I am a public health researcher and educator with 15+ years of clinical and public health experiences in the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and the United States.
I am currently working at the Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy of the City University of New York (USA). Before that I worked at New York University School of Global Public Health (USA), University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (USA), the University of Kentucky College of Public Health (USA), Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (Egypt), Center for Development Services (Egypt), in addition to consulting for national and international organizations.

My teaching and research revolve around health systems and services research with focus on patient-centered care and community-engagement for effective coverage and equitable access to health services, health research participation, and health information.

I have been employing qualitative and mixed methods to improve access to health services for disadvantaged and vulnerable population groups in different global settings. My previous research spanned African Americans’ participation in precision medicine research, developing a tele-sleep medicine platform in the US military treatment facilities, FDA health communication approaches and tools for older women, food allergy treatment value for patients and caregivers, addressing nutritious food supply chain bottlenecks in Chad and South Sudan, and access to hepatitis C treatment in Kentucky and Egypt.