Organizing committee

All Together Better Health ATBH XI
The 11th International Conference on Interprofessional
Practice and Education

“Cultivating a Collaborative Culture: Sharing Pearls of Wisdom”

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ATBH Organizing Committee

Chair: Dr Lily O’Hara, Associate Professor of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University, Qatar

Dr. Lily O’Hara is Associate Professor of Public Health at Qatar University. She is a public health and health promotion educator and practitioner with experience in Australia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Lily has worked on community, workplace, and school-based programs addressing a broad range of health and wellbeing issues. Her research focuses on analyzing oppressive public health approaches to body weight and their inequitable impact on people with larger bodies, and developing ethical, evidence-based, salutogenic public health initiatives for body liberation using the social justice-based Health at Every Size approach. Lily’s research also focuses on developing the critical health promotion competencies of the community, workforce, and institutions through the development and application of the Red Lotus Critical Health Promotion Model. Her research on COVID-19 has focused on the impact of the pandemic on mental health internationally, the impact on women academics in Qatar, and the representation of people with higher body weight in COVID-19 vaccine trials. She has developed and facilitated numerous Interprofessional Education sessions for students at Qatar University, and is a co-lead of the IPE course in the Master of Health Professions Education.

Co-chair: Ms Noof Al-Kuwari, Lecturer, College of Nursing, Qatar University

Ms. Al-Kuwari is the administrative coordinator at the Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences Office at Qatar University, and a lecturer from the College of Nursing. She is a professional nurse with different experiences in pediatric surgery, urology, pain management. She holds a Master’s degree from University of Glasgow in advanced nursing science, and postgraduate certification in clinical management of pain.

Other Members

Ms. Maha AlQatouni Lead for Conference Branding and Social Media

Senior Engagement and Communications Specialist, Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences Office, Qatar University
Ms. Raneem Jabari Engagement and Communications Specialist, Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences Office, Qatar University
Ms. Haneen Khader Engagement and Communications Specialist, Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences Office, Qatar University
Ms. Amal Saleh Engagement and Communications Specialist, Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences Office, Qatar University
Ms. Layal Mansour Interprofessional Education Specialist, Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences Office, Qatar University
Ms. Aya Elhage Interprofessional Education Pre-Clinical Specialist, Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences Office, Qatar University
Mr. Liwaa Al Smadi Section Head of Events, Communications and Public Relations Department, Qatar University
Ms. Nafjah Al-Mulla Senior Event Specialist, Communications and Public Relations Department, Qatar University
Ms. Myriam Eljaam Teaching Assistant of Clinical Pharmacy and Practice, College of Pharmacy, Qatar University
Dr. Maham Hadi Clinical Teaching Assistant, Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences Office, Qatar University
Ms. Reem El Hage Learning Support Specialist, College of Pharmacy, Qatar University
Ms. Fatima Al Zahraa Chokr Teaching Assistant of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Qatar University
Ms. Taysier Eltayeb Abbas Elgaili Senior Wellbeing specialist, Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences Office, Qatar University

Biography:

Professor Asmaa Al-Thani is the Vice President of Medical and Health Sciences, the Director of the Biomedical Research Center (BRC) and a Professor of Virology at the Biomedical Sciences Department, Qatar University.  Professor Althani is also an Adjunct Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.

Professor Al-Thani’s portfolio articulates a record of accomplishments in establishing the academic and research infrastructure for health and medical sciences at Qatar University, pertaining her roles as the Founding Dean of the College of Health Sciences (2016) and the Founding Director of BRC (2014).  Professor Al-Thani has an active role in national landscape of medical research through serving as the Vice Chairperson of the Qatar Biobank Board, Chairperson of the National Qatar Genome Committee and establishing National Reference laboratory-COVID19 Unit.  In addition, she is the founding chair for the Empower Generation Consortium (EGC), which comprises several projects that enhance the national capacities in health and medical sciences.

Professor Al-Thani has a leading research portfolio, with over than 120 published papers in peer-reviewed international journals and around 34 internal and external research grants and 2 patents.  She is a reviewer for several scientific journals and conferences, and currently a member of the American society for Microbiology.

Her accomplishments have been recognized through several awards, including the Astrolabi Award from WCMC-Q (2020), QS- Reimagine Oscar in Education, gold in Life Sciences and the silver in best university-employer relationship for the years 2018-2020.   She also received the State Encouraging Award in the Medical Sciences and Nursing (2017), Sheikh Hummaid Bin Rashid Award for Culture and Sciences (2006), Al-Jasra Cultural Club –Qatar (2008), Qatar University Outstanding Faculty Service Award (2012), the College of Arts and Sciences Research Award (2012) and the Arab Paediatric Medical Research Award (2015).