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Work Experiences:
Professor Osman Galal, M.D., Ph.D.;
is a Professor of Community Health Sciences in
the School of Public Health and Director of the
School's International Health Program. He has
extensive research and background in child
health in developing countries, and has
extensive experience in graduate and
postgraduate training, having trained more than
40 doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars,
from many developing countries in the field of
Nutrition. He has had a contieous track record
of research and publication in peer-reviewed
nutritional journals, as well as policy papers,
multiple research reports, and published
abstracts and book chapters. Much of his
research has contributed directly to policy
formulation, rethinking of existing policies and
programs, which is particularly challenging in
the Middle East countries. Dr. Galal’s scholarly
focus and activities have evolved over the years
from laboratory and clinical studies based on
his doctoral and post-doctoral training, to
functional impacts of both macronutrients and
micronutrients malnutrition. He contributed to
the important findings with significant policy
findings that mild-moderate protein energy
malnutrition is associated with adverse
functional outcomes such as poor physical growth
and mental development in infants and children.
Dr. Galal is considered among the top leaders
and scholars in the field of comparative human
nutrition and global health. His pioneer
contributions is in three interrelated domains,
specifically in comparative analysis and
nutrition policy development, research that
accounts for the cociocultural dimensions of
human nutrition, and leadership in nutrition and
global health institutions. Dr. Galal was
recognized as an outstanding leadership, the
prestigious International Union of Nutritional
Sciences has appointed him for three terms since
1997 as its Secretary General.
Selected Refrences:
1. El-Sahn A, El-Sahn F, Sallam S,
Galal OM.
Parasitic infections among Egyptian adolescents
and its associations with anemia: a national
study. Bulletin HIPH 30: 59-76, 2000.
2. Harrison G,
Galal OM, Ibrahim N, Khorshid A, Stormer A,
Leslie J, Saleh NT. Underreporting of food
intake by dietary recall is not universal: a
comparison of data from Egyptian and American
women. Journal of Nutrition 130:2049-2054,
2000.
3. Galal OM.
Micronutrient conditions in the Middle East
region: An overview. Public Health Rev 28:1-12,
2000.
4. Galal OM.
The nutrition transition in Egypt: obesity,
undernutrition and the food consumption context.
Public Health Nutrition 5:1(A):141-148, 2002.
5. El Guindi, MA, Galal OM,
El Sayed M.
Improving iron status of Egyptian school
children by a food-based natural enhancer
(orange) to iron absorption. The Gaz. Egypt.
Ped. 50:135-145, 2002.
6. El-Sahn F, Sallam S, Mandil A,
Galal OM.
Anemia among Egyptian adolescents: Prevalence
and determinants. Eastern Mediterranean Health
Journal 8: 25-30, 2002.
7. Galal OM.
Global changes in nutrition and food supply: Its
impact on health in developing countries. 7th
International Conference of Islamic Medicine,
Kuwait Journal of Medicine 10:32-39,
2002 (Arabic).
8. Galal OM. and Hulett J.
The relationship between nutrition and
children’s educational performance: A focus on
the United Arab Emirates. Nutrition Bulletin
28(1): 11-20, 2003.
9. Galal OM.
Nutrition-related health patterns in the Middle
East. Asia Pacific J. Clin. Nutr., 12(3):
337-343, 2003.
10. Winham DM, Harrison GG, Galal
OM, El-Tobgui M. Anemia and infection in
school-aged Egyptian children. Ecology of Food
and Nutrition 43: 29-40, 2004.
11. Galal OM and Hulett J.
Obesity Among School Children in Developing
Countries. Food and Nutrition Bulletin (26)
2S: 261-266, 2005.
12. Galal OM, Ismail I. and
Gohar AS. Schoolteacher’s awareness about
scholastic performance and nutritional status of
Egyptian school children. Food and Nutrition
Bulletin (26) 2S: 275-280, 2005.
13. Gabriela Torres-Mejia, Lea A.
Cupul-Uicab, Betania Allen, Galal OM,
Eduardo Salazar-Martinez, and Eduardo C. Lazcano-Ponce.
Comparative Study of Correlates of Early Age at
Menarche among Mexican and Egyptian
Adolescents. American Journal of Human Biology
17:1-5, 2005.
14. Goodwin PY, Garrett DA, Galal
OM. Women
and Family Health: The Role of Mothers in
Promoting Family and Child Health.
International Journal of Global Health and
Health Disparities 4(1): 30-42, 2005.
15. Rivera-R ivera L, Allen B,
Thrasher JF, Chavez R, Fernandez-Ortega C,
Galal O, Lazcano-Ponce EC.
Intra-familial Physical Violence Among Mexican
and Egyptian Youth. Rev Saύde Pύblica
39(5):709-715, 2005.
16. Salazar-Martinez E,
Allen B,
Fernandez Ortega C, Torres-Mejia G, Galal OM
and Lazcano-Ponce E.
Overweight and Obesity Status among Adolescents
from Mexico and Egypt. Archives of Medical
Research 37:535-542, 2006.
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Galal OM,
Esfandiary M, Kausat A, Amman Y and Hulett J.
Breast Cancer Perception Among
Muslim Women in Southern California. In
Preperation
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