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Ghaiath Hussein

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Public Health Building, Room 122Medicine, Ethics, Society and History (MESH)University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK

 

E-mail: Work:            gmh232@bham.c.uk

               Personal:     ghaiathme@gmail.com

Office: +44 (0)12146852

Mobile: +44 (0)7907731427

Professional info

A Sudanese physician, bioethicist, and trainer. Currently, a doctoral researcher in the University of Birmingham, UK, funded by Wellsome Trust. The title of the thesis is "The ethical issues related to the undertaking of research on humans during armed conflicts: Case study of Darfur, west Sudan (2004-2012)"

Work experience

Full-Time Postgraduate Researcher at the University of Birmingham. My PhD thesis is about the ethical issues related to the conduct of research in conflict-affected areas. My case study is in Darfur, west Sudan. It covers the research involving humans conducted by the international NGOs during the humanitarian crisis in Darfur from 2004 till the end of 2012.

Full-Time Postgraduate Researcher.

​December 2012 - present

Languages

Fluent Arabic (mother language)

Fluent English (reading & writing)

French (Good communication)

​Basic German (Grunde Stuffe II)

Skills

Leadership

Presentation & communication

Management skills: Planning, Implementation, M&E and projects coordination

Basic video editing (Camtasia)

MS Office (good knowledge)

Reference Management Software (RefMan and EndNote)

2010 - present

2010 - present

Assistant professor

​June 2010 – Sep. 2012

In the Department of Bioethics, faculty of Medicine – King Fahad Medical City, affiliated with King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. My tasks included teaching of bioethics to undergraduate medical students, assist in conducting and reviewing research, assist in developing ethical guidelines, provide ethics consultations, and assist in the organization and delivery of training activities for clinicians and faculty staff

In Dengue fever Control Program, Ministry of Health, Jeddah Province, Saudi Arabia. My tasks included periodic epidemiological reporting of dengue cases, training of staff, technical assistance to researchers, and to help in developing guidelines and protocols.

Epidemiology doctor and researcherer.

June 2009 – June 2010

Master of health sciences (MHSc.) in Bioethics.

PhD Researcher,  (2012-2015). Title of the thesis: Ethical Issues in Research and research-Like Activities conducted by International NGOSs during Conflicts – Case Study from Darfur, West Sudan (2004-2012)

University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Canada

​2007 - 2008

University of Birmingham, UK

​2012 - present

Education

Medical Bachelor and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

Al-Zaem Al-Azhary University, Sudan

​1996 - 2002

Senior Project Officer.

July – September 2009

SPO of Mapping African Review Capacity (MARC) Project, Council of Health Research and Development (COHRED). MARC is funded by EU grant and run jointly by Geneva-based COHRED and the University of Kuazulu Natal in South Africa. My main tasks included planning and initiation of MARC project activities, mainly to work with the project team to develop and update an African map of research and research ethics review capacity. The interactive map is available on (http://www.healthresearchweb.org/).

National Primary Health Care (PHC) Officer.

April – June 2006

For the World Health Organization (Nyala suboffice, South Darfur, Sudan). My main tasks included planning and monitoring the PHC activities in collaboration with the state ministry of health, international NGOs and other UN agencies, and the coordination and collaboration with the UN agencies providing humanitarian aid in south Darfur, especially for refuges and internally displaced persons.

Director of Researchers' Capacity Building Unit.

June 2004- April 2006

In the Research Directorate, (Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan). My tasks included the design, implementation and follow-up of the training activities conducted by the department.

Housemanship Clinical Trainee/Intern.

January 2003- June 2004

Housemanship assignments included:

- (Jan 2003- June 2004) Major Internal Medicine shift at Bahry Teaching Hospital, 3 months, Prof. Algezouli Dafallah.

- Minor Internal Medicine shift at Police Teaching Hospital, 2 months, Dr. Mohyildeen Abd Allah.

- General Surgery shift at Bahry Teaching Hospital, 3 months, Dr. A/Naser Alsayed.

- Obs. and Gyn. Shift at Soba University Hospital, 3 months, Prof. A/Raheem Algouni

- Pediatrics shift at Academy University Hospital, 3 months, Dr. A/Moneim.

- June 2004- June 2005: Medical officer, Abo Dogana PHC Center

  • Writing Skills: Structuring your Thesis, University of Birmingham (2013)

  • Introduction to QSR NVIVO 9 ,University of Birmingham (2013)

  • MS Project Manager, University of Birmingham (2013)

  • MS ACCESS, University of Birmingham (2013)

  • MS Excel, University of Birmingham (2013)

  • Methodological Basis of Health Technology Assessment (November 2013 and January 2014)

  • Qualitative Research Methods, University of Birmingham (January 2014)Epidemiology and Statistical Research Methods, University of Birmingham (October 2013)

  • The Scientific Kick-Off Meeting of the COST Action IS1201 on Disaster Bioethics was held at Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland on 25-26 April 2013

  • Writing for publishing, Gezira University in Collaboration with WHO, Sudan (2008)

  • Evidence-Based Medicine Course, organized by EBM group, Jeddah, KSA (2006)

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines Appraisal & Adaptation Course, Jeddah, KSA, (2006)

  • Course on Qualitative Research and Monitoring and Policy Recommendations, organized by and conducted in The American University in Cairo (AUC), Social Research Center (SRC), with support of Wellcome Trust and Packard Foundations. Cairo, 2005.

  • Proposal writing workshop, organized by FMOH/RD. FMOH, Khartoum (2004)

  • Workshop on medical professional ethics, organized by Sudanese Medical Students Association (SMSA). University of Gezira, (2001)

  • Workshop on Religious Rules (Fiq'h) of Muslim doctors. Sharjah Hall, Khartoum, 2002.

  • Mini workshops on Community Oriented Medical Education, held by Prof. Bashir Hamad. Zaem al-Azhary University, 2001.

  • One-day workshop on professional writing and meeting management, Khartoum, 2001.

  • Workshop on medical education and medical students' leadership development, University of Gezira, 2000.

  • Course on histological techniques and electron microscopy. University of Khartoum, Faculty of Science (1999)

  • Diploma of French Language (Diplôme D'études de la Langue Française), Centre Culturel Français, Khartoum (2000)

  • Grundstuffe II certificate in German Language, Goethe Institute, Khartoum (1999)

As Participant:
Short courses, workshops and conferences

  • Invited speaker on ethical issues in public health, Public Health Institute, Sudan (Jan. 2012)

  • The National Public-Private Partnership Policy Workshop, FMOH, Sudan (June '08- June 2009)

  • Course on Disaster Management, Ahfad University for Women (Sudan), in collaboration with Case Western Reserve University and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital (Jan. 2009)

  • Workshop on developing the role of scientific researchers, organized by the National Health Laboratory in collaboration with FMOH (2006)

  • Proposal development workshop, FMOH, Khartoum 2004. Workshop on National Health Research Ethics, FMOH, 2004.

  • Series of presentations and training sessions on management, FMOH (2004-2008)

As National Speaker (Sudan):

  • “The conduct of needs’ assessment surveys and their effect on allocation of humanitarian aids and attention: Lessons from Darfur (2004-2012)” accepted abstract for the COST workshop on Disaster Justice (Copenhagen 27-28 February 2014)

  • “The ethical implications of the socio-political conditions in the Arab countries on the research involving Arab women” accepted abstract for the regional conference on the Bioethics Issues for Women: Ethics of Reproductive Health-Social and Political Conditions in Arab Countries ( February 8, 2014 Beirut Lebanon)

  • 18th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Manchester, UK (28-31 May 2013). Title of the paper: “Consent for research and research-like activities during human-made disasters: Ethical principles and practical challenges”

  • Third Regional Conference on "Stem Cell Research: Current Controversies”, AUB (September 14 - 15, 2012) Beirut, Lebanon. Title of the talk: "An Islamic Approach to Ethical Analysis of Stem Cell Research"

  • International Conference on Education in Ethics, held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA from 1-3 May 2012. Title of the talk: Democratization of medical education as a need to teach ethics.

  • The UNESCO Regional Conference on Women's Health and Research, Cairo University, Egypt (7-8 December, 2011). Title of the talk: Conceptual and practical challenges to the ethics of women's health care and medical research.

  • The 2nd Regional EMPHINET (East-Mediterranean Public Health Network) and 5th TEPHINET conference, Sharm Elsheikh, Egypt (5-6 December, 2011). Title of the talk: "Review of Non-National (International) Research"

  • Speaker at the Workshop on Ethics of Healthcare at ARAMCO Health Services Organization, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (Nov. 2011)

  • A talk on Patients’ Rights in the Patients’ Rights Workshop, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (June, 2011)

  • Medical Errors workshop, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (June, 2011)Ethical Issues in Research, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (March, 2011)

  • Workshop on Research Ethics and International Epidemic Response, WHO, Geneva (2009)

  • Invited Speaker in the National Conference of the National Council on Ethics of Human Research (NCEHR), Ottawa 2008.

As Regional and International Speaker:

  • Eastern Mediterranean Public Health Network (EMPHNET) Consultant on Public Health Ethics (February 2013-date)

  • Saudi Commission for Health Specialties Consultant of Bioethics curriculum for residents (2012-date)

  • Medical Ethics Curriculum developing consultant for the Faculty of Medicine, Tayba University, Al-Madina Al-Monawara, Saudi Arabia (January 2012)

  • Visiting bioethics consultant for Saudi Aramco Company Health Services, Dammam, KSA (Nov. 2011)

  • Consultant for the Research Directorate at the Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan to develop "Criteria for Accreditation for the Research Ethics Review Bodies (ERBs) Working in Sudan" (2011)

  • WHO Consultant on Technical Consultation on “Research Ethics in International Epidemic Response”, Geneva, 2009.

Consultancies

  • Member of the European Cooperation for Science and Technology (COST), Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH) Action (Feb. 2013-present)

  • Founding Member and representative of Sudan in Bioethics Network on Women's Issues in the Arab Region (BiNWIAR) (Dec. 2011 – present)

  • Member of the International Association for Education in Ethics housed in the Center for Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, USA (May 2011 – present)

  • Member of the Clinical Ethics Committee, King Fahad Medical City, KSA (Sept. 2010 – Sep. 2012)

  • Member of the Patients' and Family Rights Committee, King Fahad Medical City, KSA (April 2011 - Sep. 2012)

  • Member of The Saudi Epidemiological Association (2009-2011)

  • Member of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (individual membership; 2012-present)

  • Senior Project Officer of Mapping African Review Capacity (MARC) project, managed jointly by the Council on Health Research and Development (COHRED) and Kwazulu-Natal University (South Africa) and supported by European-Developing Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) (June-September 2009)

  • Member of The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) Management Unit, Sudan (June 2008-June 2009)

  • Member of the Public-Private Partnership Policy Taskforce, FMOH, Sudan (June '08- June 2009)Member of the Sudanese ministerial delegation to the Global Forum for Health Research (Bamako, Mali, ’08)

  • Member of the National Health Policy Forum, FMOH, Sudan (2008-2009)Team leader of the National Research Ethics Training Core Group (Sudan), July 08-present.

  • Observing member and assistant secretariat of the National Research Ethical and Technical Review Committees (MOH, Sudan) (June 2004-June 2009)

  • Founding Member of the Primary Scientific and Ethical Review Committee, Dept. of Research, Federal Ministry of Health (July ‘08-June 2009)

Professional Memberships:
Teaching and Training Expertise:

  • Member of the European Cooperation for Science and Technology (COST), Individuals, Societies, Cultures and Health (ISCH) Action (Feb. 2013-present)

  • Founding Member and representative of Sudan in Bioethics Network on Women's Issues in the Arab Region (BiNWIAR) (Dec. 2011 – present)

  • Member of the International Association for Education in Ethics housed in the Center for Healthcare Ethics at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, USA (May 2011 – present)

  • Member of the Clinical Ethics Committee, King Fahad Medical City, KSA (Sept. 2010 – Sep. 2012)

  • Member of the Patients' and Family Rights Committee, King Fahad Medical City, KSA (April 2011 - Sep. 2012)

  • Member of The Saudi Epidemiological Association (2009-2011)

  • Member of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics (individual membership; 2012-present)

  • Senior Project Officer of Mapping African Review Capacity (MARC) project, managed jointly by the Council on Health Research and Development (COHRED) and Kwazulu-Natal University (South Africa) and supported by European-Developing Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) (June-September 2009)

  • Member of The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) Management Unit, Sudan (June 2008-June 2009)

  • Member of the Public-Private Partnership Policy Taskforce, FMOH, Sudan (June '08- June 2009)Member of the Sudanese ministerial delegation to the Global Forum for Health Research (Bamako, Mali, ’08)

  • Member of the National Health Policy Forum, FMOH, Sudan (2008-2009)Team leader of the National Research Ethics Training Core Group (Sudan), July 08-present.

  • Observing member and assistant secretariat of the National Research Ethical and Technical Review Committees (MOH, Sudan) (June 2004-June 2009)

  • Founding Member of the Primary Scientific and Ethical Review Committee, Dept. of Research, Federal Ministry of Health (July ‘08-June 2009)

Teaching experience:

  • Facilitator on Evidence-Informed Policy Workshop, Policy Unit, FMOH, Sudan (2009)

  • Facilitator and co-instructor, Disaster Management with Focus on Family and Children, organized by Case Western Hospital (US), held in Ahfad University for Women, Sudan (2009)

  • Presenter of a series of public sessions for medical students on medical ethics (Sudan, 2006- 2009)

  • National Trainer on Research Ethics, Research Dept., FMOH, Sudan (June '08-present)

  • National trainer on health management for Directors General of State ministries of Health. FMOH, (2004-2008)

  • Training focal person, Directorate General of Health Planning and Development, FMOH (2004-2006)

  • Technical and Capacity Building Advisor, Standing Committee on Public Health, Medical Students' International Network (MedSIN-Sudan, 2008-present)

  • Trainer on Dengue Fever, Dengue Fever Control Program, Jeddah, (Sep. 06-Sep. 07)Research and Technical Advisor, Dengue Fever Control Program, Jeddah, KSA (Sep.’06 –May ’07)

Training experience:

  • AlKabba, A., Hussein, G., Kasule, O., Jarallah, J., Alrukban, M., & Alrashid, A. 2013, "Teaching and evaluation methods of medical ethics in the Saudi public medical colleges: cross-sectional questionnaire study", BMC Medical Education, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 122

  • Alkabba AF, Hussein GM, Albar AA, Bahnassy AA, Qadi M. The major medical ethical challenges facing the public and healthcare providers in Saudi Arabia. J Fam Community Med 2012;19:1-6. URL: http://www.jfcmonline.com/text.asp?2012/19/1/1/94003

  • Alkaabaa A, Hussein GM. Democratization of medical education is needed to effective teaching of bioethics. J Med Liban 2011 ; 59 (1). URL: http://lebanesemedicaljournal.org/articles/59-1/doc7.pdf

  • When Ethics Survive Where People Do Not. Public Health Ethics (2010) 3(1): 72-77, March 18, 2010 doi:10.1093/phe/phq00. URL: http://phe.oxfordjournals.org/content/3/1/72.full

  • The Sudan Experience, J Acad Ethics (2008) 6:289–293. DOI 10.1007/s10805-009-9077-0. Article URL: www.springerlink.com/index/g1540u04773716vk.pdf

  • Democracy: the forgotten challenge for bioethics in the developing countries, BMC Medical Ethics 10 (2009) 3. Doi: 10.1186/1472-6939-10-3. Article URL http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6939/10/3

  • Ethical Issues in the Review and Conduct of Research during Active Conflicts: Reflections from Darfur, West Sudan. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 26 , pp s33-s34 doi:10.1017/S1049023X11001208

Peer-reviewed articles:
Publications:

  • Report of the ‘Gov. of Sudan (GOS)-United-Nations Joint Assessment Mission in Darfur, March 09. Co-author of the Private-Public Partnership Policy Report, FMOH-Sudan, 2009 (http://www.fmoh.gov.sd/English/Health-policy/Private%20sector%20policy-%20statements%20v%5B1%5D%5B1%5D.5.pdf)

  • Technical report on the Sudan Household Health Survey in south Darfur state, 2006. (awarded as the best technical report among the 25 states of Sudan (https://www.academia.edu/4103261/Sudan_Household_Health_Survey_South_Darfur_Technical_report) Editor and Course Director of the National Research Ethics Curriculum (Sudan)

  • The Founding Document of the Arab Bioethics Network for Women’s Health and Research, UNESCO, 2012

  • The Strategic Document for the establishment of the Arab Bioethics Society, co-edited by Dr. Thalia Arawi

  • Criteria for Accreditation for the Research Ethics Review Bodies (ERBs) Working in Sudan (2011)

  • Co-editor and translator of the National Ethical Guidelines of Research Involving Humans. Research Directorate, Sudan (2006-2009)

  • Co-Editor of the National Training Manual for Research Ethics in Sudan (2010)

  • Co-author of the Clinical Guidelines of Case-Management and Reporting of Dengue Fever (Jeddah, MOH - Saudi Arabia, 2007)

  • Dengue Notification and Sample Transport Guidelines for Hospitals in Jeddah (in Arabic, 2006)

Reports, Guidelines and Policies:
Websites and Web-based works:

  • Chapter on "Ethical challenges in global health research", in the Book entitled "An Introduction to Global Health Ethics", edited by Ross E.G. Upshur and Andrew D. Pinto. Publisher: Routledge (Taylor and Francis Group; 2012)

  • Chapter on "Ethical review of non-national (international) research conducted in less developed countries" to Fogarty International Center – supported curriculum developed by the Joint Center for Bioethics (Canada), by (Toronto, 2012)

  • Contributed the following chapters to “Professionalism & Ethics Education for Residents (PEER) Handbook: A Practical Guide on Ethics for Residents” Eds. James Ware and G. M. Hussein. 1st edition ed. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, 2014.

  1. Chapter on “Introduction to Medical Ethics”

  2. Chapter on “Principles of Western & Islamic Approaches To Bioethics”

  3. Chapter on “Doctor’s Professional Relationships and Duties”

  4. Chapter on “Truth Telling and Breaking Bad News”

  5. Chapter on “Privacy & Confidentiality”

  6. Chapter on “Allocation of Resources in Healthcare”

  7. Chapter on “How to resolve ethical issues in clinical practice?”

  • Contributor the following modules in the “WHO Training Manual on Ethical issues in Research and surveillance: Epidemics, Pandemics and Public Health Crisi”'. Edited by Philippe Calain, WHO (Geneva); 2014:

  1. Major issues in normative instruments research and surveillance in public health emergencies; and

  2. Shortcomings of normative instruments in disastersPrivacy and confidentiality in public health surveillance

Book Chapters:

Dr. Ghaiath Hussein موقع د. غياث حسين

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