Hibah Osman, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Public Health
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences & Faculty of Medicine
American University of Beirut
PO-Box 11-0236 Riad El Solh
Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon
Tel: + (961) 1 350000 ext. 4676
Email: ho02@aub.edu.lb


Educational Background:
MPH, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States of America.
MD, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.


Research Interests:
Women's health; maternal child health.


Selected Publications:
DeJong, J., Akik, C., El-Kak, F., Osman, H. and El-Jardali, F. (corresponding author). (2010). The Safety and Quality of Childbirth in the Context of Health Systems: Mapping Maternal Health Provision in Lebanon. Midwifery 26, 549-557

Osman, H., Campbell, O., & Nassar, A. (2009). Using emergency obstetric drills in maternity units as a performance improvement tool. Birth, 36(1), 43-50.

Osman, H., Usta, I., Rubeiz, N., Abu-Rustum, R., Charara, I., & Nassar, A. (2008). Cocoa butter lotion for prevention of striae gravidarum: A double-blind, randomised and placebo-controlled trial. BJOG, 115, 1138–1142.

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.

Osman, H. (April 2006). The reproductive health - health sector reform initiative. assessment of the delivery of reproductive health services within primary health care centers in impoverished suburbs of Beirut. Beirut: American University of Beirut. Faculty of Health Sciences.

Osman, H., & Batley, N. (2006). Buried penis in the newborn. Clinical Pediatrics, 45(3), 281-284.