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Amar Hassan Khamis Mohamed Omer Biography Academic Appointments Professional Education Teaching Honors and Awards Publications Membership of Professional Bodies and Associations Research Interests Clinical and Community Service
Professor – Biostatistics

Amar Hassan Khamis Mohamed Omer

amar.hassan@mbru.ac.ae +971 4 383 8745

Dr. Khamis is currently professor of Biostatistics at MBRU. In academia since 1989 and has published more than 100 articles. He published his first book of Discrete Mathematics (2006). Khamis worked as Professor and senior researcher at the Department of Family and Community medicine at the University of Dammam in KSA between 2009-2014, and Associate Professor of Biostatistics at the Department of Community Medicine at University of Khartoum, Sudan (2003-2009). As a consultant with WHO, he travels extensively on scientific missions and conducts research projects in the most disturbed regions of Africa and Southeast Asia. Research interest are mathematical modeling, public health and epidemiology.

Academic Appointments

2018 - Present

Professor of Biostatistics

Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE

2014 - 2018

Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Genetic Epidemiology

Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE

2009 - 2014

Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Genetic Epidemiology

University of Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2003 - 2009

Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Genetic Epidemiology

University of Khartoum, Sudan

1989 - 2003

Teaching Assistant and Assistant Professor

Ahfad University for Women, Sudan

Professional Education

2003

PhD (Genetic Epidemiology)

Aix-Marseille & Gazira Universities (Sandwich Program), France & Sudan

1994

DEA (Biostatistics)

University of Paris-XI, France

1991

CSBM. (Biostatistics & Epidemiology)

University of Paris-XI, France

1990

Diploma (French Language)

University of Clermont Ferron, France

1988

B.Sc.

University of Khartoum, Sudan

Teaching

  • Teaching Biostatistics and Epidemiology to undergraduate students
  • Teaching Biostatistics and Epidemiology to postgraduate students
  • Teaching Research Methodology to postgraduate students
  • Mentoring Masters and PhD students

Honors and Awards

2005

The Prize of Ministry of Higher Education in Basic Sciences for distinct Minister Researchers

Biostatistics (Mathematics)

2010

The Incentive of publication in a scientific journal with Impact Factor more than 2 for the article: Dalal M. Al Tamimi dm, Mohamed A Shawarby ms, Aysha K. Amar H. Khamis. Protein expression profile and prevalence pattern of the molecular classes of breast cancer – a Saudi population based study. BMC cancer 2010.

2012

The Incentive of publication in a scientific journal with Impact Factor more than 2 for the article: Adel A. Rushood, Mohammed H. Zahrani, Amar H. Khamis and Abdul-Aziz A. Rushood. Central corneal thickness in full-term Saudi newborns. Journal of Acta Ophthalmologica.

Publications

A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of School Children''s Caries Studies in Gulf Cooperation Council States

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Early childhood caries and associated risk factors among preschool children in Ras Al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of general practitioners in Dammam, Saudi Arabia towards Vitamin D supplementation to infants

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Family medicine training in Saudi Arabia: Are there any variations among different regions?

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Undergraduate teaching of forensic medicine in Saudi Arabia

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Incidence and causes of sudden death in a university hospital in eastern Saudi Arabia

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Pattern and predictors of neurological morbidities among childhood cerebral malaria survivors in central Sudan

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Standard case management of asthma in Sudan: A pilot project

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Central corneal thickness in full-term Saudi newborns

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Factors controlling the effect of praziquantel on liver fibrosis in Schistosoma mansoni-infected patients

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Membership of Professional Bodies and Associations

  • Biostatistics association, INSERM-Franc
  • TAC; Technical Advisor Committee of NTBP, Sudan
  • NIPAD (New Partnership of African Development), South Africa
  • Al-BASAR International foundation, KSA

Research Interests

  • Mathematical Modeling of infectious diseases
  • Disease Associations:  Differential susceptibility of individuals to infectious diseases
  • Population Genetics: Linkage and genetic susceptibility and resistance of diseases
  • Operational Research in health in general
  • Epidemiological Studies

Clinical and Community Service

  • Member of two committees in the DDC: “Management and Information Committee” and “Documentation Committee”. In addition, providing consultancy in auditing plans and sharing on analysis data for reporting
  • Research consultant in Latifa Hospital
  • Research Consultant in Dubai Hospital
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