Mona Hussein Haidar

Previous Professions

  • Full time faculty & Leader of the social medicine and global health program (education, teaching, service and advocacy), 2009 - present, School of Medicine, Lebanese American University.
  • Research Fellow, July 2008 - July 2009, Global Health& Social Medicine department, Harvard Medical School.
  • Consultant, February - June 2008, School of Medicine, Lebanese American University.
  • Clinic Director, January 2007 - January 2008, Lesotho HIV rural initiative (scale up of HIV testing and treatment in the rural areas of Lesotho), Partners In Health.
  • Public Health and EWARS (Early Warning and Response System) Officer, September/November/December 2006, World Health Organization (Lebanon).

Major Achievements

1-Harvard Medical School, Global Health & Social Medicine department:

  • Participating in the research and development of academic products for the Global Health Delivery project.
  • Participating teaching the course “Introduction to Social Medicine” .
  • Co-moderating the adherence for antiretroviral therapy and retention web-based community of practice for global health implementers.

2-Lebanese American University School of Medicine:

  • Developing the social medicine and global health curriculum.

3-Lesotho HIV Rural Initiative, Partners in Health:

  • Providing medical care including HIV testing and counseling, antiretroviral therapy, & tuberculosis treatment.
  • Training community health workers on HIV, Tuberculosis, and primary care.
  • Supervising the clinic’s income generating projects, food and formula programs.

 

Field(s) of Expertise

Social Medicine
Global Health (focus on HIV)
Internal Medicine

Education

  • Master's degree, Public Health (Global Health concentration), 2009, Harvard School of Public Health, United States of America.
  • Internal Medicine Residency, 2006, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
  • Medical degree, 2003, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
  • Bachelor of Science degree, Nutrition, 1998, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Degrees: Bachelor's, Master's