Volunteering with Syrian American Medical Society: in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley

Volunteering children for medical experiments.

Rift Valley Fever Virus Infection in Golden Syrian Hamsters

Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a formidable pathogen that causes severe disease and abortion in a variety of livestock species and a range of disease in humans that includes hemorrhagic fever, fulminant hepatitis, encephalitis and blindness. The natural transmission cycle involves mosquito vectors, but exposure can also occur through contact with infected fluids and tissues. The lack of appr...

Attitudes about medical malpractice: an American Society of Neuroradiology survey.

SUMMARY The concern over medicolegal liability is pervasive among physicians. We sought, through an email survey to the members of the ASNR, to assess the experience with and attitudes about the medicolegal environment among neuroradiologists. Of 4357 physicians surveyed, 904 answered at least 1 of the questions in the survey; 449 of 904 (49.7%) had been sued: 180 (44.9%) had been sued once, 11...

Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Branch of the American Society of Microbiology

Infectious diseases still remain the second leading cause of death worldwide, representing therefore a major public health challenge. My research focuses on evolutionary genetics and population dynamics of various pathogenic microorganisms: Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1), Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Plasmodium parasites. Understanding these parameters is releva...

Developing scenarios to assess sunflower and soybean yield under different sowing dates and water regimes in the Bekaa valley (Lebanon): Simulations with Aquacrop

In a semi-arid environment, the main challenge for crop production is water limitation in space and in time. Considered as appropriate tools, models are used to evaluate the effects of water deficit on crop productivity for better irrigation planning and sustainable yield. The AquaCrop model was tested using data collected during a 4-year experiment on soybean (Glycine max L. Merril) and s...