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Dr. Rasha Aziz Attia

Professor & Chairperson

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Educational Qualification :
  • PhD (Public health, Preventive and social medicine) 2005, Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
  • MSc (Public health, Preventive and social medicine) 2000, Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
  • MBChB 1994, Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
Experience
  • Professor & Chairperson  Community Medicine,  RAKCOMS, RAKMHSU, 2016 till date
  • Associate Professor  Community Medicine, RAK COMS, RAKMHSU, 2013
  • Assistant professor, Community Medicine, RAKCOMS, RAKMHSU,  2008
  • Professor, Public Health & Community Medicine, Kasr ElAiny Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt, 2019 till date
  • Associate Professor, Public Health and Community Medicine department, Kasr ElAiny Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University Egypt, 2012 2019
  • Assistant professor, Professor, Public Health and Community Medicine department, Kasr ElAiny Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University Egypt, 2005 2012
  • Lecturer, Public Health and Community Medicine department, Kasr AlAiny Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University Egypt, 2000 2005
  • Assistant manager, data management, Egyptian Smoking Prevention Research Institute (ESPRI), Egypt, 20052006
  • Assistant Manager, data management , Hepatitis C Project, National liver institute, Egypt in collaboration with University of Maryland, USA, 20032005
  • Instructor, Public Health and Community Medicine department, Cairo University Egypt,1997.
  • General practitioner, Abo Elsoud PHC, Cairo, Egypt. 1996
Publications       
  • Rasha A, Salama, Talaat M. Tadross, Tsabieh Tarik, Nihal A. Wadid. Identifying Risks Associated with Workplace Health and Employee Wellness. Research in Health Science 2022, 7 (3);1:11. www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/rhs
  • Rasha Aziz AS, Nowar Nizar A, Mohamed Mustafa HB, Amro MA, Elsayed MF, Alabdal AM. Vaping: Is it Safer than Conventional Tobacco Smoking. Ann Med Health Sci Res.2021; 11:159-175
  • Rasha Aziz Attia Salama, Talaat Mattar Tadroos, Irha Sikandar, Ahmed Ashraf, Ayesha Khan. Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals towards Mental Illness: A Survey Study in Ras Al Khaimah. OJPSYCH 2021;11 (3) :160-174.
  • Rasha Aziz Attia Salama. Review of implementation, barriers and challenges of premarital care program in the middle east countries, International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences, 2020, 9(12): 69-78
  • Rasha A. Salama , Mohamed El Maged, Omer Gadan (2019) Study of sports motivation and participation in physical activity among students at Ras Al-Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University, United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Physical Education, Sports and Health2019; 6(3): 06-11.
Book /chapter publication:
  • A comparison of the Egyptian public’s ranking of key public health and environmental issues by occupation and gender In: Contemporary issues in public heath, North Africa and the Middle east, Nova science publishers, Inc, chapter 6,89-109,2014
Achievements
  • Organized and participated in interactive session on "Mental health at workplace" at Courts department, government of Ras al Khaimah, 2021
  • Speaker at "World TB dayend TB" at RAK medical district, MOHAP, 2018 & 2023
  • Designed & delivered "Comprehensive course in Evidence based medicine" for Arab board family medicine, MOH, UAE 2016 
  • Participated in UAE innovation week” peer assisted smoking cessation: marketing smoking cessation strategies”, RAK,UAE November 2016
  • Speaker at "UAE Teachers Educational Forumeducational strategies, communication skills" at Sharjah, Ministry of Education, 2015