Iman Nuwayhid
Co-Director, GEOHealth-MENA
Professor of Public Health and Occupational and Environmental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut; Co-editor of the landmark book on “Public Health in the Arab World” (Cambridge University Press, 2012) ; Co-chair of the Lancet-AUB Commission on Syria
Nuwayhid is a Professor of the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon. He received his MD from AUB and his MPH and DrPH in Occupational Health from The Johns Hopkins University. He is American Board Certified in Occupational Medicine. He is a member of the editorial board of “International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health” and an elected fellow to the Collegium Ramazzini (since 2004). He was inducted into the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars in 2012. He is a co-editor of the landmark book on “Public Health in the Arab World” published by Cambridge University Press in March 2012. He is the Co-Director of the NIH-funded Global Environmental and Occupational Health Research and Training Hub for the Middle East and North Africa (GEOHealth-MENA program), a collaboration between the American University of Beirut, Yale University, and the University of Iowa.
Nuwayhid is a strong believer in interdisciplinary and community-based research and has successfully bridged his three areas of specialization in medicine, general public health, and environmental and occupational health. His research interests include ecosystem approach to human health (Ecohealth), environmental determinants of health, and occupational health with a focus on working children.