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Medical Research Volunteer Program (MRVP)

Clinical Research Institute (CRI)

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The Medical Research Volunteer Program (MRVP) provides undergraduate students with an

active experience and the opportunity to learn from and support physicians, clinical researchers,

basic science researchers and other health professionals.

Objectives

Instill and nourish research curiosity in undergraduate students.

Provide opportunities for undergraduate students to be exposed to a real research experience.

Allow undergraduate students to develop a deeper understanding of the scientific basis of

research that goes beyond what is offered in the core curriculum.

Help undergraduate students achieve a greater understanding of the process and methods of

scientific research.

Give undergraduate students the opportunity to take an active part in advancing the field of

medical research.

Encourage and increase teamwork amongst students and also between students and faculty

members.

Directors

Bilal Kaafarani, PhD 2014 - Present

Hani Tamim, PhD 2014 - Present

Coordinator

Pamela Abi Khalil, MBA Sep 2018 - Present

Lara Al Hakim, MS Dec 2016 – Aug 2018

Hala Kaidbey, MS 2014 – Nov 2016

MRVP IT portal manager

Abdullatife Daouk, BS Jan 2018 - Present

Mona Boji, BS Oct 2017 – Dec 2017

Marwa Soubra, MBA 2014 – Sep 2017

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MRVP Committee

Member name Role in the committee Date

Hani Tamim, PhD Director 2014 - Present

Bilal Kaafarani, PhD Director 2014 - Present

Lama Charafeddine, MD Faculty representative 2017 - Present

Lara Al Hakim, MS Coordinator 2017 – Present

Jessica Attieh, BS Students’ representative 2014 – Present

Michael Dagher, BS Students’ representative 2014 – Present

Dina El Achi, BS Students’ representative 2017 - Present

Pamela Moukarzel, BS Students’ representative 2017 - Present

Marwa Soubra, MBA Portal Manager 2014 – Sep 2017

Karl Mansour, BS Students’ representative 2015 – 2017

Mariya Akkawi, BS Students’ representative 2015 – 2017

MRVP activity summary

MRVP call Total number of projects Total number of matched students

Summer 2018 33 81

Academic year 2017-2018 36 56

Summer 2017 33 56


Summer 2016 22 40


Summer 2015 16 33

Spring 2015 21 30

Fall 2014 18 28

Summer 2014 20 30

Total 262 515

Publications of MRVP students

Year Number of publications Number of students

2017 3 3

2016 9 14

2015 2 2

2014 1 1

Total 15 20

MRVP workshop series

Feb 2018 4 sessions 168

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Ongoing projects Summer 2018

Study title Principal

investigator

Student

name

Department Number of

volunteers

1. Does implementation of the

pecarn rules for minor head

trauma improve patient

centered outcomes in a

lebanese emergency

department?

Dr. Rasha

Sawaya

Mahdi

Hamade

Mohammad

Mdaihly

Perla

Mansour

Rayan

Hamdar

Emergency

medicine

4

2. Prognostic value of the

lactate/albumin ration for

predicting mortality in septic

patients presenting to the

emergency department

Dr. Ralphe

Bou Chebl

Elias El

Tayar

Mona

Moukadde

m

Sarah Fares

Emergency

medicine

3

3. Patient knowledge of

medication in the ed and

family medicine clinics

Dr. Nicholas

Batley

Lea Abou

Chedid

Tamara

Abdallah

Family

medicine

2

4. Comparison of morbidities

between transfusion and non

transfusion dependent

thalassemia patients older than

45 years

Ali Taher Nicole

Charbel

Internal

medicine

1

5. Identifying methods for setting

priorities in the fields of public

health and health policy

Dr. Elie Akl Ghida

Arnous

Mohamad

Fawzi

Awad

Rima

Hammam

Stephanie

Baltayan

Internal

medicine

4

6. Biospecimen collection in

bronchoscopy

Dr. Hasan

Chami

Aya Mosleh

Medhat

Siddik

Internal

medicine

2

7. Varenicline (chantix) treatment

for waterpipe smoking

cessation

Dr. Hasan

Chami

Karine Eid

Razan Diab

Internal

medicine

2

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8. Maternal and child nutrition

among refugees and host

communities in greater beirut:

a focus on anemia

Dr. Hani

Tamim

Adnan El

Kadri

Anthony

Yazbeck

Lara Tarraf

Natasha

Salame

Nour Al

Hoda Al

Manayaa

Sara Jawhar

Tahreer El

Zaeem

Shadi

Tabbarah

Sima Bu

Jawdeh

Youssef

Zougheib

Internal

medicine

10

9. Traumatic brain injury; a

retrospective cohort study in

Lebanon

Dr. Hani

Tamim

Aya

Alaeddine

Ibrahim

Mrad

Laura

Hudroj

Maya

Nicole

Ataya

Mounay

Bakkar

Nareen

Tenbelian

Olfa Hichri

Yasser

Yahya

Internal

medicine

8

10. Tools to assess health research

training programs: a systematic

review

Dr. Marlene

Chakhtoura

Hassan

Moukalled

Noha El

Yaman

Rami Matar

Internal

medicine

3

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11. The link between vascular and

metabolic health indices and

mental illnesses

Dr. Martine El

Bejjani

Maria Al

Hourani

Internal

medicine

1

12. Outcome patients with breast

cancer

Dr. Nagi

Saghir

Mohammad

Al Labban

Samya El

Sayed

Internal

medicine

2

13. Amir Dr. Samia

Khoury

Moussa

Itani

Wael Hanna

Neurology 2

14. Differentiation between

neuromyelitis optica (nmo) and

multiple sclerosis (ms) patients

by means of magnetic

resonance imaging (mri) and

optic coherence tomography

(oct) analysis.

Dr. Samia

Khoury

Tala Al

Saleh

Lara

Chehabeddi

ne

Neurology 2

15. Associations between

environmental pollutants in the

follicular fluid of infertile

women and IVF treatment

outcome

Dr. Johnny

Awwad

Nour Assaf Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

16. A novel gnrha triggering

approach for final follicle

maturation in in vitro

fertilization

Dr. Johnny

Awwad

Jad Farid

Assaf

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

17. Early vascular dysfunction in

metabolic disease: role of

adipose inflammation

Dr. Ahmed

Fawzi El-

Yazbi

Tina

Hourany

Towfik

Sebai

Pharmacolog

y and

toxicology

2

18. The effect of nonconvulsive

seizures on rodent learning

Dr. Makram

Obeid

Michel Al

Mardini

Nadim

Nasrallah

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

2

19. Potential protective effects of

trkb blockade against seizure-

induced cognitive and

emotional behavioral deficits

in rats

Dr. Makram

Obeid

Hiba

Zeineddine

Jana Adnan

Siham El

Haj Ibrahim

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

3

20. Adaptation and validation of

the ages and stages

questionnaires -3 in arabic

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Mohammad

Rustom

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

1

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medicine

21. Performance improvement

project: infants’ positioning in

the nicu

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Zakaria

Khansa

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

22. Non invasive monitoring and

diagnosis of physiologic

disturbances in term and

preterm newborns using video

analysis techniques

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Alicia

Khazzeka

Karen

Naanai

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

2

23. Implementation of kangaroo

care

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Sara Obeid Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

24. Cannabis use and psychosis Dr. Farid Talih Aline Khalil

Bruna

Assaad

Christelle

Radi

Psychiatry 3

25. Evaluation of parents and

adolescents’ knowledge and

attitudes towards the treatment

of children and adolescents

with psychiatric medications

Dr. Fadi

Maalouf

Ayah Matar

Rawan Diab

Psychiatry 2

26. Prevalence of psychiatric

disorders in lebanese children

and adolescents

Dr. Fadi

Maalouf

Fatima Abu

Akila

Nadine

Sunji

Yasmine

Nasser

Psychiatry 3

27. Assessing the radiosensitivity

of breast and bladder tissues

(unaffected and tumor) when

treated with a combination of

bisphosphonates and statins.

Dr. Zeina

Ayoub

Aya El

Harake

Radiation

oncology

1

28. The effect of conformal

internal mammary chain

electron fields on lung and

heart dose in breast cancer

adjuvant radiotherapy: a

comparative dosimetric study.

Dr. Zeina

Ayoub

Boushra

Abou Hjeily

Radiation

oncology

1

29. Amount of residual disease in Dr. Eman Malak Surgery 2

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the axilla agter chemotherapy:

in the young population as

compared to the older breast

cancer patients: matched

retrospective cohort

Sbaity Ghezzawi

Mohammad

Moussawi

30. Comparing the oncologic

outcomes of partial and total

mastectomy for breast cancer

patients following preoperative

systemic chemotherapy:

matched retrospective cohort

Dr. Eman

Sbaity

Bashar

Hasan

Loubaba El

Wazir

Samir

Dagher

Surgery 3

31. Patterns of management at

aubmc for positive sentinel

lymph nodes after acosog-

z0011 trial

Dr. Eman

Sbaity

Morgan

Bou Zerdan

Nour Abi

Chakra

Surgery 2

32. Systematic review of

framework and obstacles in

collaboration in biomedical

research

Dr. Eman

Sbaity

Reem

Bahsoun

Vanessa

Helou

Surgery 2

33. Systematic review of sentinel

lymph node biopsy after

neoadjuvant chemotherapy in

breast cancer

Dr. Eman

Sbaity

Batoul

Yassmin

Omar Zein

Surgery 2

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Completed projects Academic year 2017-2018


investigator

Student

name


volunteers

1. Traumatic brain injury in

Lebanon: multicenter study

Dr. Firas

Kobaissy

Mohammed

Deeb Itani

Leen

Mohamad

Fouad

Mohammad

Ali

Mazloum

Biochemistry

and

molecular

genetics

4

2. Traumatic brain injury in mena Dr. Firas

Kobaissy

Alexandra

Abi Nassif

Samira

Takkoush

Shorouk

Hajeer

Fatima Abu

Akila

Biochemistry

and

molecular

genetics

4

3. Lung cancer development

following knockout of gprc5a

and tobacco carcinogen

exposure

Dr. Humam

Kadara

Dalia

Ezzeddine

Sara

Termos

Biochemistry

and

molecular

genetics

2

4. Comparison between "true

whole body pet/ct scan" and

"skull base to mid-thigh" for

staging and clinical

management in oncology

Dr. Mohamad

Haidar

Hassan

Sinan

Jana Adnan

Diagnostic

radiology

2

5. Role of psma pet/ct in staging

and restaging prostate cancer

Dr. Mohamad

Haidar

Kamar El

Haj Sleiman

Lynn Hajjar

Diagnostic

radiology

2

6. Neuroimaging malignant

meningioma

Dr. Roula

Hourany

Ahmad

Sibahi

Diagnostic

radiology

1

7. Outcomes and risk factors of

influenza infections

Dr. Hassan

Zaraket

Elsa Hebbo Experimental

pathology

and

immunology

1

8. Cardiac screening of young

athletes

Dr. Mona

Osman El

Hage

Hossam

Lababidi

Family

medicine

1

9. Establishing a database for the Dr. Ali Antoine Internal 2

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adult oncology patients at

aubmc

Shamseddine Melki

Peter

Kfoury

medicine

10. Waterpipe smoking and the

bladder a cross-sectional study

at the american university of

beirut

Dr. Ali

Shamseddine

Hussein El

Bourji

Nour El-

Samad

Internal

medicine

2

11. The Acute vascular effects of

water pipe smoking

Dr. Hasan

Chami

Racha

Ghoussaini

Sarah El

Iskandarani

Internal

medicine

2



cessation

Dr. Hasan

Chami

Nadine

Sunji

Internal

medicine

1

13. Diagnostic performance of fdg-

pet/ ct scan as compared to us-

guided fna in prediction of

axillary lymph node

involvement in patients with

early breast cancer

Dr. Hazem

Assi

Noor Al-

Rubaye

Internal

medicine

1

14. Epidemiology, prognosis, and

outcomes of schwannoma

patients; a single institution

experience using two different

surgical techniques

Dr. Hazem

Assi

Corinne Al

Ghorayeb

Internal

medicine

1

15. Prognostic significance of

single progesterone receptor

positivity in early breast cancer

patients treated at american

university of beirut medical

center

Dr. Hazem

Assi

Moussa

Berro

Internal

medicine

1

16. Obesity in outpatient settings at

aub-mc: prevalence, diagnosis

and treatment rates

Dr. Marlene

Chakhtoura

Natalie

Saadeh

Internal

medicine

1

17. Research fellowship program

at aub-mc

Dr. Marlene

Chakhtoura

Karim El

Mokaddem

Internal

medicine

1

18. The link between vascular and

metabolic health indices and

mental illnesses

Dr. Martine El

Bejjani

Nicolas

Najm

Wedad

Anbtawi

Internal

medicine

2

19. Long-term outcome of her2- Dr. Nagi Alain Internal 5

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positive breast cancer in the era

of targeted therapy

Saghir Greige

Aya Ghosn

Bilal Abou

Al Ardat

Rawad El

Hayek

Zeena Bou

Reslan

medicine

20. Amir Dr. Samia

Khoury

Abdel Hadi

Shmoury

Nancy

Safwan

Neurology 2

21. Ocular steroid dispensing by

pharmacies in Beirut

Dr. Joanna

Saade

Ahmad Al

Attar

Ophthalmolo

gy

1

22. Exploration of the effect of

oral anti-hyperglycemic drugs

as an early intervention for

diabetic cardiovascular

complications

Dr. Ahmed

Fawzi El-

Yazbi

Amal

Halwani

Lara

Chaaban

Pharmacolog

y and

toxicology

2

23. Behavioral facilitation

following hippocampal

stimulation

Dr. Makram

Obeid

Bachir

Bachir

Jad Allam

Yaser

Fadlallah

Marya

Wahidi

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

4

24. Beneficial effect of trkb

blockade in status epilepticus

in rats

Dr. Makram

Obeid

Karim Al

Hasanieh

Sarah Saad

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

2

25. A case-control study about

autism in children below 3

years of age.

Dr. Mona

Nabulsi

Alexandra

Badaoui

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

26. A complex breastfeeding

promotion and support

intervention in a developing

country: study protocol for a

randomized clinical trial

Dr. Mona

Nabulsi

Malika El

Hage

Hassan

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1


the ages and stages

questionnaires -3 in arabic

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Maya

Hazimeh

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

1

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medicine



the nicu

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Tassnim

Elhalabi

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

29. Risk factors associated with

readmission for

hyperbilirubinemia in late

preterm and term infants: a

multicenter study from a

middle-income country.

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Jad Charif Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

30. Cannabis use and psychosis Dr. Farid Talih Nour Adra

Rachelle El

Haber

Sarah Badin

Psychiatry 3

31. Does personality of med

students predict academic and

job success?

Dr. Pia

Zeinoun

Zaid Shami Psychology 1

32. Amount of residual disease in

the axilla agter chemotherapy:

in the young population as

compared to the older breast

cancer patients: matched

retrospective cohort

Dr. Eman

Sbaity

Malak

Ghezzawi

Vahe

Panossian

Surgery 2







Dr. Eman

Sbaity

Bashar

Hasan

Jean Paul

Rizk

Surgery 2

34. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors

database: retrospective profile

description and evaluation of

surgery practices

Dr. Eman

Sbaity

Mohammad

Ghotmi

Teddy

Sawma

Surgery 2

35. Scoping review on effect of

diabetes mellitis on oncologic

outcomes of colorectal cancer

Dr. Eman

Sbaity

Abdul

Rahman

Ammouni

Dima

Mashtoub

Sarah

Ghezzaoui

Surgery 3

36. Systematic review of Dr. Eman Reem Surgery 2

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framework and obstacles in

collaboration in biomedical

research

Sbaity Bahsoun

Vanessa

Helou

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Completed projects Summer 2017


investigator

Student

name


volunteers

1. Targeting colon cancer stem

cells by the anticancer

molecule thymoquinone

derived from black seed

Dr. Hala

Muhtasib

Frida

Atallah

Saleem

Halablab

Biology 2



Dr. Mohamad

Haidar

Levon

Souvalian

Tassnim El

Halabi

Diagnostic

radiology

2

3. Cardiac screening of young

athletes

Dr. Mona

Osman El

Hage

Hasan Slika

Suhaib

Abdul

Fattah

Family

medicine

2

4. Information about the

assessment of conditional

preferences and decision

making in utilization of sexual

and reproductive health

services among sexual and

gender based survivors in

refugee camps

Dr. Jinan Usta Jouman

Hassan

Sara Jezzini

Family

medicine

2

5. Long-term cognitive and

emotional consequences in a

rat model of early life hypoxia

Dr. Makram

Obeid

Bachir

Bachir

Sarah Saad

Family

medicine

2

6. Nicotine replacement therapy

versus behavioral support

therapy for water pipe tobacco

smoking cessation in the

lebanese population; a

randomized controlled trial

Dr. Maya

Romani

Avedis

Mardirossia

n

Malak

Hobballah

Family

medicine

2

7. Patients response to physician

self-disclosure

Dr. Ghassan

Hamadeh

Carine

Naim

Diana

Sasouh

Family

medicine

2

8. Relation between obesity and

diet beverages

Dr. Umayya

Musharrafieh

Ahmad Al

Halabi

Sophie

Dagher

Hayeck

Family

medicine

2

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9. Diagnostic performance of fdg-

pet/ ct scan as compared to us-

guided fna in prediction of

axillary lymph node

involvement in patients with

early breast cancer

Dr. Hazem

Assi

Sarah

Khalife

Internal

medicine

1

10. Effect of different diets on long

term weight maintenance and

other outcomes: a systematic

review and meta-analysis

Dr. Marlene

Chakhtoura

Elsa Karam

Lynn Hajjar

Internal

medicine

2

11. Establishing a database for the


aubmc

Dr. Ali

Shamseddine

Hussein

Hassan

Maya Diab

Internal

medicine

2

12. Incidence and survival

outcomes of sarcoma subtypes

in the lebanese population

Dr. Hazem

Assi

Jean Paul

Rizk

Internal

medicine

1

13. MRVP committee Dr. Hani

Tamim

Dina El

Achi

Pamela

Moukarzel

Internal

medicine

2

14. Obesity in outpatient settings at

aubmc: prevalence, diagnosis

and treatment rates

Dr. Marlene

Chakhtoura

Aya Ghosn

Maha

Chaccour

Sara

Termos

Internal

medicine

3

15. Research fellowship at aubmc Dr. Marlene

Chakhtoura

Fatima Abu

Akila

Natalie

Saadeh

Internal

medicine

2

16. The acute vascular effects of

water pipe smoking

Dr. Hassan

Chami

Racha

Ghoussaini

Sarah El

Iskandarani

Internal

medicine

2



cessation

Dr. Hassan

Chami

Dima

Mashtoub

Sassine

Youssef

Internal

medicine

2

18. Exploration of the effect of

oral anti-hyperglycemic drugs

as an early intervention for

diabetic cardiovascular

Dr. Ahmed

Fawzi El-

Yazbi

Ahmad El

Moghrabi

Pharmacolog

y and

toxicology

1

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complications

19. Infant positioning in the nicu:

quality improvement project

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Samar

Khalil

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

20. Influenza burden of disease Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Jonathan

Joseph

Chemali

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

21. Influenza surveillance in

children and adults

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Najwa

Radwan

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

22. Neuroprotection with trkb

blockade in a rat model of

status epilepticus

Dr. Makram

Obeid

Jad Allam

Mahdi

Mansour

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

2

23. Pneumococcal burden of

disease

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Alice Recho Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

24. Risk factors associated with

readmission for

hyperbilirubinemia in late

preterm and term infants: a

multicenter study from a

middle-income country.

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Salam

Helwany

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

25. Streptococcus pneumonia:

invasive disease surveillance

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Christian

Sadaka

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

26. The role of ceramide in

adenoviral infection

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Lama

Ammar

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

27. The role of sphingolipids in

hypoxia

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Mounir

Arab

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

28. The role of the tumor

suppressors p53 and p18Ink4c

in infertility

Dr. Raya Saab Rami Abi

Ammar

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

1

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medicine

29. Time trends in incidence and

determinants of care in

childhood diabetes in lebanon

over the past two decades

Dr. Hala Tfayli Sarah Badin

Moussa

Berro

May

Dassouki

Sirine

Andari

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

4

30. Viral infections in pediatric

cancer patients

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Hanane

Chamma

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1







Dr. Eman

Sbaity

Abdul

Rahman

Ammouni

Sarah

Ghezzaoui

Surgery 2

32. cN1 breast cancer patients

receiving neoadjuvant

chemotherapy in modern era

followed by axillary lymph

node dissection: amount of

residual disease in the young

population

Dr. Eman

Sbaity

Vahe

Panossian

Wissam

Boulos

Mekary

Surgery 2

33. Effect of young age on survival

in stage II colon cancer

Dr. Eman

Sbaity

Angie Fares

Joy

Zeynoun

Surgery 2

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Completed projects 2016-2017


investigator

Student

name


volunteers

34. Evaluation of traumatic brain

injury in middle east and north

africa: a systematic review

Dr. Firas

Kobaissy

Fatima

Soltan

Hatem

Mona

Mohammad

Khalil

Razan

Ghalayini

Zeinab

Hammoud

Biochemistry

and

molecular

genetics

5

35. Lung cancer development

following knockout of gprc5a

and tobacco carcinogen

exposure

Dr. Humam

Kadara

Dalia

Ezzeddine

Zahraa

Rahal

Biochemistry

and

molecular

genetics

2

36. Progression of airway

expression profiles following

tobacco carcinogen exposure

Dr. Humam

Kadara

Marie

Abdullah

Biochemistry

and

molecular

genetics

1

37. Thymoquinone combination

with conventional and targeted

drugs: a therapeutic approach

against adult t-cell leukemia

Dr. Hala

Muhtasib

Hussein

Hariri

Mouafak

Homsi

Biology 2

38. Several ongoing projects in

field of dermatology and

genetic diseases both clinical

and basic sciences

Dr. Mazen

Kurban

Dana

Khoury

Layal

Ghamloush

Zainab

Nasrallah

Dermatology 3



Dr. Mohamad

Haidar

Carine El

Jamal

Maryam

Anany

Diagnostic

radiology

2

40. Knowledge, attitude, and

practice of the american

university of beirut charles

hostler student center members

with respect to exercise-related

injury 13

Dr. Maya

Romani

Nour Kalot

Sara

Hatoum

Family

medicine

2

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41. Outcomes of health

information seeking of patients

for acute symptoms over the

internet

Dr. Joumana

Antoun

Sarah El

Iskandarani

Hiba

Yassine

Family

medicine

2

42. Prevalence of problematic

smartphone use among

lebanese adults from 18 to 65

years old

Dr. Joumana

Antoun

Anthony

Fadel

Dana

Alameddine

Family

medicine

2

43. Use of singulair in post viral

cough

Dr. Joumana

Antoun

Ali Jaber

Anthony

Haddad

Vanessa

Mroueh

Family

medicine

3

44. Effect of vitamin d

replacement on maternal and

neonatal outcomes rct

Dr. Ghada El-

Hajj Fuleihan

Abdel

Motaleb

Moukalled

Zahraa

Karnib

Internal

medicine

2



aubmc

Dr. Ali

Shamseddine

Ali Karim

Mireille

Moubarak

Zahraa

Rahal

Internal

medicine

3

46. Hypovitaminosis d: a link

between bone/mineral and

fat/fuel /metabolism

Dr. Ghada El-

Hajj Fuleihan

Souha

Farhat

Internal

medicine

1

47. Malignant and borderline

phyllodes tumor of breast

treated with a multi-modality

approach in a tertiary cancer

care center: prognostic analysis

and literature review

Dr. Hazem

Assi

Maya

Lababidi

Internal

medicine

1

48. Outcomes of lebanese patients

with advanced malignancies

treated with nivolumab

Dr. Hazem

Assi

Mohammed

Itani

Internal

medicine

1

49. Profile of illness in syrian

refugees

Dr. Marwan

Refaat

Hammam

Antar

Lea Sayegh

Joelle

Allam

Hiba Dirawi

Zeinab

Internal

medicine

21

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Hammoud

Mirna

Faysal

Nathalie El

Khoury

Omar

Antabli

Mira Kheil

Jean Serhan

Georges

Maroun

Nahla Jouni

Samir

Dagher

Tarek Araji

Nizar

Shayya

Fatima

Abdallah

Hussein

Baydoun

Hanan

Aghar

Hanadi

Ibrahim

Rachelle El

Haber

Nagham

Youssef

50. Research fellowship program

at aubmc

Dr. Marlene

Chakhtoura

Elsa Karam Internal

medicine

1

51. Sleep patterns in greater beirut Dr. Hassan

Chami

Yara Saba

Souha

Farhat

Internal

medicine

2


water pipe smoking

Dr. Hassan

Chami

Anthony

Haddad

Maya Diab

Internal

medicine

2

53. HIV and comorbidities Dr. Nada

Melhem

Saleh

Moheidly

Sami Srour

Medical

laboratory

sciences

program

MLS

2

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54. AMIR Dr. Samia

Khoury

Abdul

Rahman

Ammouni

Joelle

Allam

Youmna

Jalkh

Neurology 1




country: a randomized clinical

trial

Dr. Mona

Nabulsi

Carine Akil

Diane

Ghanem

Jessica

Mroueh

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

3

56. Autism risk factors Dr. Mona

Nabulsi

Ramzi

Kibbi

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

57. Case report and review of the

literature on nasal myiasis in

children

Dr. Rima

Wakim

Elias

Jabbour

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1



Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Mahasin

Rida

Samar

Khalil

Sarah

Farran

Daniel

Badin

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

4


project-hand hygiene practice

Dr. Mona

Nabulsi

Zaki Abou

Mrad

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

60. Evaluation of parents and

adolescents’ knowledge and

attitudes towards the treatment

of children and adolescents

with psychiatric medications

Dr. Fadi

Maalouf

Ahmad

Darazi

Dana Berry

Nour El Ali

Psychiatry 3

61. Periodontal disease and in-

vitro fertilization outcomes: a

prospective cohort study

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Hanan

Aghar

Lynn Hajjar

Widian

Laoun

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

3

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62. Chk1 and dna-pk mediate tpen-

induced dna damage in a ros

dependent manner in human

colon cancer cells

Rozane El

Masri

1

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Completed projects summer 2016


investigator

Student

name


volunteers

1. Assessment of traumatic brain

injury in Lebanon: a

retrospective cohort study

Dr. Hani

Tamim

Mohammad

Awada

Hussein

Kharroubi

Rim

Younes

May Abiad

Internal

medicine

4

2. Effect of vitamin d

replacement on maternal and

neonatal outcomes rct

Dr. Ghada El-

Hajj Fuleihan

Dana Berry

Osama

Rahwanji

Internal

medicine

2



aubmc

Dr. Ali

Shamseddine

Ali Karim Internal

medicine

1




Dr. Ghada El-

Hajj Fuleihan

Adham

Makarem

Internal

medicine

1


water pipe smoking

Dr. Hassan

Chami

Anthony

Haddad

Samir

Dagher

Internal

medicine

2

6. Vitamin d at aubmc Dr. Ghada El-

Hajj Fuleihan

Tala Al

Saleh

Internal

medicine

1

7. AMIR Dr. Samia

Khoury

Mohammed

Hamdan

Youmna

Jalkh

Neurology 2


vitro fertilization outcomes: a

prospective cohort study

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Widian

Laoun

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

9. The effect of sleeve

gastrectomy on the metabolic,

endocrine and reproductive

profile in pcos women

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Lynn Hajjar Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

10. Evaluation of stresses on

adjacent teeth during traction

of palatally impacted canines: a

finite element analysis study

Dr. Joseph

Ghafari

Rawad El

Hayek

Otolaryngolo

gy and head

and neck

surgery

1

11. A complex breastfeeding Dr. Mona Aya Rouba Pediatrics 7

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trial

Nabulsi Afyouni

Diane

Ghanem

Elia Abou

Chawareb

Hussein

Kharroubi

Mahmoud

El Baassiri

May Abiad

Rozane El

Masri

and

adolescent

medicine


the ages and stages

questionnaires -3 (asq-3) in

arabic asq 3

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Mohammad

Assaf

Sarah

Farran

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

2



Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Ahmad

Hamwi

Mirvat

Termos

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

2

14. Influenza burden of disease Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Mohamad

Moumneh

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

15. Influenza surveillance in

children and adults

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Khouloud

Fawaz

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

16. Pneumococcal burden of

disease

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Joe Fayad Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

17. Postoperative fever in the

pediatric cardiac patients with

conduit placement

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Sara Diab Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

18. Primary immunodeficiency

diseases

Dr. Rima

Wakim

Lucien

Mansour

Najla Daher

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

2

19. Streptococcus pneumoniae:

invasive disease surveillance

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Tamara

Siblini

Pediatrics

and

1

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adolescent

medicine

20. The role of ceramide in

adenoviral infection

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Dalia

Ezzeddine

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

21. The role of sphingolipids in

hypoxia

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Hussein

Noureldine

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

22. Viral infections in pediatric

cancer patients

Dr. Ghassan

Dbaibo

Ehab

Wehbe

Hind Anan

Saleh

Moheidly

Sara

Tellaoui

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

4

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Completed projects academic year 2015 - 2016


investigator

Student

name


volunteers

1. Phenotype-genotype

correlations in patients with

wilson disease

Dr. Julnar Usta Joyce

Boutros

Mustapha

Jomaa

Biochemistry

and

molecular

genetics

2

2. Correlation between positive

finding on mo-mri and trus

biopsy of prostate in a

Lebanese tertiary healthcare

center

Dr. Fadi El-

Merhi

Victoria

Ahmad

Diagnostic

radiology

1

3. Hematuria with renal cell

carcinoma correlation

Dr. Fadi El-

Merhi

Malika El

Hage

Hassan

Diagnostic

radiology

1

4. Radiological manifestations of

leukemia in pediatrics: the

Lebanese experience over 12

years

Dr. Lena

Naffaa

Dimitri

Maamari

Diagnostic

radiology

1

5. Role of high resolution fdg-

pet/ct and pet mri fused images

in newly diagnosed breast

cancer

Dr. Mohamad

Haidar

Lea Saab

Ranim

Chehade

Diagnostic

radiology

2

6. Short and long term follow up

of right hepatic vein stenting in

budd chiari patients secondary

to hepatic vein stenosis

Dr. Ali Haydar Reem

Debian

Diagnostic

radiology

1

7. Drosophila melanogaster as a

model system to study tumor

induced immune responses in

anaplastic large cell lymphoma

Dr. Margret

Shirinian

Marwa

Diab

Experimental

pathology

and

immunology

1

8. Mechanisms of antimicrobial

resistance

Dr. Ghassan

Matar

Abdul

Sattar

Raslan

Rayan

Hallal

Experimental

pathology

and

immunology

2

9. Cardiomyopathies at aubmc:

behind the numbers, a clinical

and genetic perspective

Dr. Marwan

Refaat

Reda

Chalhoub

Internal

medicine

1

10. MRVP committee Dr. Hani

Tamim

Karl

Mansour

Internal

medicine

2

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Mariya

Akkawi

11. Rectal cancer in patients

younger than 45 at aubmc:

epidemiology, tumor,

characteristics and survival

Dr. Ali

Shamseddine

Joseph

Kazan

Yasmina

Hamdan

Internal

medicine

2

12. AMIR Dr. Samia

Khoury

Abdulghani

Abou Koura

Anna

Mikhael

Joelle

Allam

Johnny Bou

Saba

Neurology 4


vitro fertilization (ivf )

outcomes: a prospective cohort

study

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Jessica

Mroueh

Sarah El

Iskandarani

Vanessa

Mroueh

Widian

Laoun

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

4

14. Public health nutrition

intervention to enhance healthy

eating and lifestyle

modification among lebanese

patients with polycystic

ovarian syndrome.

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Zahraa

Rahal

Zouheir Al

Housseini

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

2

15. The effect of sleeve

gastrectomy on the metabolic,

endocrine and reproductive

profile in pcos women

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Farah

Abdulhai

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

16. The effect of bariatric surgery

on male infertility

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Nina

Khaldieh

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

17. The prevalence and phenotype

of pcos in a selected group of

Lebanese women

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Jawad

Barbar

Lina Hamad

Lynn Hajjar

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

3

18. The prevalence of

inflammatory markers among

young girls with pcos

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Nadeen El

Amin

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

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19. Studying intellectual conflict

of interest in medical research

Dr. Elie Akl Anna

Mikhael

Hussein

Noureldine

Mariam

Khaldieh

Nahla Jouni

Office of the

VP for

medical

affairs

4





trial

Dr. Mona

Nabulsi

Nathalie El

Khoury

Ranan

Fattal

Zahraa

Hachem

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

3

21. Breastfeeding and autistic

disorders: is there an

association? a case-control

study.

Dr. Mona

Nabulsi

Nathalie El

Khoury

Zahraa

Hachem

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

2


project-hand hygiene practice

Dr. Mona

Nabulsi

Ali Jaber

Batoul Al

Hajj

Dana

Nasrallah

Elsa Hallab

Farah Al

Hattab

Hussein El

Hajj

Hussein

Zalzale

Khodor

Terro

Lina Fleyfel

Makram

Bou

Ghannam

Samira

Chatila

Saja Al

Hajjar

Souad Ali

Zahraa

Rahal

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

15

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Zaki Abou

Mrad

Zeinab El

Hawraa

Atieh



the nicu

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Daniel

Badin

Sara

Hatoum

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

2

24. Urinary tract infections in

children-resistant bacteria

Dr. Rima

Hanna Wakim

Arni Sarian

Leen Masri

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

2

25. Cellular injury in diabetic

complications: stem cells as a

novel therapeutic approach

Dr. Assaad Eid Ahmed

Soleiman

Dania

Bacha

Physiology 2

26. Child and adolescent

psychiatry clinic registry

Dr. Fadi

Maalouf

Majid

Chammas

Najla

Beydoun

Nayla

Kassab

Psychiatry 3

27. The psychopathology in

adolescents in lebanese schools

study: a school-based national

mental health survey

Dr. Fadi

Maalouf

Clara El

Nakib

Hanadi

Ibrahim

Hanan

Aghar

Hussein

Baydoun

Marita

Yaghi

Psychiatry 5

28. Child protection at aubmc:

evaluation and development of

a child abuse detection and

intervention program

Dr. Leila

Dirani

Ornella

Nohra

Selina Sfeir

Psychiatry 2

29. Safe start- mental health of

infants and toddlers

Dr. Leila

Dirani

Nicole Bou

Rjeily

Hadi

Sabbagh

Psychiatry 4

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Masara

Touza

Tala Marie

Tayoun

30. Prevalence of depression in

high risk pregnancies in a

single center in lebanon”

Dr. Farid Talih Farida Abi

Farraj

Lara Hoteit

Nadine

Nasser

Psychiatry 3

31. Adaptation, validation, and

norming of arabic tests: a

critical review of

methodologies and practices

Dr. Pia

Zeinoun

Farah

Allouch

Psychometric

s unit

1

32. Assisting patients in

completion of psychometric

tools and forms, and data entry

Dr. Pia

Zeinoun

Linda Bou

Ali

Psychometric

s unit

1

33. Developing psychometric

norms for the grooved

pegboard test

Dr. Pia

Zeinoun

Saleh

Moheidly

Sarah

Farran

Psychometric

s unit

2

34. Single workstation linux

cluster as a test bed for monte

carlo simulations

Dr. Phillip

Taddei

Rayan

Hallal

Radiation

oncology

1

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investigator

Student

name


volunteers



wilson disease

Dr. Julnar Usta Joyce

Boutros

Mustapha

Jomaa

Biochemistry

and

molecular

genetics

2

2. Is there an optimal slice

thickness for lesion detection

in liver computed tomography?

Dr. Ali Haydar Dana

Shatila

Diagnostic

radiology

1

3. Short and long term follow up

of right hepatic vein stenting in

budd chiari patients secondary

to hepatic vein stenosis

Dr. Ali Haydar Reem

Debian

Diagnostic

radiology

1

4. Split-bolus contrast injection

protocol tri-phasic computed

tomography urography

Dr. Fadi El-

Merhi

Johnny

Abboud

Khouloud

Fawaz

Diagnostic

radiology

2

5. Clinical effectiveness of

therapies for influenza - focus

on peramivir

Dr. Hassan

Zaraket

Elie

Massaad

Leen Masri

Mohammad

Khalil

Experimental

pathology

and

immunology

3




Dr. Marwan

Refaat

Marianne

Nabbout

Internal

medicine

1





Dr. Ali

Shamseddine

Anthony

Younes

Daniel

Daou

Internal

medicine

2

8. Comprehensive multiple

sclerosis database (amir)

Dr. Samia

Khoury

Ayman Al

Razim

Caline

Hayek

Hassan

Baalbaki

Youssef

Saklawi

Neurology 4

9. RNFL and gcl thickness in ms

correlation with disease

duration and ms risk factors

Dr. Samia

Khoury

Joelle

Allam

Sara Abdel

Neurology 2

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Latif

10. Periodontal disease and ivf

outcomes

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Suzanne

Mrad

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

11. Public health nutrition

intervention to enhance healthy

eating and lifestyle

modification among lebanese

patients with pcos

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Ghassan

Bou Saba

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

12. The methods used by country

level organizations to adopt

and/or adapt guidelines

developed by the world health

organization

Dr. Elie Akl Acile

Nahlawi

Divina

Hasbani

Hiba Zeid

Nivine

Halabi

Office of the

VP for

medical

affairs

4

13. Effect of thyroidal hormonal

therapy replacement on voice,

a perceptual and acoustic

evaluation

Dr. Abdul

Latif Hamdan

Adib Edilbi

Mariam

Saad

Otolaryngolo

gy and head

and neck

surgery

2


the ages and stages

questionnaires in arabic asq-3

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Amena El

Harakeh

Sabine

Maamari

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

2

15. Vitamin d in premature infants Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Daniel

Badin

Faysal

Tabbara

Sara

Hatoum

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

3

16. Prevalence of sleep disorders

among hospitalized psychiatric

patients

Dr. Farid Talih Hazar Kanj

Saja Al

Hajjar

Psychiatry 2

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Completed projects spring 2015


investigator

Student

name


volunteers

1. How to save time in a busy

operating room

Dr. Roland

Kaddoum

Divina

Hasbani

Anesthesiolo

gy

1

2. An individualized patient-

specific contrast protocol in

renal ct- angiography

Dr. Fadi El-

Merhi

Raian Bou

Fajreldin

Diagnostic

radiology

1



renal mra: reduced sar and

contrast dose

Dr. Fadi El-

Merhi

Nina

Khaldieh

Diagnostic

radiology

1

4. Split-bolus contrast injection

protocol tri-phasic computed

tomography urography

Dr. Fadi El-

Merhi

Lara Al

Jamal

Diagnostic

radiology

1

5. Respiratory virus surveillance

in lebanon

Dr. Hassan

Zaraket

Hala Osta Experimental

pathology

and

immunology

1

6. Normative value of cognitive

tests

Dr. Hala

Darwish

Adib Edilbi Hariri school

of nursing

1




Dr. Marwan

Refaat

Nadeem

Bilani

Internal

medicine

1

8. Colorectal cancer outcome

study

Dr. Sally

Temraz

Mohamad

Itani

Isabelle

Haddad

Internal

medicine

2




Dr. Ghada El-

Hajj Fuleihan

Mohamed

Faisal

Kassir

Internal

medicine

1





Dr. Ali

Shamseddine

Joseph

Kazan

Yasmina

Hamdan

Internal

medicine

2



Dr. Samia

Khoury

Dania

Bacha

Fatimah

Chamsedine

Omar Itani

Neurology 3

12. Effect of vitamin d Dr. Samia Hawraa Neurology 1

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replacement on immune

function and cognition in ms

patients

Khoury Tarhini

13. RNFL and gcl thickness in ms

correlation with disease

duration and ms risk factors

Dr. Samia

Khoury

Dana El

Halabi

Muhieddine

Labban

Neurology 2

14. Periodontal disease and ivf

outcomes

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Adham

Halaoui

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

15. Effect of isoretinoid treatment

on voice

Dr. Abdul

Latif Hamdan

Maroun

Bou Zerdan

Otolaryngolo

gy and head

and neck

surgery

1

16. Vitamin d in premature infants Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

Faysal

Tabbara

Perla

Ibrahim

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

2

17. Role of mapks pathway in

trophoblast differentiation

regulated by hypoxia or ppar

Dr. Georges

Daoud

Amer

Traboulsi

Physiology 1



Dr. Fadi

Maalouf

Lama Assi

Sara Abdel

Latif

Zahraa

Rahal

Psychiatry 3



patients

Dr. Farid Talih Hiba

Ghandour

Psychiatry 1

20. Lifetime attributable risk of

radiotherapy-induced leukemia

for children treated at aubmc

for brain cancer

Dr. Phillip

Taddei

Dina

Saleem

Radiation

oncology

1

21. Vitamin d supplementation

post bariatric surgery

Dr. Bassem

Safadi

Fadel

Alturki

Makram

Bou

Ghannam

Surgery 2

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Completed projects Fall 2014


investigator

Student

name


volunteers

1. Redesigned process in the

operating room: reducing non

operative time

Dr. Roland

Kaddoum

Munir

Moacdieh

Anesthesiolo

gy

1



wilson disease

Dr. Julnar Usta Kelly

Merheb

Biochemistry

and

molecular

genetics

1



renal mra: reduced sar and

contrast dose

Dr. Fadi El-

Merhi

Ghina Al

Fout

Diagnostic

radiology

1

4. Adaptation markers evolution

of h1n1 viruses

Dr. Hassan

Zaraket

Hakam

Kharraz

Lara Faraj

Mohammad

Rahima

Experimental

pathology

and

immunology

3

5. Respiratory viral co-infections:

the effect on disease outcome

Dr. Hassan

Zaraket

Akhmad

Shanaakh

Lara Asroui

Experimental

pathology

and

immunology

3

6. Esophageal cancer in lebanon:

epidemiology, risk factors and

survival

Dr. Ali

Shamseddine

Dalia

Malaeb

Karim

Kozhaya

Internal

medicine

2

7. Information needs Dr. Sally

Temraz

Yara

Jabbour

Internal

medicine

1

8. Investigating the concept of

intellectual conflict of interest

Dr. Elie Akl Hassan

Dehaini

Hussein

Mohsen

Office of the

VP for

medical

affairs

2



Dr. Samia

Khoury

Hussein

Moussa

Mouafak

Homsi

Mouhamad

Moussawy

Neurology 3

10. Prevalence and significance of

intracardiac echogenic focus in

Dr. Fadi Mirza Dana

Naamani

Obstetrics

and

1

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lebanese parturient gynecology

11. The effect of vitamin d,

atorvastatin, and fluvastatin on

cvd risk factors in women with

pcos

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Majd

Kayali

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

12. Weight management among

lebanese patients with pcos

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Rima

Kashash

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

13. Different models of minimum

health package: a systematic

review

Dr. Elie Akl Ahmed El

Rahyel

Ezzat Al

Barazi

Hussein

Mohsen

Office of the

VP for

medical

affairs

3

14. Models of medical coverage

subsequent to humanitarian

crises: systematic review

Dr. Elie Akl Rayan

Hajjar

Office of the

VP for

medical

affairs

1

15. Effect of oral contraceptive on

voice

Dr. Abdul

Latif Hamdan

Hassan

Dehaini

Otolaryngolo

gy and head

and neck

surgery

1

16. Prevalence of

laryngopharyngeal and vocal

symptoms in patients with gout

Dr. Abdul

Latif Hamdan

Amanda

Abi Doumet

Otolaryngolo

gy and head

and neck

surgery

1

17. Vocal symptoms and acoustic

findings in menopausal women

Dr. Abdul

Latif Hamdan

Adib Edilbi Otolaryngolo

gy and head

and neck

surgery

1



Dr. Fadi

Maalouf

Carine Abi

Gerges

Sara Abdel

Latif

Psychiatry 2

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investigator

Student

name


volunteers



wilson disease

Dr. Julnar Usta Edwyn

Jeremy

Assaf

Kelly

Merheb

Mazin

Sabeh

Biochemistry

and

molecular

genetics

3



renal ct-angiography

Dr. Fadi El-

Merhi

Batoul

Dokmak

Christina

Haddad

Diagnostic

radiology

2

3. Assessment of bpa levels

among lebanese population

Dr. Hani

Tamim

Jimmy

Nehme

Internal

medicine

1

4. Colorectal cancer outcome

study

Dr. Sally

Temraz

Pamela

Sabbah

Rozane El

Masri

Internal

medicine

2




Dr. Ghada El-

Hajj Fuleihan

Mohamed

Faisal

Kassir

Internal

medicine

1

6. Perioperative systemic vs.

inhaled steroids in copd

patients undergoing non-

thoracic surgery

Dr. Hassan

Chami

Victoria

Ahmad

Internal

medicine

1

7. Prognostic determinants of

outcome at presentation in

young lebanese female patients

with breast ca

Dr. Ali

Shamseddine

Marie

Therese Eid

Internal

medicine

1

8. Comparative genomic profiling

of rnas and micro rnas in

endometrium of infertile

women with rif

Dr. Johnny

Awwad

Michael Jim

Bejjani

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

9. Semen human papilloma virus

shedding in couples

undergoing assisted

reproductive technologies.

Dr. Johnny

Awwad

Zahraa

Rahal

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

10. The effect of vitamin d,

atorvastatin, and fluvastatin on

Dr. Ghina

Ghazeeri

Mazen

Basbous

Obstetrics

and

4

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cvd risk factors in women with

pcos

Samer Bou

Karroum

Malak El

Sabeh

gynecology

11. Vitamin d deficiency among

lebanese pregnant women:

prevalence and pregnancy

outcomes

Dr. Fadi Mirza Loulwa

Farha

Obstetrics

and

gynecology

1

12. Interventions to combat or

prevent drug counterfeiting: a

systematic review

Dr. Elie Akl Ihsan

Hammoura

Office of the

VP for

medical

affairs

1

13. Investigating the concept of

intellectual conflict of interest

Dr. Elie Akl Mira Itani

Mohammad

Al Akel

Office of the

VP for

medical

affairs

2

14. Systematic review on the

interaction between physician

and pharmaceutical companies

Dr. Elie Akl Dana

Naamani

Office of the

VP for

medical

affairs

1

15. The significance of

preoperative bleeding studies

in adenotonsillectomy

Dr. Randa Al

Barazi

Karen

Tatarian

Salim

Habib

Otolaryngolo

gy and head

and neck

surgery

2

16. Evaluating biologic features of

pediatric cancers

Dr. Raya Saab Omar

Najjar

Pediatrics

and

adolescent

medicine

1

17. Prevalence of psychiatric

disorders in adolescents in

beirut

Dr. Fadi

Maalouf

Rabih

Ghazi

Zahraa

Atwi

Psychiatry 2



patients

Dr. Farid Talih Ali Ajrouch Psychiatry 1

19. Suicide rates in lebanon Dr. Ziad Nahas Abdel

Kader

Natour

Antoine

Khaty

Psychiatry 2

20. Validation of the inventory of

depressive symptomatology in

Dr. Ziad Nahas Mohamad

Ali Tfaily

Psychiatry 1

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a sample of lebanese

population

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MRVP publications

Student

name

Principal

investigator

Publication Date

1. Zahraa

Rahal

Dr. Humam

Kadara

“Smoking and lung cancer: a geo-regional

perspective”. Link

Aug

2017

2. Dalia

Ezzeddine

Dr. Humam

Kadara

"Development of kras mutant lung adenocarcinoma in

mice with knockout of the airway lineage-specific

gene gprc5a". Link

Jul

2017

3. Mustapha

Jomaa

Dr. Julnar

Usta

“Chemosensitivity of u251 cells to the co-treatment of

d-penicillamine and copper: possible implications on

wilson disease patients”. Link

Jan

2017

4. Acile

Nahlawi

Hiba Zeid

Dr. Elie Akl "A very low number of national adaptations of the

world health organization guidelines for hiv and

tuberculosis reported their processes". Link

Aug

2016

5. Dana

Naamani

Ihsan

Hammoura

Dr. Elie Akl "Knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of patients and the

general public towards the interactions of physicians

with the pharmaceutical and the device industry: a

systematic review". Link

Aug

2016

6. Ahmed El-

Rahyel

Rayan

Hajjar

Dr. Elie Akl "Coordinating the provision of health services in

humanitarian crises: a systematic review of suggested

models". Link

Aug

2016

7. Divina

Hasbani

Dr. Elie Akl "Reporting of financial and non-financial conflicts of

interest by authors of systematic reviews: a

methodological survey". Link

Aug

2016

8. Lara Al-

Jamal

Raian Bou

Fakhereldin

Dr. Fadi El-

Merhi

"Imaging in multiple sclerosis: a new spin on lesions".

Link

Jul

2016

9. MRVP

Committee:

Michael

Dagher

Jessica

Atieh

Marwa

Soubra

Dr. Samia

Khoury

Dr. Hani

Tamim

Dr. Bilal

Kaafarani

“Medical research volunteer program

(mrvp): innovative program promoting

undergraduate research in the medical field”. Link

Jun

2016

10. Louma

Rustam

Dr. Lama

Charafeddine

"Sensorimotor therapy and time to full oral feeding in

<33 weeks infants". Link

May

2016

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2017.00194/full

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.30851/epdf

http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2017.00010/full

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http://currents.plos.org/disasters/article/coordinating-the-provision-of-health-services-in-humanitarian-crises-a-systematic-review-of-suggested-models/

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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1754-9485.12498/abstract

http://www.aub.edu.lb/fm/medicalresearch/mrvp/Documents/BMCMedEduc2016P160.pdf

http://www.earlyhumandevelopment.com/article/S0378-3782(16)30053-6/abstract

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11. Mohammad

Al Akel

Dr. Elie Akl "The effects of water pipe tobacco smoking on health

outcomes: an updated systematic review and meta-

analysis". Link

Apr

2016

12. Dalia

Mourad

Dr. Ali

Haydar

“Bilateral absent uterine arteries”. Link Jan

2016

13. Rawan Safa Dr. Ali

Haydar

"Predictors of pneumothorax after ct-guided

transthoracic needle lung biopsy: the role of

quantitative ct". Link

Dec

2015

14. Mira Itani Dr. Elie Akl "Effectiveness of mechanisms and models of

coordination between organizations, agencies and

bodies providing or financing health services in

humanitarian crises: a systematic review." Link

Sep

2015

15. Talia Ariss Dr. Rana

Shararah

Knowledge, perception, and attitude of healthcare

professionals towards organ donation in Lebanon: a

tertiary care center survey. organs tissues and cells.

2014

MRVP workshops

Title Speakers Sessions Date Attendees

MRVP

workshop

series

2017-2018

Ms. Abeer Dakik Ethical Considerations in

Clinical Research

Feb 01, 2018 108

Ms. Aida Farha Effective Literature Search Feb 08, 2018 117

Dr. Samaa Al Tabbah Endnote: A Reference Manager Feb 15, 2018 126

Dr. Hani Tamim Basics of Statistics in Medicine Feb 22, 2018 115

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27075769

http://www.bmj.com/content/352/bmj.i50

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009926015003475

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137159