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Ahmad Firas Khalid is a medical doctor, a health policy advisor, and a lecturer on health systems and policy. He recently completed his PhD in Health Policy at McMaster University with a focus on supporting the use of research evidence to inform decision-making in crisis zones.
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Bio/Research
Ahmad Firas Khalid is a medical doctor, a health policy advisor, and a lecturer on health systems and policy. He recently completed his PhD in Health Policy at McMaster University with a focus on supporting the use of research evidence to inform decision-making in crisis zones.
Previously, he worked as a health policy researcher at the research unit on Humanitarian Stakes and Practices (UREPH) at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Geneva, Switzerland. He also worked in the department of Child and Maternal Health at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
He has expertise in medicine, education, health policy, knowledge translation and health emergencies working with relief and intergovernmental organizations. As a Queen Elizabeth Scholar in Strengthening Health and Social Systems, he traveled to Beirut (Lebanon) to work on research that examines Lebanon’s health-system response to the Syrian refugee crisis.
His most recent scholarly work on the Syrian refugee crisis is published in the prestigious Conflict and Health journal. Firas attended St. George’s University School of Medicine in 2005 where he graduated MD with Research Distinction. He also holds a Masters of Management (IMHL) from McGill University (2014), and both a Masters of Health Professions Education (2014) and a graduate certificate in population health risk assessment and management (2012) from the University of Ottawa.
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Previously, he worked as a health policy researcher at the research unit on Humanitarian Stakes and Practices (UREPH) at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Geneva, Switzerland. He also worked in the department of Child and Maternal Health at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
He has expertise in medicine, education, health policy, knowledge translation and health emergencies working with relief and intergovernmental organizations. As a Queen Elizabeth Scholar in Strengthening Health and Social Systems, he traveled to Beirut (Lebanon) to work on research that examines Lebanon’s health-system response to the Syrian refugee crisis.
His most recent scholarly work on the Syrian refugee crisis is published in the prestigious Conflict and Health journal. Firas attended St. George’s University School of Medicine in 2005 where he graduated MD with Research Distinction. He also holds a Masters of Management (IMHL) from McGill University (2014), and both a Masters of Health Professions Education (2014) and a graduate certificate in population health risk assessment and management (2012) from the University of Ottawa.
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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