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, Qatar