د. أسماء أحمد حسين العودي
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عضو هيئة التدريس – جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا – صنعاء – الجمهورية اليمنية البريد الالكتروني: a.alawadi@ust.edu.ye |
Scientific Degree:
Teaching Assistant
Qualifications:
- PhD in Public Health (Community Medicine) – Ongoing, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Sana’a University
Thesis: Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Associated Factors among Household Contacts of Tuberculosis Patients in Sana’a City, Yemen
This research addresses a critical public health concern in Yemen, aiming to enhance early detection and inform TB control strategies. - MSc in Medical Parasitology – 2021, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences- Sana’a University (Excellent, First in Class, with Honors)
- BSc in Medical Laboratory Sciences – Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences- Sana’a University (Very Good, with Honors)
Program provided strong foundation in diagnostics, laboratory techniques, and biomedical sciences, with official training certificate after 6-month internship.
Academic Experience
- University of Science and Technology, Sana’a- Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences (2014 – Present):
- Assistant Lecturer: teaching Medical Parasitology, Microbiology, Virology for MBBS program and other health sciences programs.
- Quality Assurance Officer– Health Sciences Departments: responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and enhancing academic quality standards across health sciences programs. Key tasks included overseeing accreditation processes, ensuring compliance with educational benchmarks, developing quality improvement strategies, and supporting faculty in implementing best practices.
- Supervised and coordinated field training programs.
- Member of accreditation and program development committees
Teaching Experience:
- Introduction of Microbiology and Immunology.
- Microbiology.
- Bacteriology 1 and Bacteriology 2.
- Virology.
- Parasitology 1 and Parasitology 2.
- Diagnostic Parasitology.
Conferences and Workshops:
- Course Specification and Learning Outcomes – University of Science and Technology
- Effective Teaching Based on Learning Outcomes – University of Science and Technology
- Descriptive & Inferential Statistics Using IBM SPSS – UST
- Essentials of Conventional PCR & Agarose Gel Electrophoresis – Tropical Disease Research Center, UST
- Methods and Approaches of Health Research- University of Science and Technology
- Study Design in Health and Medical Research – UST
- Academic Advising and Student Support – UST
- Assessment of Learning Outcomes – UST
- Publishing Scientific Research in Academic Journals – UST
- Course Portfolio Preparation Workshop – UST
Scientific & Research Experience:
- First in MSc cohort with Honors
- Received EMRO-TDR research grant for study: “IGRA-based burden of latent tuberculosis and evaluation of the tuberculin skin test among asymptomatic type-2 diabetic patients in Sana’a City, Yemen”
- Published multiple Scopus-indexed research articles
- Led accreditation and quality improvement committees
Publications:
- Toxoplasma gondii Infection Among Institutionalized Children with Down syndrome in Sana’a City, Yemen
- Latent Tuberculosis Infection and Diagnostic Performance of the Tuberculin Skin Test among Type 2 Diabetics in Sana’a City, Yemen
- COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptability among Healthcare Workers in Yemen
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices towards Toxoplasmosis among Pregnant Women in Sana’a City, Yemen
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