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, +974-439 3766
Fax:+974-439 3769
Res:+974-483 44 12
e-mail: abener@hmc.org.qa
, abaribener@hotmail.com
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)
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE
SOCIETIES
1. International Dermatoglyphics
Association (Canada), 1977-1989.
2. International Traffic Medicine Association (USA),
2001-2005.
3. Member of the Mathematical Genetics Society (Great
Britain), 1978-1990.
4. Fellow of the Behaviour and Brain Sciences (USA),
1978-.
5. Fellow of Human Biology Council (USA), 1979-1995.
6. Member of the Biological Engineering Society (Great
Britain), 1981-1989.
7. Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (Great
Britain), 1983-.
8. Member of the Biometric Society (Great Britain),
1979-.
9. Member Faculty of Public Health Medicine (Great
Britain-2001-)
EDITORIAL AND REFEREE
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. The Behavioural and Brain
Sciences (USA), 1980-1985.
2. Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan,
2005.
3. Collegium Anthropologicum (Yugoslavia), 1979-2004.
4. Human Biology (USA), 1979-1985.
5. Annals of Human Biology (Great Britain), 1981-1985.
6. King Saud University, College of Science Journal
(Saudi Arabia), 1984-1989.
7. Emirates Medical Association (UAE), 1992-2002.
8. Annals of Saudi Medicine (Saudi Arabia), 1990-1999.
9. European Journal of Epidemiology (Netherland),
1995-
10. International Journal of Diabetes (UAE), 1994-2002.
11. Advisory Editor: The New Journal of Medicine,
(Turkey), 1991-2005.
12. Referee & Advisory Editor: Saudi Medical
Journal 1991-2006
13. Ambulatory Child Health (USA), 1999-.
14. Biomedical Research - Associate Editor,
2006.
15. WHO Bulletin, Switzerland, 2000-2006
16. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases - Assistant
Editor, 2006-.
17. 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 technical
Reports.
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