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Medical Research Volunteer Program (MRVP)
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
Academic year 2016-2017 29 76
Summer 2016 22 40
Academic year 2015-2016 34 85
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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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
Study title Principal
investigator
Student
name
Department Number of
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
12. Varenicline (chantix) treatment
for waterpipe smoking
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
27. Adaptation and validation of
the ages and stages
questionnaires -3 in arabic
Dr. Lama
Charafeddine
Maya
Hazimeh
Pediatrics
and
adolescent
1
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28. Performance improvement
project: infants’ positioning in
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
33. 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
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
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Vanessa
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Completed projects Summer 2017
Study title Principal
investigator
Student
name
Department Number of
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
2. Role of psma pet/ct in staging
and restaging prostate cancer
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
adult oncology patients at
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
17. Varenicline (chantix) treatment
for waterpipe smoking
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
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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
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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
31. Comparing the oncologic
outcomes of partial and total
mastectomy for breast cancer
patients following preoperative
systemic chemotherapy:
matched retrospective cohort
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
Study title Principal
investigator
Student
name
Department Number of
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
39. Role of psma pet/ct in staging
and restaging prostate cancer
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
45. Establishing a database for the
adult oncology patients at
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
52. The acute vascular effects of
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
55. A complex breastfeeding
promotion and support
intervention in a developing
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
58. Infant positioning in the nicu:
quality improvement project
Dr. Lama
Charafeddine
Mahasin
Rida
Samar
Khalil
Sarah
Farran
Daniel
Badin
Pediatrics
and
adolescent
medicine
4
59. Performance improvement
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
Study title Principal
investigator
Student
name
Department Number of
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
3. Establishing a database for the
adult oncology patients at
aubmc
Dr. Ali
Shamseddine
Ali Karim Internal
medicine
1
4. Hypovitaminosis d: a link
between bone/mineral and
fat/fuel /metabolism
Dr. Ghada El-
Hajj Fuleihan
Adham
Makarem
Internal
medicine
1
5. The acute vascular effects of
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
8. Periodontal disease and in-
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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promotion and support
intervention in a developing
country: a randomized clinical
trial
Nabulsi Afyouni
Diane
Ghanem
Elia Abou
Chawareb
Hussein
Kharroubi
Mahmoud
El Baassiri
May Abiad
Rozane El
Masri
and
adolescent
medicine
12. Adaptation and validation of
the ages and stages
questionnaires -3 (asq-3) in
arabic asq 3
Dr. Lama
Charafeddine
Mohammad
Assaf
Sarah
Farran
Pediatrics
and
adolescent
medicine
2
13. Infant positioning in the nicu:
quality improvement project
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
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Completed projects academic year 2015 - 2016
Study title Principal
investigator
Student
name
Department Number of
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
13. Periodontal disease and in-
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
20. A complex breastfeeding
promotion and support
intervention in a developing
country: a randomized clinical
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
22. Performance improvement
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
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Zaki Abou
Mrad
Zeinab El
Hawraa
Atieh
23. Performance improvement
project: infants’ positioning in
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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Completed projects summer 2015
Study title Principal
investigator
Student
name
Department Number of
volunteers
1. Phenotype-genotype
correlations in patients with
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
6. Cardiomyopathies at aubmc:
behind the numbers, a clinical
and genetic perspective
Dr. Marwan
Refaat
Marianne
Nabbout
Internal
medicine
1
7. Rectal cancer in patients
younger than 45 at aubmc:
epidemiology, tumor,
characteristics and survival
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
14. Adaptation and validation of
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
Study title Principal
investigator
Student
name
Department Number of
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
3. An individualized patient-
specific contrast protocol in
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
7. Cardiomyopathies at aubmc:
behind the numbers, a clinical
and genetic perspective
Dr. Marwan
Refaat
Nadeem
Bilani
Internal
medicine
1
8. Colorectal cancer outcome
study
Dr. Sally
Temraz
Mohamad
Itani
Isabelle
Haddad
Internal
medicine
2
9. Hypovitaminosis d: a link
between bone/mineral and
fat/fuel /metabolism
Dr. Ghada El-
Hajj Fuleihan
Mohamed
Faisal
Kassir
Internal
medicine
1
10. Rectal cancer in patients
younger than 45 at aubmc:
epidemiology, tumor,
characteristics and survival
Dr. Ali
Shamseddine
Joseph
Kazan
Yasmina
Hamdan
Internal
medicine
2
11. Comprehensive multiple
sclerosis database (amir)
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
18. Child and adolescent
psychiatry clinic registry
Dr. Fadi
Maalouf
Lama Assi
Sara Abdel
Latif
Zahraa
Rahal
Psychiatry 3
19. Prevalence of sleep disorders
among hospitalized psychiatric
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
Study title Principal
investigator
Student
name
Department Number of
volunteers
1. Redesigned process in the
operating room: reducing non
operative time
Dr. Roland
Kaddoum
Munir
Moacdieh
Anesthesiolo
gy
1
2. Phenotype-genotype
correlations in patients with
wilson disease
Dr. Julnar Usta Kelly
Merheb
Biochemistry
and
molecular
genetics
1
3. An individualized patient-
specific contrast protocol in
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
9. Comprehensive multiple
sclerosis database (amir)
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
18. Child and adolescent
psychiatry clinic registry
Dr. Fadi
Maalouf
Carine Abi
Gerges
Sara Abdel
Latif
Psychiatry 2
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Completed projects summer 2014
Study title Principal
investigator
Student
name
Department Number of
volunteers
1. Phenotype-genotype
correlations in patients with
wilson disease
Dr. Julnar Usta Edwyn
Jeremy
Assaf
Kelly
Merheb
Mazin
Sabeh
Biochemistry
and
molecular
genetics
3
2. An individualized patient-
specific contrast protocol in
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
5. Hypovitaminosis d: a link
between bone/mineral and
fat/fuel /metabolism
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
18. Prevalence of sleep disorders
among hospitalized psychiatric
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
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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