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Education

PhD, Suez Canal University
Master of Health Profession Education, University of Illinois, - Chicago, IL
Master of Science, Histology, Suez Canal University
MD, Ain Shams University
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship certificate , Tulane University, School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine - New Orleans, LA
Laureate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Laureate International Universities
Short course on Refugee and Human Rights Law, American University in Cairo

Public Service

Women and Health, Together for the Future (WHTF) association ● Board Member

Bi-national Fulbright Commission in Egypt ● Organizer ● Egypt

Women Health Task Force (WHTF) at Network: Towards Unity For Health(TUFH) conferences ● Organizer

Global Burden of Disease ,Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington ● Research collaborator ● United States

Bi-national Fulbright Commission in Egypt ● Review for the Egyptian Student Program in the field of Public Health, applicants to MPH degree program and Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship applicants ● Egypt

Awards / Honors

Faculty Excellence Award ● Walden University ● 2011

Golden medal and certificate for excellent performance ● Egyptian medical syndicate ● 1985

Publications

Refaat, A., Dandash, K. F., Lotfy, G., Eyada, M. (2001). Attitudes of Medical Students Towards Female Genital Mutilation. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
Hendrix, R. A., Rohrer, J. E., Danawi, H., Refaat, A. (2012). Autism Spectrum Disorders. International Journal of Childbirth Education.
Refaat, A. (2016). Burden of Diarrhea in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990-2013: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.
Refaat, A., Dandash, K. F., Defrawi, M. H., Eyada, M. (2001). Female Genital Mutilation and Domestic Violence among Egyptian Women. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
El-Defrawi, M. H., Lotfy, G., Dandash, K. F., Refaat, A., Eyada, M. (2001). Female Genital Mutilation and its Psychosexual Impact. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
Dandash, K. F., Refaat, A., Eyada, M. (2001). Female Genital Mutilation: A Descriptive Study. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
Dandash, K. F., Refaat, A., Eyada, M. (2001). Female Genital Mutilation: A Prospective View. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy.
Refaat, A. (2015). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet (London, England).
Refaat, A. (2015). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition. Lancet (London, England).
Refaat, A. (2014). Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet (London, England).
Refaat, A. (2016). Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet. Global Health.
Strauch, J., Rohrer, J. E., Refaat, A. (2016). Increased hospital documentation requirements may not increase breastfeeding among first-time mothers. Journal of evaluation in clinical practice.
Refaat, A. (2013). Intimate partner violence influence on deliveries assisted by skilled health personnel.. SAGE open medicine.
el-All, H. S., Refaat, A., Dandash, K. (2007). Prevalence of cervical neoplastic lesions and Human Papilloma Virus infection in Egypt: National Cervical Cancer Screening Project.. Infectious agents and cancer.
Refaat, A. (2017). The Burden of Mental Disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990-2013. PloS one.
Refaat, A. (2016). The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013. Injury Prevention: Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention.

Presentations

Refaat, A. (2018). Barriers of Universal Access to Reproductive Health Care by Egyptian Women.
Refaat, A. (2012). Burden of Exposure to Domestic Violence on Deliveries Assisted by Skilled Health Personnel: Global Perspective.
Refaat, A. (2015). Burden of maternal exposure to Intimate Partner Violence on their under-five child health.
Refaat, A. (2015). Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Where is the role of health professional educational curricula.
Refaat, A. (2018). Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence on Achieving Health-Related Sustainable Development Goals Among Women and Their Children.
Refaat, A. (2015). Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Where is the role of health professional educational curricula.
Refaat, A. (2014). How do we make our campuses free from fear for women students? We have laws and policies, but we need implementation.
Refaat, A. (2015). Risky health Behaviors among women exposed to Intimate Partner Violence .
Refaat, A. (2014). Influence of women Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence on their Protective Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices against Sexually Transmitted Infections.
Refaat, A. (2013). Single Mothers' Efforts to Reduce Their Under-Five Child Mortality: Influence of Poverty & Hunger, Education, and Women Empowerment..
Refaat, A. (2018). They accepted Intimate Partner Violence when they passed through Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting.

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