1994 - 1999 : B.Sc in Pharmacy-An-Najah National University
2004 - 2006 : M.P.H in Public Health-minor Environmental Health-Al Quds University
2006 - 2010: PhD in Health and Life Sciences-Specialized in Environmental Health Sciences-Lorraine university-France
Employment history:
June 2010-present ..Assistant professor: An-Najah National University-School of Medicine and Health Sciences-Public Health Department-Nablus-Palestine.
2000 – 2010... Responsible and dispensing pharmacist: Responsible and dispensing pharmacist in private sector.
Awards and distinctions:
1994-1999 :Fellowship from UNRWA (United Nation Relief and Work Agency) to study for a B.Sc in pharmacy.
2006-2010 :Scholarship from the French Foreign Ministry to study for a Ph.D in Public and Environmental Health Sciences in France.
2007 : Wittner prise in cancer research field from Nancy city-France.
2008-2010 :Fellowship from the INSERM (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research).
2009-2010 :Supplementary financial support from Henri Poincaré University-Nancy 1 recommended by Pr Denis ZMIROU-NAVIER.
2012 :Fellowship of the “USA Across Border 2012 program” in the field of Environmental resources, policy and management. A highly-selective and fully-sponsored program from the US Department of State in the Middle East. The program was carried out in USA from 1st to 28th July 2012.
2013-2014 : Returning Scholar fellow from the Academic Fellowship Program (Open Society Foundations-Europe). Teaching and Research development scholar 2013/2014.
Research Interests:
Evaluation and Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Risks
Exposure Assessment as an Important Public Health Tool
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
Occupational Health and Safety
Environmental Toxicology
Asthma Management
Biomarkers of Genotoxicity and Oxidative stress
Risk Communication (RC) as a complex, multidisciplinary, multidimensional, and evolving process of increasing importance in protecting the public’s health.
Research Groups:
Physics department/radiation section at An-Najah National University (Pr Ghassan Saffarini)