Hala Tamim, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Kinesiology and Health Science
Faculty of Health
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3
Ontario, Canada
Tel: 416-736-2100 ext 33338
Fax: 416-736-5774
Email: htamim@yorku.ca


Educational Background:
PhD in Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Masters in Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
BS, 1988, (Major: Environmental Health), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon


Research Interests:
Maternal and child health; adolescent health risk behaviors, evaluation of trauma care.


Selected Recent Publications:
Tamim, H., Yunis, K., Chemaitelly, H., Alameh, M., & Nassar, A. (2008). Effect of narghile on fetal birth weight. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 115(1), 91-97.

Badr, L., Abdallah, B., Balian, S., Tamim, H., & Hawari, M. (2007). The chasm in neonatal outcomes in relation to time of birth in Lebanon. Neonatal Network, 26(2), 97-102.

Mumtaz, G., Tamim, H., Kanaan, M., Khawaja, M., Khojali, M., Wakim, G., et al. (2007). Effect of consanguinity on birth weight for gestational age in a developing country (with invited commentary). American Journal of Epidemiology, 165, 742-752.

Osman, H., Rubeiz, N., Tamim, H., & Nassar, A. (2007). Risk factors for the development of striae gravidarum. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 196(1), 62.e1-62.e5.

Tamim, H., El-Chemaly, S., Nassar, A., Mumtaz, G., Kaddur, A., Kabakian-Khasholian, T., et al. (2007). Incidence and predictors of cesarean section in a capital city of a middle income country. Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 35(4), 282-288.

Tamim, H., El-Chemaly, S., Nassar, N., Aaraj, A., Campbell, O., Kaddour, A., et al. (2007). Cesarean delivery among nulliparous women in Beirut: Assessing predictors in nine hospitals. Birth, 34,(1), 14-20.

Younis, K., Khawaja, M., Beydoun, H., Khojali, M., & Tamim, H. (2007). Intrauterine growth standards in a developing country: A study of singleton live births at 28 to 42 weeks' gestation. Paediatrics and Perinatal Epidemiology, 21, 387-396.

Yunis, K., Mumtaz, G., Bitar, F., Shamseddine, F., Kassar, M., Rashkidi, J., et al. (2006). Consanguineous marriage and congenital heart defects: A case control study in the neonatal period. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 140(40), 1524-30.

Beydoun, H., Itani, M., Tamim, H., Aaraj, A., Khogali, M., Yunis, K., et al. (2004). Impact of maternal age on preterm delivery and low birth weight: A hospital-based collaborative study of nulliparous Lebanese women in greater Beirut. Journal of Perinatology: Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association, 24(4), 228-235.

Tamim, H., Beydoun, H., Itani, M., Khogali, M., Chokr, I., Yunis, K., et al. (2004). Predicting neonatal outcomes: Birth weight, body mass index or ponderal index? Journal of Perinatal Medicine, 32(6), 509-513.

Beydoun, H., Yunis, K., Khogali, M., Usta, I., Tamim, H., & & National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network. (2003). Caesarean route of delivery and hyaline membrane disease: A hospital-based case-control study in greater Beirut. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 17(4), 363-368.

Yunis, K., Beydoun, H., Khogali, M., Alameh, M., Tamim, H., & & National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network. (2003). Low socioeconomic status and neonatal outcomes in an urban population in a developing country. Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 14(5), 338-343.