Samar Al-Hajj, PhD

American University of Beirut Profile

Dr. Samar Al-Hajj is a Research Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut (AUB) and an Adj. investigator at the British Columbia Injury Research and Prevention Unit, BC Children’s Hospital and Research Institute. Dr. Hajj completed her undergraduate studies in Computer Information systems at the U. of British Columbia, Canada and MSc at Golden Gate U, USA. She pursed her PhD in Health Analytics with training in injury prevention at Simon Fraser U and U. of British Columbia, Canada. She completed her global research training (Epidemiology) at Harvard University.

She is the recipient of multiple awards and scholarships. Upon return to Lebanon, she assumed the position of Associate Director for Continuing Medical Education (AUBMC). She currently serves as PI on multiple injury studies in Lebanon including the first national child road traffic injury study, the child school injury, adults and elderly injury in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, as well as injuries and burns among refugees in a humanitarian setting. She is one of the leaders of the Multi-center Beirut Blast TBI study to assess physical injuries and neurobehavioral changes among victims.