SCTS awards six seed grants to tobacco researchers
09/09/2014
In
April 2014, SCTS announced the availability of 5 seed grants ($4,000 each) that
will be awarded in tobacco control research in Arab countries. SCTS received 36
applications from investigators from 12 countries in the region: Oman, Saudi
Arabia, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Sudan, Morocco, Tunisia, Bahrain, Yemen,
and Palestine. The proposed studies addressed many important aspects of tobacco
use and control in the region. A panel of three international experts in
tobacco research (Joeseph DiFranza, Kenneth Ward, and Wasim Maziak) reviewed
all applications and six applicants were selected and notified. The seed grants
were awarded to Dr. Sukaina Alzyoud (Hashemite University, Jordan), Dr. Khalid
Kheirallah (Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan), Dr. Ibrahim
Kabbash (Tanta University, Egypt), Dr. Mehdi Khemiss, (Dental School of
Monastir, Tunisia), Dr. Randah Hamadeh (Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain), and
Dr. Omer Qutaiba (University of Duhok, Iraq).
As well, the awardees will present the results of their studies during
the 16th World Conference on
Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) that will take place in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2015. The
selected proposals are of high significance to public health regionally and
internationally as they tackle important aspects of the waterpipe tobacco epidemic
and their findings will guide the development of effective waterpipe control
policies.
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