Tell us about where you work. What do you do there, and who do you work with?
I used to work as Associate Professor of community medicine at Cairo University in Egypt. Now I work in the epidemiology department of the College of Medicine at King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia. I graduated in 1987 from the Faculty of Medicine at Cairo University. After graduating in 1990 I started teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, mainly in the field of epidemiology and bio-medical statistics.
What are your primary areas of research? What do you aim to achieve in these areas?
My main area of research is non-communicable disease epidemiology, with special emphasis on cancer, the nutritional aspect of disease and the role of physical activity. I am also interested in adolescent health as this represents a critical transition from childhood to adulthood, and can affect many health and psychiatric problems. Both these domains are still young and we have great expectations for them as cornerstones of prevention and control measures.
What contributions have you made to these areas so far? What is the broader importance of your contributions?
I am still not satisfied with what I have done so far. My previous publications highlighted several good points about provision of a valuable database and exploring areas of concerns, but there is a still lot of work to do to create a real impact.
What directions do you expect your research in these areas to take in the future?
Thus far I have not yet researched tropical diseases, micro-nutrient deficiency, and genetic mutation of some cancer, especially breast cancer. My agenda also includes research that tackles psychiatric epidemiology and health-related behaviour.
What do you consider to be the most important recent developments in your areas of research?
There are many important developments such as analytic software, rapid evolution of genetic diversity of diseases etiology and non-invasive DNA sampling.
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