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Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar

Smart Health for a Changing World: Trends and Tools

January 24, 25 & 26, 2026

Schedule

Please note that the Onsite / In-Person Unit (20 hours) will take place at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar.

Registration
  • Sign-in
Welcome & introductions
Speakers:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Understanding Health and Healthcare: Terminology, Frameworks and Emerging Paradigms
  • Define and distinguish key concepts such as health, disease, prevention, wellness, cure, and healing.
  • Discuss core principles of public health, population health, and healthcare.
  • Outline the complexity and challenges surrounding healthcare.
Speakers:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Redefining Health: The Emerging Paradigm and its Determinants
  • Discuss the natural history of disease, self-care, and prevention in promoting health.
  • Summarize the emerging face of the health-disease paradigm and healthcare.
  • Review the major determinants of health and disease.
Speaker:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Coffee break
Beyond the Data: Real Stories that Inspire Action
  • Illustrate how narratives can highlight public health challenges.
Speakers:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Measures of Health and Disease and Research Protocol
  • Discuss basic concepts of health research.
  • Outline steps in conducting research.
  • Describe briefly the measures of health and disease.
Speaker:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Lunch break
Health Research Data and Studies
  • Describe various types of data.
  • Explain commonly used statistical terms in research.
  • Describe various types of research studies.
  • Explain evidence-based practice in healthcare.
Speakers:
Dr. Karima Chaabna
Dr. Sonia Chaabane
Making Sense of Science: Interpreting Peer-Reviewed Literature
  • Discuss studies from peer reviewed literature.
Speakers:
Dr. Karima Chaabna
Dr. Sonia Chaabane
Coffee break
Screening Matters: Identifying Diseases Before Symptoms Appear
  • Explain screening in healthcare.
  • Describe briefly the commonly used screening tests.
Speaker:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Role of global organizations in promoting health
  • Examine the role of global organizations in promoting health.
Speaker:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Sign-in
Cultural Competency and Emotional Intelligence in Healthcare
  • Recognize the role of culture in health and healthcare decisions.
  • Define Emotional Intelligence and its four core skills. 
Speaker:
Dr. Maha Elnashar
Stopping the Threat: Epidemiology and Prevention of Infectious Diseases
  • Explain basic concepts surrounding infectious diseases.
  • Describe salient features of emerging/persistent infectious diseases.
  • Examine public health actions to prevent and manage communicable diseases.
Speakers:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Dr. Amit Abraham
Coffee break
The Global Burden of Non Communicable Diseases: Trends, Challenges and Strategies for Control
  • Identify major NCDs that contribute to the global burden of disease.
  • Summarize NCD trends and challenges of concern.
  • Discuss their control and management.
Speaker:
Dr. Amit Abraham
Lunch break
Managing Chronic Diseases Through Lifestyle: Science and Strategies
  • Review the evidence for lifestyle medicine in chronic disease management.
  • Summarize a practical approach to improving lifestyle health
Speaker:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Road Traffic Injuries: A Preventable Public Health Crisis
  • Discuss injury and the burden of road traffic crashes.
  • Outline the science of road traffic injury prevention.
  • Examine the consequences and challenges associated with road traffic injuries.
Speaker:
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Coffee break
A Closer Look at Mental Health: What the Numbers Say and What We Can Do?
  • Discuss the epidemiology of mental health.
  • Summarize strategies to improve mental health.
Speaker:
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Public Health Crisis: What They Are and How to Handle Them
  • Discuss characteristics and types of crises.
  • Outline steps to manage and control crises.
Speaker:
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Sign-in
Engaging Communities Through Social Media: Opportunities and Challenges
  • Outline social media use in community engagement.
  • Summarize challenges associated with social media use.
  • Discuss best practices to utilize social media for community engagement.
Speakers:
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Dr. Raji Anand
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Healthcare
  • Define artificial intelligence and machine learning.
  • Describe the concepts and methods that differentiate as well as connect various approaches.
  • Demonstrate practical applications of AI and machine learning in healthcare.
Speakers:
Dr. Arfan Ahmed
Dr. Alaa Abd-Alrazaq
Coffee break
Truth Matters: Identifying and addressing Misinformation
  • Define misinformation and disinformation.
  • Outline steps to manage misinformation in community settings.
Speakers:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Traditional Systems of Health
  • Define complementary and alternative medicine.
  • Discuss the role of complementary and alternative medicine in promoting health.
Speaker:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Lunch break
Introduction to Planetary Health & Sustainability
  • Define planetary health and sustainability.
  • Discuss the effect of climate and environmental change on human health.
  • Summarize solutions addressing sustainability, climate and environmental change.
Speaker:
Dr. Amit Abraham
Panel Discussion: Reimagining health: What more can we do
  • Examine opportunities and challenges in healthcare.
  • Discuss how we can improve the health of populations.
Moderator:
Dr. Amit Abraham
Speakers:
Dr. Ravinder Mamtani
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Dr. Arfan Ahmed