Myriam Mrad

Chairperson of the public health department Jan 2019 -

University of Balamand

 Public Health Department (graduate & undergraduate Programs)
Chairpersons at FHS assist the Dean in faculty recruitment and supervise departmental activities.
The duties of the chairperson include:
- Scheduling department meetings
- Preparing and presiding over all departmental meetings
- Overseeing departmental faculty in an annual evaluation of their performance and preparing written evaluations reports.
- Making candid and documented recommendations to the Dean regarding promotion in rank, advancement to senior faculty status, and renewal of contracts of departmental faculty members.
- Assisting the Dean in recruiting new faculty in compliance with institutional policies.
- Assisting in the orientation of new faculty members with regard to departmental, faculty, and institutional policies and procedures.
- Encouraging departmental personnel to participate in professional development activities.
- Preparing, in consultation with department faculty, department goals, objectives, descriptions and revisions of program or curricula, and course descriptions for the catalogue as well as future program planning.
- Preparing, in consultation with departmental faculty, departmental budget and supervising the use of budget funds within the department.
- Preparing, in consultation with departmental faculty, the
recruitment plan of the department
- Preparing the annual report on the department’s activities, researches and progress.
- Heading the admissions committee.
- Maintaining an accurate and up-to-date inventory of departmental equipment and facilities.
- Work with the Dean and other members of the faculty council on developing proper communication channels with national and international ventures and institutions, and seeking external resources for support and funding for Faculty projects and research activities.
- Developing collaboration with local and international organizations.

As an Assistant aprofessor in the Public Health department, I teach the following courses:
i). Undergraduate Courses
- FHSC282 Principles of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- PDHP 239 Human health risk assessment: principles and
applications
- MLAB233 Toxicology
- PDHP221 Toxicology for Public Health
- PDHP238 Environmental Management
ii) Graduate Courses
- MPHP 303 Environmental Health Sciences
 Advising and mentorship for undergraduate and graduate students
 Mentoring undergraduate and graduate students during their internship
 Conducting research in collaboration with national and
international institutions on air quality and health effects and on solid waste management.

Director of the Master of Public Health Program Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

University of Balamand

- Preparing, in consultation with the Public Health Director,
department goals, objectives, descriptions and revisions of program or curricula, and course descriptions for the catalogue as well as future program planning.
- Preparing, in consultation with the Public Health Director,
departmental budget and supervising the use of budget funds within the department.
- Preparing, in consultation with the Public Health Director, the recruitment plan of the department
- Preparing the annual report on the department’s activities, researches and progress.
- Heading the admissions committee.

Assistant Professor Jan 2016 -

University of Balamand

Teaching the following courses:
i). Undergraduate Courses
- FHSC282 Principles of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- PDHP 239 Human health risk assessment: principles and
applications
- MLAB233 Toxicology
- PDHP221 Toxicology for Public Health
- PDHP238 Environmental Management
ii) Graduate Courses
- MPHP 303 Environmental Health Sciences
 Advising and mentorship for undergraduate and graduate students
 Mentoring undergraduate and graduate students during their internship
 Conducting research in collaboration with national and
international institutions on air quality and health effects and on solid waste management.

R&D Manager Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

arcenciel

Environmental Strategies and development
 Managing a team of 4 volunteers designing and implementing projects funded by INGOs related to solid waste sorting plants, potentially infectious healthcare waste treatment centers.
 Elaborating technical requirements for proposals/ projects to be in compliance with the Logical Framework Approach
 Conducting research on new solutions for environmental pollutions and problems
 Mentoring undergraduate and graduate students as external preceptor during their internship at arcenciel (from different Lebanese universities: USJ, AUB, and UOB) (20 students till January 2016)
 Collaborating with Lebanese universities, organizations, and R&D units on different projects.

Lecturer Jan 2008 - Jan 2016

University of Saint Joseph

Teaching the following courses:
i). Undergraduate Courses
- Fundamental Ecology ( Undergraduate course - Faculty of
Sciences: 2014- 2016)
- Ecology and Biodiversity ( Undergraduate course -Dental School: 2014- 2016)
- Introduction to biology ( Undergraduate course -Dental School: 2014- 2016)
- Introduction to biology (Undergraduate course- Faculty of
Sciences: 2014- 2016)
- Introduction to environment (Undergraduate course - Faculty of Sciences: 2014- 2016)
ii). Graduate Courses
- Environment and Health (Graduate course in the Master Program -Sciences et Gestion de l’Environnement- till 2016).
- Environmental Epidemiology (Graduate course in the Master Program - Sciences et Gestion de l’Environnement- till 2016).
- Solid Waste Management (Graduate course in the Master Program
- Sciences et Gestion de l’Environnement- till 2016).
- Environment and Hazards (Graduate course in the Master Program
- Sciences et Gestion de l’Environnement- till 2016).
- Health Care Waste Management (DU- Management de la Santé-
Faculty of Medecine/ Institute of Public Health: 2014-2016).
- Introduction to quality management system (Graduate course in the Master program « Biotechnologie et Technique de Promotion »: 2008-2013)
- Environmental Management System (Graduate course in the Master program « Technologie Industrielle » : 2008- 2014
 Mentoring undergraduate and graduate students during their internship
 Conducting research on the health effects of air pollution in Beirut-Lebanon under the Beirut Air Pollution Health Effects BAHE study:
 Developing the design of the study
 Collecting health data from 7 hospitals in Beirut
 Monitoring air quality, collecting data, and analyzing results
 Air Quality Management and Air Emission Monitoring specifically for PM2.5, PM10 and NO2 in Beirut (Air Quality monitoring network managed by the Air Quality Research Unit funded by the CNRS at Saint Joseph University)
 Studying the association between the increase in Particulate Matter levels and the numbers of admissions for respiratory, cardiovascular and allergies symptoms admitted to the ER of hospitals situated in Beirut.

Quality and Training manager Sep 2007 - Jan 2014

arcenciel

Preparing quality manual, processes, procedures, and SOPs for the Environment Program- Potentially Infectious Healthcare Waste Treatment Centers
 Providing consultancy for hospitals in Healthcare Waste
Management
 Enforcement of Lebanese environmental legislation through auditing of hospitals in hazardous waste management scope
 Training and Capacity Development of the medical staff in the Lebanese Hospital on Healthcare Waste Management
 Preparing Environmental Impact Assessment studies for the HealthCare Waste Treatment Centers managed by arcenciel and handling legal files with the Ministry of Environment
 Amending the Lebanese Decree 2004/13389 related to healthcare waste management and working with the Ministry of Environment to implement the change(submitted to the Ministry of Environment)
 Providing consultancy for several organizations on environmental management systems & sustainable solutions
 Member of the team who developed the following projects:
o “Support to the PRCS/L Secondary Health Care System in Lebanon funded by European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Netherlands Red Cross”
o Support for health reform program in Syria through the
management of infectious hospital waste -phase 1; 08-CAP3-2154; 15/12/2008 to 14/6/2010 and -phase 2, 10-
CAP1-1033, 1/9/2010 to 30/11/2011
o Infectious Medical Waste Management national network in Lebanon-LIFE, LIFETCY/RL/138, 01/02/2006 to 31/01/2009
o Infectious Medical Waste Management in South Lebanon; 08-CAP2-1187; 15/07/2008 to 15/01/2010.
o Awareness campaign related to waste management for various municipalities in Lebanon (2009-2011)

Sorbonne Universities- Paris 2011 - 2014

Field of study: Epidemiology and Public Health
Degree: PhD

Beirut Air Pollution and Health Effects BAPHE study 

Université Claude Bernard- Lyon 1 2006 - 2007

Field of study: Environment and Hazards
Degree: MASTER

Lebanese University 2001 - 2006

Field of study: Biology
Degree: Maitrise