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August
2007 - Volume 1, Issue 4
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ABDULBARI
BENER, PhD, ITMA, MFPHM, FRSS |
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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.
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
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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
- King Abdulaziz Univ. Hospital,
King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1986-1989
- Sheikh Zayed Military Hospital,
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1998-1999
- Faculty of Medicine, Fatih University,
Ankara, Turkey 1995-2002.
- Traffic Directorate in Dubai and
Abu-Dhabi Emirates 1991-1999.
- Armed Forces Hospital in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia 1985-1999.
- Hill Allergy Clinic in Istanbul,
Turkey 1991-2002.
- Al-Saif Hospital MOH), Ras-Al-Kahimah,
UAE 1992-2002.
- Tawam and Al-Ain Hospital ,MOH
, Al-Ain, UAE 1991-2002
- Kuwait University, Faculty of
Medicine Jabriyah Hospital 1989 - 1990.
- King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 1987 - 1989.
- College of Medicine and King Khaled
University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. October 1986 to June 1989.
- World Health Organization,
Violence and Injuries Prevention, Geneva, Switzerland,
26-27 April 2001.
- World Health Organization,
Global Forum for Health Research, Geneva, Switzerland,
9-13 October 2001.
- 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.
- World Health Organization:
Follow-up Consultation on the Eastern Mediterranean
Approach to Non-Communicable diseases (EMAN) network, (7-10)
July, 2003, Beirut, Lebanon.
- World
Health Organization:
Global Forum for Health Research - helping correct the 10/90
gap Forum 7, (2-5) December, 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
- World Health Organization:
World Health Survey, Riyadh, Muscat Geneva, Switzerland
(2002-2005)
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HONORARY MEMBER OF THE SOCIETIES
- International Dermatoglyphics
Association (Canada), 1977-1989.
- International Traffic Medicine
Association (USA), 2001-2005..
- Member of the Mathematical Genetics
Society (Great Britain), 1978-1990.
- Fellow of the Behaviour and Brain
Sciences (USA), 1978-.
- Fellow of Human Biology Council
(USA), 1979-1995.
- Member of the Biological Engineering
Society (Great Britain), 1981-1989.
- Fellow of the Royal Statistical
Society (Great Britain), 1983-.
- Member of the Biometric Society
(Great Britain), 1979-.
- Member Faculty of Public Health
Medicine (Great Britain-2001-)
EDITORIAL AND REFEREE RESPONSIBILITIES
- The Behavioural and Brain Sciences
(USA), 1980-1985.
- Journal of College of Physicians
and Surgeons Pakistan, 2005.
- Collegium Anthropologicum (Yugoslavia),
1979-2004.
- Human Biology (USA), 1979-1985.
- Annals of Human Biology (Great
Britain), 1981-1985.
- King Saud University, College
of Science Journal (Saudi Arabia), 1984-1989.
- Emirates Medical Association (UAE),
1992-2002.
- Annals of Saudi Medicine (Saudi
Arabia), 1990-1999.
- European Journal of Epidemiology
(Netherland), 1995-
- International Journal of Diabetes
(UAE), 1994-2002.
- Advisory Editor: The New
Journal of Medicine, (Turkey), 1991-2005.
- Referee & Advisory Editor:
Saudi Medical Journal 1991-2006
- Ambulatory Child Health (USA),
1999-.
- Biomedical Research - Associate
Editor, 2006.
- WHO Bulletin, Switzerland, 2000-2006
- Journal of Pediatric Infectious
Diseases - Assistant Editor,2006-.
- 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 techn
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