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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

Sarah Ibrahim, MPH

Manager, Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program
Ext: 4991

Hady Naal, MA

Manager, Programs Division
Ext: 4933

Zeinab Awad, MPH

Manager, Cli-Health Program
Ext: 4825

Yasmine Noueihed, BSc

Web Developer / Consultant