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EPIDEMIC AND PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM | EPaPP
ABOUT EPaPP
The Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program (EPaPP) aims to understand the landscape of preparedness in the MENA region to inform and develop contextualized solutions for current and future epidemics and pandemics. EPaPP builds on the expertise available at AUB and leverages existing capacities across the region to foster regional and global partnerships and networks around epidemic and pandemic preparedness.
The EPaPP generates and promotes contextualized evidence on improving equitable and responsive epidemic and pandemic preparedness in the MENA region by enhancing workforce capacity collaborations, information systems, and governance.
THE TEAM
Scientific Advisory Committee
Lina Abu Habib, MA
Director, Asfari Foundation
American University of Beirut
Shadi Saleh, PhD, MPH
Founding Director, Global Health Institute
Professor, Health Systems and Financing
Ext: 4832
Souha Kanj Sharara, MD FACP FISDA FRCP
Head of the Infectious Diseases Division American University of Beirut Medical Center
Zahi Abdul Sater, PhD
Senior Adviser for Partnerships and Innovation
Zahi Chahine, MBA
Head of the Disasters Management Unit at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Lebanon
Antoine Abou Fayad, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology & Microbiology, WHO Collaborating Center For Reference and Research on Bacterial Pathogens Center for Infectious Diseases Research (CIDR)
Program Team
Nour El Zaouk , MPH
EPaPP Manager
Ext: 4991
Rim Alaeddine, MSc
Research Associate, Academy
Ext: 4833
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