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NIVEEN M.E. ABURMEILEH
PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Nationality: Palestinian
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Place of Birth: Jerusalem
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Date of Birth: February 20th 1975
EDUCATION
2000-2004
Glasgow University
Scotland, UK
PhD Statistical Epidemiology
1999-2000
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
Master in Public Health
1993-1997
1992 - 1993
Arab Colleges of Medical Professions
Al-Nizamiyah High School
El-Bireh, Palestine
Jerusalem
WORK EXPERIENCE
2004- Currently
Birzeit University
Birzeit, Palestine
RESEARCH: Associate Researcher
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Modeling Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and stroke.
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Cancer services and mortality patterns in the West Bank.
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Improving the quality of mortality data.
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Marriage patterns in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
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Industrial hazardous waste management and work condition in Ramallah industrial zone.
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Smoking among Palestinian adolescent.
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Place of birth in Palestine study.
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Study of cesarean birth at Al-Makassed Hospital.
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Study of cesarean birth in Palestine.
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AIDS- related knowledge and attitude of Palestinian women in Palestine.
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Amniotomy intervention study.
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Rational drug use project.
INSTITUTE OF COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH, BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY •
PHONE +972-2-2988654/5- • FAX 972-2-2951181 • E-MAIL NRMEILEH@BIRZEIT.EDU
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Mortality Trends in Palestine: computer-based study based on the vital registry.
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Epidemiological needs assessment in the oPt.
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Youth mental health study.
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Cancer Patterns in Palestine.
1997 – 2000
Research Assistant ,Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine
1997-1998
Medical technologist, Peace Medical Center, AL-Ram, Palestine
TEACHING: Health Statistics- Master of Public Health
Classical Epidemiology- Master of Public Health
Population and Development- Master of Public Health
Non-Parametric analysis- Master of Applied Statistics
Environmental statistics- Master of water and environmental Sciences
ADMINSTRATION: Training unit coordinator
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT
2008
Consultant for the Deutsche
Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) Gmbh.
Gesellschaft
fur
Technische
Aug 07- Aug 08
Statistical consultant for the Institute of water and environmental studies
Aug 07- Oct 07
Consultant for the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Sept 06 – Dec 06
Consultant for the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
June 04- Sept 06
Consultant for the Austrian office
Sep 03-Dec 03
Consultant for the counter weight Project, Glasgow, Scotland
2003-2004
Volunteer Officer, BTCV-Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland
2001- 2003
Interpreter (part time), Glasgow City Council, Glasgow, Scotland
2001-2002
Economical consultant, Ayrshire and Arran Health Board , Scotland
PUBLICATIONS
THESIS
1. Abu-Rmeileh NME (2004) Familial and Non-Familial Factors Associated with Obesity.
Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Glasgow.
2. Abu-Rmeileh NME. (2000) The Prevalence of obesity and its associated factors in an
urban Palestinian population. Master Dissertation. Birzeit University
REPORTS
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Khatib RG, Husseini A, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Giacaman R, (2010). Smoking and
Associated Factors in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Institute of Community and
Public Health, Birzeit University, Palestine.
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4. Abu-Rmeileh NME (2008). Training need assessment of the solid waste sector in the
West Bank. GTZ.
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Musleh R, Abu-Rmeileh NME (2007). Ramallah City Industrial Zone: Industries
Description, Perception and Work Conditions. Birzeit University.
6. Abu-Rmeileh NME, Halileh S (2006). Assessment of Vital Registration system
within the Ministry of Interior. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. Ramallah.
7. Khatib R, Daoud A, Abu Rmeileh NME, Mataria A (2005). Rational drug use &
effective drug management: training and follow up in selected NGOs’ clinics in Palestine.
Birzeit University. Palestine.
PUBLISHED PAPERS
1. Ramahi T, Khawaja M, Abu-Rmeileh NME. Socioeconomic Disparities in Heart Disease in
the Republic of Lebanon: Findings from a Population-based Study. Heart Asia 2010; 2(1):
67-72
2. Abu-Rmeileh NME, Hammoudeh W, & Giacaman R (2010). Humanitarian crisis and social
suffering in Gaza Strip: an initial analysis of aftermath of latest Israeli war. The
Lancet, www.thelancet.com.
3. Mikki, N, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Wick, L, Abu-Asab, N. Cesarean delivery rates, determinants
and indications in Maqassed Hospital, Jerusalem, 1993 and 2002. Eastern Mediterranean
Health Journal 2009;15(4):868-879
4. Abdul-Rahim HF, Abu-Rmeileh NME, & Wick L. Cesarean section deliveries in the
occupied Palestinian territory (oPt):An analysis of the 2006 Palestinian Family Health
Survey. Health Policy.2009; 93(2-3):151-6.
5. Gianicolo E.A, Poraluri M, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Giacaman R. Health on this side of the
wall: a bridge between Salento (Italy) and Palestine. Epidemiologia e prevenzione, 2009.
33(1-2): 2.
6. Husseini, A, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Mikki, N, Ramahi, TM, Abu Ghosh, H, Barguthi, N,
Khalili, M, Bjertness, E, Holmboe-Ottesen, G, Jervell, J. Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes
mellitus, and cancer in the occupied Palestinian territory. The lancet 2009;373:1041-1049.
7. Khatib R, Daoud A, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Mataria A, Mccaig D. Medicine utilisation review
in selected Non-Governmental Organisations' primary healthcare clinics in the West Bank Palestine. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2008 Nov;17(11):1123-30
8. Abu-Rmeileh NME, Husseini A, Abu-Arqoub O, Hamad M, Giacaman R. Mortality patterns
in the West Bank, Palestinian Territories, 1999- 2003 Prev Chronic Dis. 2008 Oct;5(4):A112.
Epub 2008 Sep 15. http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2008/oct/07_0184.htm. Accessed [date].
9. Halileh S, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Watt G, Gorden N, and Spencer N. Determinants of birth
weight in Palestine; a comparative analysis of males and females. Matern Child Health J.
2008 Sep;12(5):606-12. Epub 2008 May 8
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10. Abu-Rmeileh NME, McConnachie A, Upton M, Lean M, Watt G. Fat families are getting
fatter: an important contribution to obesity trends. Obesity 2008;16:1388-1393.
11. Giacaman R, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Wick L, Mataria A (2007). Palestinian women’s
pregnancy intentions: analysis and critique of the Demographic and Health Survey 2004.
Health Policy 2007;85:83–93
12. Giacaman, R, Abu-Rmeileh, NME, Husseini, A, Saab, H, Boyce, W. Humiliation: the
Invisible Consequence of War for Palestinian Youth. Public Health 2007; 121(8):563-571
13. Mikki N, Wick L, Abu-Asab N, Abu-Rmeileh NME. A trial of amniotomy in a Palestinian
hospital. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2007. 27(4): 368-373.
14. Giacaman R, Abu-Rmeileh NME, and Wick L. The limitations on choice: Palestinian
women's childbirth location, dissatisfaction with the place of birth and determinants. Eur J
Public Health, February 2007; 17: 86 - 91.
15. Husseini, A, Abu-Rmeileh NME. AIDS- related knowledge and attitude of Palestinian
women in Palestine. American Journal of Health Behavior. 2007; 31(3):323-334.
16. Abdul-Rahim HF, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Husseini A, Holmboe-Ottesen G, Jervell J, Bjertness
E. Obesity and selected co-morbidities in an urban Palestinian population. International
Journal of Obesity 2001; 25: 1736-1740
CONFERENCE PROCEEDING
1. Abu-Rmeileh NME, Larsen U. Age at first marriage in Palestine. In Population
Association of America Annual Meeting: 17-19 April 2008, New Orleans.
2. Hammoudeh W, Abu-Rmeileh N. Factors associated with the use of family planning
among Palestinian women. Paper presented at the IUSSP XXVI International
Conference, 27 September 2009 – 2 Oct 2009, Marrakech, Morocco.
3. Abu-Madi M, Mimi Z, Abu-Rmeileh NME. Public Perceptions and knowledge towards
wastewater reuse in agriculture in Deir Debwan. Proceedings of the first Symposium on
wastewater reclamation and reuse for water demand management in Palestine. Birzeit
university, 2-3 April 2008.
4. Samhan Z, Abushanab Y, Abu-Rmeileh NME, Musleh R. "Industrial hazardous waste
management in occupied Palestinian territory–case study: Ramallah industrial zone", In
HazWasteManagement: A6.3, (Oct 2008)
ACCEPTED PAPERS
1. Abu-Rmeileh NME, Watt G, Lean M. Sex distribution of offspring and family size
according to Body Mass Index of parents. Human Biology (December 2010).
2.
Al-Dabbas M, Abu-Rmeileh NME. Needle stick injury (NSI) among interns and
medical students in the occupied Palestinian territory. Eastern Mediterranean Health
Journal. (Nov 2010)
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INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
1. Healthcare services and cancer surveillance in the Eastern Mediterranean [Oral
Presentation]. 3rd International Cancer Control Congress, Cernobbio, Como, Italy, 811 November 2009.
2. THE RELEVANCE OF THE STUDY OF POPULATION TO PALESTINIANS? An
Overview of the Main issues [Oral Presentation]. National Conference on Population and
Development, Ramallah, October 2009.
3. Factors associated with the use of family planning among Palestinian women [Poster].
XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, Morocco, September 2009.
4. Hazardous industrial solid waste management in Ramallah city, West Bank, current status
and legal framework. [Oral Presentation] Eleventh International Waste Management and
Landfill Symposium, S.Margherita di Pula (Cagliari, Italy), 1 - 5 October 2008
5. Marriage pattern in Palestine [Oral Presentation]. British Society for Population Studies
Annual meeting 2008, Manchester, UK, September 11-12.
6. Public Perceptions and knowledge towards wastewater reuse in agriculture in Deir
Debwan [Oral Presentation]. Proceedings of the first Symposium on wastewater
reclamation and reuse for water demand management in Palestine. Birzeit university,
2-3 April 2008.
7. Population growth impact on urban expansion; Ramallah case study [Oral
Presentation]. 1st International Conference on Urban Planning in Palestine: Current
Challenges & Future Prospects, August 2008.
8. Causes of Death among Single Women in the Reproductive Age in the West Bank [Oral
Presentation]. Regional Reproductive Health Working Group. Istanbul, 12-14 July 2008.
9. Age at first marriage in Palestine [Oral Presentation]. Population Association of America
2008 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 17-19.
10. Rationalizing the use of medications in the context of extremely scarce resources. [Poster].
The 6th European Conference on Health Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Jul
2006, Budapest - Hungary.
11. Prevalence of smoking among Palestinian adolescents and selected determinants [Oral
Presentation]. American Public Health Association (APHA) 133rd Annual Meeting, New
Orleans, Lam 5-9 November, 2005
12. Cancer in Palestine. [Oral Presentation] The 3rd Regional Conference of the Asian Pacific
Organization for Cancer Prevention (APOCP ) Zibakenar, Rasht, Iran, 25-27 April , 2005
13. Body mass index and the risk of cancer: MIDSPAN family study. [Oral Presentation] 2nd
European Congress on Obesity, Helsinki, Finland, May-June 2003. Int J Obes 2003;
27(suppl1): S36.
14. Sex distribution of offspring according to body mass index of parents. [Poster] 2nd European
Congress on Obesity, Helsinki, Finland, May-June 2003. Int J Obes 2003; 27(suppl1): S128
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15. Intergenerational trends in the prevalence of obesity in adults: the MIDSPAN family study.
[Poster] 2nd European Congress on Obesity, Helsinki, Finland, May-June 2003. Int J Obes
2003; 27(suppl1): S146
16. Dietary patterns and their associations with body mass index for adult population in the West
of Scotland. [Poster] 3rd International Symposium on Obesity and Hypertension: Genetics
and Molecular Mechanisms, Berline, Germany, 23-25 October 2003.
17. Economic evaluation of one-off interventions with long-term benefits and cost consequences:
cost-effectiveness analysis of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for people with
Schizophernia. [Oral Presentation] 4th European Conference on Health Economics, Paris,
July 2002. The European Journal of Health Economics 2002;3(5)
REVIEWER
1. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal since 2007
2. BMC Public Health since 2008
3. Preventing Chronic Diseases since 2008
MEMBERSHIP
1. International Union for the Scientific Study of Population
2. Asian Population Association
3. Population Association of America
4. British Society for Population Studies
5. Association of the Study of Obesity
6. Thalassemia Patient’s Friends Society
7. The Reproductive Health Working Group (RHWG)
CONFERENCE ORGANISAT IONS
Member in the Steering and Scientific committee for
1. 3rd International Cancer Control Congress
2. National Conference on Population and Development
3. 3rd National Palestinian Conference on Thalassemia and other hemoglobinpathies
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AWARDS AND FELLOWSHOPS
1. Visiting Fellowship at the Center for Research on Population and Health (CRPH) at the
American University of Beirut (2010)
2. Population Association of America Travel Award from the William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation (2008).
3. British Society for Population Studies Less Economically Developed Countries Initiative
2008. (2008)