I am a pharmacist with extensive experience in health policy research in humanitarian and displacement settings with a focus on non-communicable diseases and maternal and child health. In the past few years, I led several qualitative projects and meta analysis in different settings (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Singapore, Thailand, and the UK). In all these projects, I worked in close collaborations with local health institutions, universities, and policy makers. I am currently co-leading a qualitative study of patients, providers and stakeholders’ experiences with T1 diabetes in each of Tanzania and Bangladesh. The project is in collaboration between LSHTM; UK , Pittsburgh and Harvard Universities, USA; BIRDEM Diabetes Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, and MITU, Tanzania and relevant hospitals in Mwanza, Tanzania.

In the past 2 years, I led (i) a qualitative study about Syrian patients’ experience with breast cancer in the North West of Syria, in collaboration with Yale University and the Syrian Medical American Society (SAMS); (ii) three systematic reviews and one meta-analysis about cervical cancer in collaboration with the National University of Singapore, Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre, and KK Woman’s and Children’s Hospital; (iii) a qualitative study about the effect of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health in Asia Pacific region, in collaboration with UNFPA; (iv) a scoping review on FGM in Asia and Europe; (v) a qualitative study about health care services for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh using photovoice; (vi) two COVID-19 modelling projects in two different regions in Syria in collaboration with directorates of health in different regions in Syria.

I was also involved in several projects on health systems and policy analysis in different countries in the MENA region, including UNESCWA - The National Agenda for the Future of Syria (NAFS Programme), Lebanon Support - The Right to Health in Lebanon and Jordan, and UNICEF/Valid International - CMAM Evaluation in Sudan. previously, I worked on cancer care management for Syrian refugees in Jordan (WHO-EMRO, 2016), and minorities' experiences in accessing mental health services (Health Experience Research Group, University of Oxford, 2017), and I have over 7 years' field experience in the humanitarian sector in Syria and the UK (Valid International, 2018-20; Asylum Welcome, 2016-2018; UNICEF, 2014-2015; UNHCR, 2013-2014). I hold an MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine from the University of Oxford, and a bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from the University of Damascus.