Clinical pharmacist, epidemiologist and academic with over twelve years of continuous university teaching and hospital practice. Awarded a PhD in Epidemiology with the highest distinction from the Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Lebanese University, in July 2025, for a multicenter thesis on the management of community-acquired pneumonia and urinary tract infections in Lebanese hospitals. Research program centered on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), antimicrobial consumption and antimicrobial stewardship, spanning hospital, community and population levels. Author of 29 peer-reviewed publications in international journals — first author on 10 and senior author on one — with collaborations across Lebanon, the Gulf, North Africa, Europe, South Asia and global research consortia spanning more than 100 countries.

Principal research focus — Antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use

• 14 of 29 peer-reviewed publications address antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic prescribing, antimicrobial consumption or antimicrobial stewardship — including first authorship on 8 and senior (last) authorship on a further multi-regional AMR study.
• Research spans the full AMR chain: national consumption trend analyses (antibiotics and antifungals), community and household antibiotic practices, community-pharmacy prescribing, hospital guideline adherence, resistance surveillance in clinical isolates, and clinical outcomes of inappropriate therapy.
• Doctoral work produced the first national-scale evidence on inpatient management of UTI and CAP in Lebanon, including the first Lebanese data on CAP etiology and the first contemporary multi-hospital comparison of uropathogen susceptibility against the national baseline.

Multinational and international research

• Lancet Global Health (2026) — co-author on a prospective cohort study of surgical safety and equity across 109 countries, using cholecystectomy as a tracer procedure.
• Antibiotics (2025) — co-author on a multinational study of household knowledge, storage and disposal of leftover antibiotics across seven developing countries.
• Frontiers in Public Health (2024) — second author on a community stroke-awareness intervention conducted across four Arab countries.
• Hospital Lead, Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui, for two global prospective cohort studies: the GECKO study (cholecystectomy knowledge and outcomes) and the HIPPO study (inguinal hernia pathways and planetary outcomes).
• Co-authors and collaborating institutions across Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Cyprus and international research consortia.

Multidisciplinary reach

• Published across infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, epidemiology, clinical pharmacy and pharmacoepidemiology, health services research, health policy, neurology, psychiatry and mental health, women's health, surgery, and health professions education.
• Journals span 12 distinct publishers and disciplines, including The Lancet Global Health, PLOS One, Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, Antibiotics, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, BMC Psychiatry, BMC Neurology, BMC Women's Health and BMC Medical Education.
• Methodological breadth: multicenter retrospective cohorts, cross-sectional surveys, simulated-patient (mystery shopper) studies, ATC/DDD consumption trend analysis, bibliometric analysis, scale validation and mediation modelling.

PhD in Epidemiology, Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Lebanese University July 2025

Thesis: Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Urinary Tract Infections in Lebanese Hospitals. Defended 7 July 2025 before an eight-member international jury and awarded the highest distinction (with honors). Supervised at the Lebanese University; multicenter study across five university hospitals covering Beirut, Mount Lebanon, North and South Lebanon.

M.Sc. in Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacy, Lebanese University       November 2016

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), Beirut Arab University                                                                  2012

Awarded with distinction — Very Good grade (GPA 3.59 / 4.00).

B.Sc. in Pharmacy, Beirut Arab University                                                                                           2010

Excellent grade (GPA 3.92 / 4.00). Jamal Abdul Nasser Award for first rank across the five years of the pharmacy program.

Secondary Education, Al Hoda High School, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia                                                          

Second rank nationally in the high school examination, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

• Editorial Board Member, PLOS ONE — peer review and editorial assessment for a Q1 multidisciplinary international journal.
• Ambassador, AMR Insights — international network dedicated to combating antimicrobial resistance; contributes to advocacy for responsible antimicrobial use, awareness raising and knowledge exchange with global AMR experts. (amr-insights.eu)
• Associate Member, INSPECT-LB (Institut National de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie – Liban) — a multi-university, multidisciplinary national research institute with a portfolio exceeding 700 publications, spanning public health and epidemiology, clinical epidemiology, health economics, clinical pharmacy and pharmacoepidemiology, nutrition, health professions and mental health.
• Hospital Lead, Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui — GECKO and HIPPO  a multinational prospective study; coordinated site activities, data collection and liaison between the global research team and clinical staff.