Founding Faculty

Aline Germani (AUB)

Aline Germani is an American University instructor of Health Management and Policy (HMP). She received her B.A. and her M.P.H. from the American University of Beirut. She is currently the Director of the Center for Public Health Practice at the AUB Faculty of Health Sciences. 

Dr. Imad Elhajj (AUB)

Dr. Elhajj is a professor of Electrical and Computer engineering at the American University of Beirut. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Computer and Communications Engineering from AUB. He holds an MSc and  PhD in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University.

Dr. Muhammad Zaman (BU)

Dr. Zaman is an HHMI professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He received his master’s and P.h.D in Chemistry from the University of Chicago. He is the Director of the Partnership for Global Health Technologies at BU. 

Dr. Zaher Dawy (AUB)

Dr. Dawy is an American Univeristy of Beirut Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his B.E. degree in computer and communications engineering from AUB, Beirut, Lebanon, in 1998 and the M.E. and Dr.-Eng. degrees in communications engineering from Munich University of Technology (TUM), Munich, Germany, in 2000 and 2004. He serves as the Program director of Biomedical Engineering at AUB.

Dr. Hala Ghattas (AUB)

Dr. Ghattas is Hala Ghattas is a Research Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health (EPH) at the American University of Beirut. She holds a Master’s in Public Health Nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a PhD from St George’s, University of London. She is currently serving as Interim Director of the Center for Research on Population and Health at the Faculty of Health Sciences of AUB.

Dr. Carrie Preston (BU)

Dr. Preston is a professor in the English department at Boston University. She has BA from Michigan State University and master’s and P.h.D. from Rutgers University. She is the director of the Kilachand Honors College at Boston University.