2018 – Present
Appointed Member, International Representative to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrition Care Process Research Outcomes Committee
2018 – Present
Appointed Member, International Representative to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrition Care Process Research Outcomes Committee
MY LATEST NEWS
Nominated as a
CANDIDATE FOR ECP
Chair-Elect
Division 52 of the
American Psychological Association
MY LATEST PUBLICATIONS
Addressing Global Hunger
1st Edition
Spring/Summer 2021
Addressing Global Hunger:
Lessons Learned from Syria and Venezuela offers an innovative tool for engaging in efforts against hunger and brings forward a hybrid approach for identifying mechanisms of how global hunger...
Communicating Nutrition
1st Edition
August 2020
"Success is when making a difference meets the evidence-based mind-set... connecting scientific innovation with experiences, struggles, and most important, failures..."
Autism 360°
1st Edition
September 2019
Autism 360 uses a hybrid and transdisciplinary methodology to identify mechanisms on how autism is prevented, diagnosed, treated and managed within personal and social constructs around the world...
HAPPENED SUMMER 2020
Local and Global Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Security: Front-line Realities from Nutrition Professionals
18 June 2020
Virtual via WebEx
International Nutrition Care Process Outcomes Research Committee
10 & 11 Aug. 2020 and 17 & 18 Aug. 2020
Virtual
As appointed international member and representing the Jordan Dietetic Association.
APA 2020
Live Symposium
"Strategizing AI in Psychology Practice: Luxury or Necessity?"
6 Aug. 2020
Virtual via Zoom
I spoke on "Disrupting the Health System Cycle: Re-imagining AI's Role for Psyche-Smart Practice"
Virtual Media Psychology
Symposium
16 & 17 July 2020
Virtual
Digital Behavior Response in Augmented Reality Versus Non-Augmented Reality Contexts: A Randomized Controlled Trial
HAPPENED WINTER/SPRING 2020
Presented at Junior Chamber International – Damascus Branch
15 May 2020
Virtual via Zoom
As recognized subject matter expert in psychological wellbeing, presented on “COVID-19 Chaos: being through it or drowned by it!”
Presented at the Global Member Interest Group 2020 Meeting
9 May 2020
Virtual via WebEx
As Appointed Strategic Advisor of the Global Member Interest Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, I presented on “Creating a GMIG Positioning Strategy that Works Globally.”
Chaired the Public Health and Community Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group
Spring 2020 meeting
8 May 2020
Virtual via WebEx
As Chair of the Public Health and Community Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Visiting Lecturer at Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
13 April 2020
Virtual via Zoom
Presented on Humanitarian Leadership: The Political and Policy Challenges of Being in Charge - The Case of Syria.
5th International Day of Women and Girls in Science
High-Level Panel Expert
11 February 2020
United Nations Headquarters in NYC
Presented on Complex gender challenges in nutrition and health during the High-Level Panel on “Equality in Agricultural Science, Technology and Innovation for Inclusive Green Growth”