Qatar Journal of Public Health
Editors-in-Chief
Sheikh Mohammed Hamad J. Al-Thani, PhD, Ministry of Public Health, Qatar
Elmobashar Abd Farag, PhD, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar
Managing Editor
Elmoubashar Abd Farag, PhD, Ministery of Public Health, Doha, Qatar
Editorial Board
Senior Editors
Hadi M. Yassine, PhD, Qatar University, Qatar
Hadi Mohamad Yassine is an associate professor of infectious diseases and section head of research at the Qatar University Biomedical Research Center (BRC).His research and teaching experiences have been fostered by several years of intensive work at state-of-the-art and multi-disciplinary institutions. He has published over 200 articles, many of which are in top-tier scientific journals. He was named a highly cited researcher (top 0.1% worldwide) by Clarivate in 2021, 2022 and 2023. He received several awards in recognition of his work and contributed to seven patents on new designs of viral vaccines.
Laith Abu-Raddad, PhD, Weill Cornell Medicine, Qatar
Laith J. Abu-Raddad (Ph.D.) is a Professor of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. His academic career is distinguished by numerous high-impact studies published in journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Science, and The Lancet. His research spans a spectrum of infectious diseases, including COVID-19, HIV, other sexually transmitted infections, hepatitis C virus, tuberculosis, and SARS.
Mohamed Ghaith Al-Kuwari, PhD, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar
Al-Kuwari is a Senior Consultant in Preventive Medicine and Executive Director of Strategy Planning and Health Intelligence at the Primary Health Care Corporation. Academically, he is a Professor of Community Medicine at the College of Medicine at Qatar University and a Trainer in Family and Community Medicine residency programs. He is also the former program director of the community medicine residency program. Prof. Al-Kuwari has over 100 scientific papers published in Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Primary Healthcare.
Ivana Bozicevic, MD, WHO Collaborating Centre for HIV Strategic Information
Ivana Božičević (MD, MSc, DrPH) is a Professor of Public Health at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine in Croatia and serves as a director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for HIV Strategic Information. She holds a DrPH from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research interests are the epidemiology of HIV and STIs and the evaluation of interventions.
Associate Editors
Devendra Bansal, PhD, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar
Mohammed Nour, PhD, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar
Sayed Mohamed Himatt, PhD, EMPHNET, Jordan
Khalid Hamid Elawad, PhD, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar
Hanan F. Abdul Rahim, PhD, Qatar University, Qatar
Iheb Bougmiza, PhD, Primary Health Care Corporation, Qatar
Ali S. Omrani, PhD, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Sami G. Al-Ghamdi, PhD, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Marwa Farag, PhD, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar
Ahmed El Idrissi Hamzi, PhD, Former Senior Animal Health Officer
MOPH Team
Shariq Jaffrey, Public Health Research Coordinator, Doha, Qatar, [email protected]
Fatimah Elnour, Journal Support, Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar, [email protected]
Journals Publisher
Salah B. Ajjur, PhD
Acting head of academic journal publications in HBKU press.