Research

Research Assessment and Challenges

Publications

Doraiswamy S, Cheema S, Maisonneuve P, Jithesh A, Mamtani R. Maternal mortality in the Middle East and North Africa region – how could countries move towards obstetric transition stage 5?. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2022 Jul 08; 22: 552. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04886-7

Polašek O, Wazny K, Adeloye D, Song P, Chan KY, Bojude DA, Ali S, Bastien S, Becerra-Posada F, Borrescio-Higa F, Cheema S, Cipta DA, Cvjetković S, Castro LD, Ebenso B, Femi-Ajao O, Ganesan B, Glasnović A, He L, Heraud JM, Igwesi-Chidobe C, Iversen PO, Jadoon B, Karim AJ, Khan J, Biswas RK, Lanza G, Lee SW, Li Y, Liang LL, Lowe M, Islam MM, Marušić A, Mshelia S, Manyara AM, Htay MN, Parisi M, Peprah P, Sacks E, Akinyemi KO, Shahraki-Sanavi F, Sharov K, Rotarou ES, Stankov S, Supriyatiningsih W, Chan BT, Tremblay M, Tsimpida D, Vento S, Glasnović JV, Wang L, Wang X, Ng ZX, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Campbell H, Chopra M, Cousens S, Krstić G, Macdonald C, Mansoori P, Patel S, Sheikh A, Tomlinson M, Tsai AC, Yoshida S, Rudan I. Research priorities to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries. J Glob Health. 2022 Apr 15;12:09003. doi: 10.7189/jogh.12.09003

Chaabna K, Cheema S, Abraham A, Maisonneuve P, Lowenfels AB, Mamtani R. The state of population health research performance in the Middle-East and North Africa: a meta-research study. Sys Rev. 2021 Jan 02;10,1 (2021). doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01552-x

Chaabna K, Cheema S, Abraham A, Mamtani R. Strengthening literature search strategies for systematic reviews reporting population health in the Middle East and North Africa: A meta‐research study. J Evid Based Med. 2020; 1– 7. doi: 10.1111/jebm.12394

Chaabna K, Cheema S, Abraham A, Alrouh H, Mamtani R, Sheikh JI. Gray literature in systematic reviews on population health in the Middle East and North Africa: protocol of an overview of systematic reviews and evidence mapping. Syst Rev. 2018 Jul

Khidir A, Asad H, Abdelrahim H, Elnashar M, Killawi A, Hammoud M, Al-Khal AL, Haddad P, Fetters MD. Patient responses to research recruitment and follow-up surveys: findings from a diverse multicultural health care setting in Qatar. BMC Med Res Methodology. 2016 Jan 26;16:10. doi: 10.1186/s12874-016-0109-3.

Killawi A, Khidir A, Elnashar M, Abdelrahim H, Hammoud M, Elliott H, Thurston M, Asad H, Al-Khal AL and Fetters MD. Procedures of recruiting, obtaining informed consent, and compensating research participants in Qatar: findings from a qualitative investigation. BMC Medical Ethics 2014, 15:9. DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-9. 

Hammoud M, Elnashar M, Abdelrahim H, Khidir A, Elliott HAK, Killawi A, Padela AI, Al Khal AL, Bener A, Fetters MD. Challenges and opportunities of US and Arab collaborations in health services research: A case study from Qatar. Glob J Health Sci, 4(6): 148-59, 2012. 

Chouchane L, Mamtani R, Al-Thani MH, Al-Thani AA, Ameduri M, Sheikh JI. Medical education and research environment in Qatar: a new epoch for translational research in the Middle East. Journal of Translational Medicine. 2011 Jan 27; 9:16. 

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