Collaborative Basic Science Department Head

Dr. Sami Z Shannaq

Assistant Professor

Qualifications & Specialty  

Publications

ONGOING RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:

• Childhood experience of abuse among students
• Psychosocial correlates of childhood experience of abuse among university students in Jordan.
• Stress and coping mechanisms among victims of abuse

Research Interest

Psychosocial health issues among adolescent and adult

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Mr. Aamer Khubaib

English lecturer

Qualifications & Speciality

He obtained a bachelor’s degree (B.Ed) in education from Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) in Pakistan in 1998, and a master’s degree (M.A) in English Language and Literature from Bahauddin Zakariya University in Pakistan in 2000. Mr. Aamer Khubaib has a Cambridge CELTA (Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and he also holds a Train the Trainers (TtT) certification from Cambridge Assessment English.”

Research interest:

Internationally accredited online courses on teaching English (25 hours each)

       (From University of Cambridge Learning Management System (CLMS)

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Mrs. Alaa Anwar Ragheb Altaluoni

Lecturer of Epidemiology

Qualifications & Speciality

Obtained a bachelor’s degree in Medical Laboratories from Umm Al-Qura College in Mecca – Saudi Arabia in 2007.

Obtained a higher diploma in Infection Control from Sophia Antipolis University in Nice, France in 2012.

She also obtained a master’s degree in Medical Epidemiology and Health Informatics from Korea University in Seoul, Korea in 2019. 

Publications:

• ‘Clinical and Epidemiology Characteristics of COVID-19 Mortality in Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Multi Center Study’
• ‘Pneumonia Weather’: Short-term Effects of Meteorological Factors on Emergency Room Visits Due to Pneumonia in Seoul, Korea’
• ‘The effect of meteorological variables on bacterial intestinal infectious disease related to emergency room visits in Seoul, South Korea’
• ‘Epidemiological characteristics of human Middle East respiratory syndrome in Saudi Arabia, 2015-2017’

Research Interest:

Epidemiology & Statistical Analysis. 

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Mrs. Asma Albaity

Lecturer of General Chemistry

Qualifications & Specialty  

– Master’s degree in Chemistry from King Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia in (2009)

– Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from King Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia in the year (2004)

Publications

1-El-Gamal  Safaa,  Al-Nowaiser  Fawzia , Al-Baity  Asmaa, Physicochemical and Mechanical Properties of Superplasticized Blended Portland Cement Pastes, Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, 1934-8959 (2011) 339-346.

2- El-Gamal  Safaa,  Al-Nowaiser  Fawzia , Al-Baity  Asmaa, Effect of superplasticizers on the hydration kinetic and mechanical properties of Portland cement pastes, Elsevier Journal of Advanced Research (2011).

Research Interest

Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry.

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Miss. Abeer Alrashidi

Lecturer of English Language

Qualifications & Specialty:
English Lecturer at Vision Colleges, specializing in teaching English for Dental, Nursing, and Medical Programs, and contributing to Internal Audit and Academic Quality Assurance, and the Strategic Plan of the college.

Obtained a Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in European Languages – English from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, in 2012. Completed a Higher Diploma in Education in 2013. Earned a Master’s degree (M.A.) in English from the University of Salford, UK, in 2015.

Publications:
“The Impact of Teachers’ Centeredness on the EFL Classroom in King Abdulaziz University” (2015)

Research Interest:
Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition

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Mrs. Daniah Sindi

Lecturer of Physics

Qualifications & Specialty:

Obtained a bachelor’s degree (BSc) in Physics from King Abdulaziz University in 2015.

Master’s Degree in Physics pursued with a focus on Energy and the Environment from the University of Glasgow

Research interest:

Sustainable energy and Renewables

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Dr. Afrah Bawazeer

Qualifications & Specialty  

• Obtained a bachelor’s degree in (Biology) from (the College of Applied Sciences) in (Saudi Arabia). Dr.

• Also obtained a master’s degree from (the University of Colorado Denver) in (the United States).
• Completed her specialty studies by obtaining a doctoral degree in (Molecular Biology) from (University of East Anglia) in (United Kingdom)

Publications

Dr. Bawazeer has published scientific articles in high-impact international journals

–Ahmed M. Abu-Dief, Nashwa M. El-Metwaly, Seraj Omar Alzahrani, Afrah M. Bawazeer, Saad Shaaban, Mohamed Shaker S. Adam. (2021) Targeting ctDNA binding and elaborated in-vitro assessments concerning novel Schiff base complexes: Synthesis, characterization, DFT and detailed in-silico confirmation. Journal of Molecular Liquids.

-Book series “Methods in Molecular Biology”, Publisher: Springer Nature. Chapter ” MicroRNA Detection and Target Identification: Methods and Protocols”, Second Edition

Research Interest

Dr. Bawazeer is interested in microRNA therapeutics as she has published scientific articles in high-impact international journals (Elsevier and Springer Nature)

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