculty of Education, Department of Management, Planning and Investigation. From 4 October 1971- 15 July 1975.

PhD Degree: Medical Statistics (Biometry) and Genetics, University College London, (UCL) October 1976- September 1979.

MFPHM: Member Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom, UK, 26 June 2001

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
a). Dept. of Genetics & Biometry, UCL, October 1979 - April, 1980
b). Dept. of Statistics & Computer Sciences, UCL, December 1979 - April, 1980

MAJOR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

All aspects of development, design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of descriptive, analytic, and epidemiological research. Data management and analysis on mainframe computers, using SPSS, BMDP, MINITAB, EGRET, GLIM, SAS statistical computer packages and writing computer programs in Basic and Fortran languages, application of multivariate statistical techniques. Teaching Epidemiology, Research Methods in Health, Medical statistics, and Computer Health Informatics at the undergraduate and postgraduate level.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES / EMPLOYMENT

2002-2005 Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, HMC and University of Qatar,
1994-2003 Visiting Professor: Dept. of General Practice and Remote Health Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine & Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK.
2001-2002 Professor of Community Medicine, FMHS, UAE University,
1991-2000 Assoc. Prof. of Community Medicine, FMHS, UAE University,
1990-1991 Assoc. Prof. of Oncology Dept, Capa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul
1990-1991 Assoc. Prof. of Biology Dept, Faculty of Science, Marmara Univ. Istanbul
1989-1990 Assoc. Prof. of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait
1984-1989 Assoc. Prof. of Statistics Dept, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1981-1984 Asst. Prof. of Industrial Engineering Dept, King A. Aziz University, Saudi Arabia
1981-1984 Asst. Prof. of Biomedical Engineering Dept, King A. Aziz University, Jeddah, SA
1980-1981 Asst. Prof. of Environmental Engineering Dept, Istanbul Technical University

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS

1971-1975: Turkish Government for the BSc study .
1976-1977: British Government for the PhD study.
1977-1979: Turkish Government for the PhD study.

CONSULTING ACTIVITIES IN BIOSTATISTICS, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE
  1. King Abdulaziz Univ. Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1986-1989
  2. Sheikh Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1998-1999
  3. Faculty of Medicine, Fatih University, Ankara, Turkey 1995-2002.
  4. Traffic Directorate in Dubai and Abu-Dhabi Emirates 1991-1999.
  5. Armed Forces Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1985-1999.
  6. Hill Allergy Clinic in Istanbul, Turkey 1991-2002.
  7. Al-Saif Hospital MOH), Ras-Al-Kahimah, UAE 1992-2002.
  8. Tawam and Al-Ain Hospital ,MOH , Al-Ain, UAE 1991-2002
  9. Kuwait University, Faculty of Medicine Jabriyah Hospital 1989 - 1990.
  10. King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 1987 - 1989.
  11. College of Medicine and King Khaled University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. October 1986 to June 1989.
  12. World Health Organization, Violence and Injuries Prevention, Geneva, Switzerland, 26-27 April 2001.
  13. World Health Organization, Global Forum for Health Research, Geneva, Switzerland, 9-13 October 2001.
  14. World Health Organization: Regional consultation to discuss preparation of the World Bank Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention (WRRTIP), (14-15) May, 2003, Cairo, Egypt.
  15. World Health Organization: Follow-up Consultation on the Eastern Mediterranean Approach to Non-Communicable diseases (EMAN) network, (7-10) July, 2003, Beirut, Lebanon.
  16. World Health Organization: Global Forum for Health Research - helping correct the 10/90 gap Forum 7, (2-5) December, 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
  17. World Health Organization: World Health Survey, Riyadh, Muscat Geneva, Switzerland (2002-2005)


  
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SOCIETIES
  1. International Dermatoglyphics Association (Canada), 1977-1989.
  2. International Traffic Medicine Association (USA), 2001-2005..
  3. Member of the Mathematical Genetics Society (Great Britain), 1978-1990.
  4. Fellow of the Behaviour and Brain Sciences (USA), 1978-.
  5. Fellow of Human Biology Council (USA), 1979-1995.
  6. Member of the Biological Engineering Society (Great Britain), 1981-1989.
  7. Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain), 1983-.
  8. Member of the Biometric Society (Great Britain), 1979-.
  9. Member Faculty of Public Health Medicine (Great Britain-2001-)

EDITORIAL AND REFEREE RESPONSIBILITIES
  1. The Behavioural and Brain Sciences (USA), 1980-1985.
  2. Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 2005.
  3. Collegium Anthropologicum (Yugoslavia), 1979-2004.
  4. Human Biology (USA), 1979-1985.
  5. Annals of Human Biology (Great Britain), 1981-1985.
  6. King Saud University, College of Science Journal (Saudi Arabia), 1984-1989.
  7. Emirates Medical Association (UAE), 1992-2002.
  8. Annals of Saudi Medicine (Saudi Arabia), 1990-1999.
  9. European Journal of Epidemiology (Netherland), 1995-
  10. International Journal of Diabetes (UAE), 1994-2002.
  11. Advisory Editor: The New Journal of Medicine, (Turkey), 1991-2005.
  12. Referee & Advisory Editor: Saudi Medical Journal 1991-2006
  13. Ambulatory Child Health (USA), 1999-.
  14. Biomedical Research - Associate Editor, 2006.
  15. WHO Bulletin, Switzerland, 2000-2006
  16. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Assistant Editor,2006-.
  17. BioMed Central in Public Health-2004 -.2006.
INVITED SPEAKER

Invited to speak 115 times in last 25 years, including, Forum, Workshop, Symposium, Conference and Congress at the National and International level.

POSTGRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISED

Total 35 thesis supervised including 18 MSc, 2 MPhil, and 15 PhD Postgraduate students in the Public Health Medicine field and co-authored 15 scientific papers. Also served as an external examiner (UAE University, and Aberdeen University).

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL ARAB BOARD PROJECT SUPERVISED

He has supervised over 30 Medical Arab Board Research Projects in the Family Medicine and Community specialty at the UAE University and Hamad Medical Corporation.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECT SUPERVISED

He has supervised over 168 undergraduate Research Projects in Public Health Medicine and co-authored 12 scientific papers.

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Received over 3 million US Dollars in research grants in last 18 years. Sponsors include, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology KACST, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (3 grants), Kuwait University (1 grant), Faculty of Science, UAE University (9 grants), Faculty of Medicine UAE University (6 grants), Ciba Drug Company (3 grants); Novartis (2 grants); HMC (9 grants); University of Qatar (2 grants), HMC (7 Grants), Qatar Red Crescent (2 grants), Qatar Diabetic Association (2 grants).

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

Departmental Council Secretary, Evaluation and Promotion Committee, Postgraduate Committee and Secretary, Curriculum Committee, Graduate Program Committee, Research Project Committee, Curriculum and Short Course Committee, Community Diagnosis, Teaching Assistant Committee, Research Ethics Committee, Students Admission Panel, International Review Board, Weill Cornell Medical College.

PUBLICATIONS

Total over 345 referred publications (most of the publications in Public Health & Environmental Health, and Family Medicine and 170 of my publications are cited by PubMed), 20 submitted publications, 13 Chapters of book, 115 Conference and Congress publications, 35 theses (20 MSc and 15 PhD), and 5 technical Reports.