Education

2011 - 2012

Tufts University Medical Center, Boston, USA

Post- Doctorate, Nutrition Research Fellow (Obesity and Diabetes Management). Fulbright Visiting Scholar; Energy Metabolism Lab/ Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Center

2004 - 2008

Gent University, Belgium.

Ph.D. in Public Health Nutrition and Health Sciences/ Doctor in Medical Sciences. Doctoral Thesis: Nutrition-Related Behaviours among Palestinian Adolescents: Findings from the National Study of Palestinian Schoolchildren (HBSC-WBG2004).

Public Health Department/ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences;

Gent University, Belgium.

2004 - 2005

Gent University, Belgium.

Doctoral Training Program/ Doctorate in Nutrition. Core Courses: Nutritional Epidemiology; Nutrition Planning; Nutrition Project, Nutrition Disorders; and Nutrition Intervention; Food and Diet Therapy, Community Health and Nutrition

1998 – 2000

Oslo University, Norway

Master of Philosophy in International Community Health. Faculty of Medicine/ International Community Health and Nutrition; Oslo University, Norway. Master’s Thesis: Diabetes Self-management in Rural Palestinian Community.

Advanced Diploma in Primary Health Care. Institute of Community Health/ Primary Health Care (PHC); Birzeit University, Palestine. Research: Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society Hospital (PRCS)/ Ramallah.

1997- 1998

Birzeit University, Palestine

1986 - 1990

Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan

B.Sc. in Public Health Nutrition. Department of Public Health/ Faculty of Medicine; Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST); Irbid, Jordan