Leila Itani
Associate Professor
Graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1989 with an MSc. degree in Nutrition and completed a Ph.D. focusing on Nutrition education in December 2018. Before joining BAU I taught at the Lebanese University and the Lebanese International University and worked at AUB as a research associate. I also served as the nutrition program coordinator at LIU. In addition, served as a co-consultant for the herbal and dietary supplement committee at the Ministry of Health for several years. I joined the faculty of Health Sciences at BAU in 2010. Currently, serving as an Associate professor at the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics in the Faculty of Health Sciences and actively involved in nutrition-related research. Additionally, I am a breastfeeding specialist and through my courses I supervise the development of outreach nutrition education interventions involving BAU nutrition and dietetics students for community service.
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