Carine Sakr, MD, MPH
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Assistant Professor Adjunct
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Carine J. Sakr is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, adjunct, at the Yale School of Medicine.
Dr. Sakr earned her medical degree from Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon and her public health degree from Yale. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency at Cooper Hospital, University Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey and her Occupational and Environmental Medicine Fellowship at the Yale School of Medicine. She is American Board certified in Internal Medicine and Occupational & Environmental Medicine.
Dr. Sakr conducted many research studies evaluating occupational and environmental exposures and their adverse health effects among different populations. She was the program director of the Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Fellowship training and lectured at the Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Sakr was the Occupational Health Services Chief at VA CT Healthcare Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale (Occupational & Environmental Medicine). She subsequently worked at the Ministry of Health and Prevention of the United Arab Emirates, where she was the acting director of the Visiting Consultants Office and a consultant in Occupational Medicine.
In January 2018, Dr. Sakr relocated to Lebanon and joined the American University of Beirut (AUB) where she is currently the Director of Employee Health and an Associate Professor of Medicine. Her research interests include environmental and occupational exposure assessment as well as occupational health and safety of healthcare workers. In February 2020 she was appointed as the chair of the Expert Committee on COVID-19 at AUB. She was later appointed as the co-chair of the COVID-19 Vaccination Group and was heavily involved in the University and Medical Center’s preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She was also the Principal Investigator of a USAID funded project at AUB: a Nation Wide Approach to Respond to the COVID-19 Spread in Lebanon.
Dr. Sakr is a Co-PI on the AUB-Yale NIH funded Global Environmental and Occupational Health Research and Training Hub for the MENA Region (GEO-Health MENA).
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven CT (2006)
- MPH
- Yale School of Public Health (2005)
- Resident
- Cooper Hospital, University Medical Center, Camden NJ (2003)
- MD
- Saint Joseph University (1999)
Research
Overview
Dr Sakr conducted research on workers with specific exposures and tried to evaluate whether their occupational exposures resulted in adverse health effects. She studied a group of employees who were exposed to biopersistant chemicals and evaluated the effects of their exposure on health parameters (lipids, liver enzymes, etc) and other endpoints such as ischemic heart disease and mortality. She also evaluated a cluster of adverse pregancy outcomes among a group of Aluminum Smelter workers.
She evaluated low back pain in a cohort of Veterans who were deployed in the Gulf War.
She worked on multiple initiatives to improve health and safety of healthcare workers at VA CT (improving flu immunization among employees, decreasing rates of work-related injuries, etc).
She is interested in the health and safety of healthcare professionals.
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Martin Slade, MPH, PhD
Carrie A Redlich, MD, MPH, BA
Sarah Assaf
Occupational Exposure
Publications
2024
Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Among a Cohort of Healthcare Workers in Lebanon.
Sakr CJ, Abou Hassan FF, Fakih L, Bou Hamdan M, Assaf S, Rahme D, Melhem NM. Risk Factors for SARS-CoV-2 Among a Cohort of Healthcare Workers in Lebanon. Workplace Health Saf 2024, 72: 48-59. PMID: 38158826, DOI: 10.1177/21650799231214234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHospitals' Collaborations Strengthen Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons Learnt from COVID-19.
Sakr CJ, Assaf SA, Fakih L, Dakroub S, Rahme D, Musharrafieh U, Khater B, Naous J, Romani M, Tannous J, Zahreddine N, Fakhreddine M, Itani M, Zalaquett N, Honein G. Hospitals' Collaborations Strengthen Pandemic Preparedness: Lessons Learnt from COVID-19. Healthcare (Basel) 2024, 12 PMID: 38338207, DOI: 10.3390/healthcare12030321.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Prevalence and Characteristics of Health and Wellness Programs for Arab Hospitals' Employees: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Romani M, Ahmed MA, Salman DO, Hamadeh G, Assaf SA, Sakr CJ. Prevalence and Characteristics of Health and Wellness Programs for Arab Hospitals' Employees: A Cross-Sectional Study. Risk Manag Healthc Policy 2023, 16: 623-634. PMID: 37050921, DOI: 10.2147/RMHP.S391603.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCOVID-19 Infections and Predictors of Sickness Related Absences Among Healthcare Workers
Sakr C, Fakih L, Melhem N, Fakhreddine M, Musharrafieh U, Banna H, Doudakian R, Zahreddine N, Tannous J, Kanj S, Slade M, Redlich C, Rahme D. COVID-19 Infections and Predictors of Sickness Related Absences Among Healthcare Workers. Journal Of Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2023, 65: 590-594. PMID: 37015731, PMCID: PMC10332510, DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002857.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCOVID-19 infectionHealthcare workersSick leave daysLeave daysSick leaveCross-sectional study designMonths of infectionLonger sick leaveCOVID-19Public health interventionsRegression analysisLinear regression analysisHealth interventionsStudy designInfectionSick leavesRelated absencesFuture pandemicsCOVID-19 pandemicPredictorsPandemicDaysLeaveNursesMonthsUsing Social Marketing to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake: A Case Study from the "AUBe Vaccinated" Campaign.
Bardus M, Assaf SA, Sakr CJ. Using Social Marketing to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake: A Case Study from the "AUBe Vaccinated" Campaign. Vaccines (Basel) 2023, 11 PMID: 36851336, DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11020459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInterdisciplinary collaboration is key for a successful vaccination campaign: The example of the American University of Beirut Medical Center
Carine J. Sakr, Umayya Musharrafieh, Gladys Honein-AbouHaidar, Interdisciplinary collaboration is key for a successful vaccination campaign: The example of the American University of Beirut Medical Center, Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, Volume 32, 2023, 100634, ISSN 2405-4526, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2023.100634. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405452623000368)Commentaries, Editorials and Letters
2022
Can interprofessional education change students' attitudes? A case study from Lebanon.
Sakr CJ, Fakih L, Dejong J, Yazbick-Dumit N, Soueidan H, Haidar W, Boufarhat E, Akl IB. Can interprofessional education change students' attitudes? A case study from Lebanon. BMC Med Educ 2022, 22: 570. PMID: 35871066, DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03608-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConsumer knowledge and awareness of the toxicity and handling of household products at a tertiary care center in Beirut, Lebanon.
Mostafa H, Rizk J, Kanaan E, Hamade H, Kaddoura R, Tamim H, Sakr C, El Zahran T. Consumer knowledge and awareness of the toxicity and handling of household products at a tertiary care center in Beirut, Lebanon. Toxicol Ind Health 2022, 38: 408-416. PMID: 35652625, DOI: 10.1177/07482337221106421.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnxiety Among Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic in Lebanon: The Importance of the Work Environment and Personal Resilience
Sakr CJ, Rahme D, Fakih L, Assaf SA, Redlich CA, Slade MD, Fakhreddine M, Usta J, Musharrafieh U, Maalouf G, Khater B. Anxiety Among Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic in Lebanon: The Importance of the Work Environment and Personal Resilience. Psychology Research And Behavior Management 2022, 15: 811-821. PMID: 35411195, PMCID: PMC8994658, DOI: 10.2147/prbm.s350125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsCOVID-19 patientsHealthcare workersLower anxiety levelsSample of HCWsAnxiety levelsBeirut Medical CenterInfection control measuresCross-sectional studyDirect patient careAnxiety Disorder ScaleCOVID-19 pandemicMultivariate analysis resultsSPSS version 27Work exposure factorsResilience ScalePPE trainingPPE availabilityHigher anxiety levelsLower anxiety scoresMedical CenterPatient careSignificant associationMild anxietyHigher resilience scoresAnxiety scores
2021
The Role of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 1 Insertion/Deletion Genetic Polymorphism in the Risk and Severity of COVID-19 Infection.
Saad H, Jabotian K, Sakr C, Mahfouz R, Akl IB, Zgheib NK. The Role of Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 1 Insertion/Deletion Genetic Polymorphism in the Risk and Severity of COVID-19 Infection. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021, 8: 798571. PMID: 35004773, DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.798571.Peer-Reviewed Original Research