Abla Mehio Sibai

Abla Mehio Sibai (Arabic: عبلة محيو السباعي) is a Professor of Epidemiology at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon. Sibai has served as the Interim Dean of AUB's Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) from 2020-22 and is currently the Dean of FHS.[1] She is also the co-founder of the Center for Studies on Aging in Lebanon and co-founding director of the AUB University for Seniors Program.[2]

Abla Mehio Sibai
NationalityLebanese
Alma mater
Occupation
  • Epidemiologist Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
Academic career
FieldsEpidemiology; Gerontology
Institutions

Early life and education

Despite being inspired by mathematics,[3] Abla Mehio Sibai studied pharmacy at the American University of Beirut, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1977.[4] Her brief pharmacy career came to a halt because of the violent situation in Lebanon.[3] After being a full-time mother for 10 years,[3] she returned to the American University of Beirut where she got her master's degree in epidemiology in 1986.[4] Sibai received her PhD in epidemiology from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in 1997.[3][5]

Research and career

Being a public health scholar, Sibai's research focuses on healthy ageing, social demography, and epidemiology of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).[3] In Lebanon, she co-founded the AUB University for Seniors (UFS) program in 2010, and is also the Director of the Center for Studies on Ageing which she co-founded in 2008.[4]

Other activities

Recognition

Sibai was awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award in 2020 "for her pioneering research and advocacy to improve healthy ageing in low- and middle-income countries and their impact on health and social policies and programs."[7][8][9] Sibai was also awarded the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize in 2014 for her contributions to public health,[10] and The State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in 2019.[11]

References
  1. "Dean's Message". American University of Beirut. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  2. Our Board HelpAge International.
  3. "Abla Mehio Sibai: I hope to inspire a paradigm shift in the way we relate and act towards age and ageing". UNESCO. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  4. "AUB - Faculty Member Profile - Abla Mehio Sibai". American University of Beirut. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  5. "Abla Sibai". www.aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  6. Science Council World Health Organization (WHO).
  7. "L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Programme". UNESCO. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  8. "Abla Mehio Sibai: I hope to inspire a paradigm shift in the way we relate and act towards age and ageing". UNESCO. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  9. "Abla Sibai". American University of Beirut. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  10. "Award of the Dr A.T. Shousha Foundation Prize and Fellowship" (PDF). WHO. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  11. "The State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region|Previous winners" (PDF).
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