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Work
Experiences:
SUMMARY:
Dr Hwalla is currently (as of October 2006)
the Dean
of Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences
(FAFS) at the American University of Beirut
(AUB). She served for many years as the
Chairperson of the Nutrition and Food
Science Dept at AUB.
Planned as Chairperson
the expansion and promotion of the Nutrition
and Food Science (NFS) Department and
managed the needs of an increasing student
body which doubled in five years, both at
graduate and under graduate levels, to
constitute today 3/4 of the FAFS total
number of graduating students.
Contributed as a faculty at the Faculty of
Agricultural and Food Sciences (FAFS)
to the progress of the newly introduced
Nutrition and Dietetics Program from an
unknown specialty to a highly recognized and
sought after field of study.
Participated at the University level
in administrative and academic decisions as
member of various University Task Forces and
Committees.
Contributed to AUB faculty empowerment by:
Addressing gender issues, serving as
president of the AUB Faculty Association,
representing the AUB Faculty Senate at the
Board of Trustees meetings, and serving as
member of Senate Committee on Faculty
Affairs and Senate Steering Committee.
Instituted new national policies
by forming LANFS (the Lebanese Association
for Nutrition and Food Science), drafting
legislation for licensing the dietetic
practice in Lebanon, and lobbying for its
adoption by the Government.)
Promoted AUB's regional mission by
contributing to the formalization of the
nutrition and dietetics sector in the
region.
This included: Participation as expert
consultant in the initiation of the MENANA (Middle
East and North African Nutrition Association)
which is now a recognized body of IUNS (International
Union of Nutritional Sciences),
curriculum development at UAE University (United
Arab Emirates) to introduce and
implement a Nutrition Program (seconded from
AUB), and establishment of Programs and
Curricula for Teaching Nutrition at
Universities and Ministries of Health in:
Oman, Jordan, Syria, UAE, and Kuwait (as a
member of Consultative Group).
Contributed to international decision making
by serving on WHO Expert Advisory Panel on
Nutrition (appointed by DG of WHO), and as
expert consultant to FAO, WHO, and IAEA to
establish guidelines and advise Governments
on Nutrition Related Issues (UAE, Kuwait,
Oman, and Iran).
Academically:
Served the discipline as a professor, mentor
and researcher in Nutrition. Attracted
funding for research and published numerous
articles in internationally refereed
journals.
Publications:
Has forty
publications in internationally refereed
journals on nutritional assessment, body
composition, dietary fats and plasma lipids,
diet composition and insulin resistance,
diabetes and obesity. Examples of refereed
Journals: American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, Lipids, International Journal of
Obesity, Nutrition Research, Gerontology,
Journal of Nutrition and Health,
International Journal of Food Science and
Nutrition, Journal of Nutrition and
Environmental Medicine, Ecology of Food and
Nutrition, Journal of Nutrition and
Dietetics, Journal of Nutritional Medicine,
Lebanese Science Bulletin.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Academic Positions
2006-present
Dean of Faculty of Agriculture and Food
Sciences at the American University of
Beirut
2000-2006
Chairperson of Nutrition and Food Science
department, AUB.
2000-2006
Professor, NFS (Nutrition and Food Science)
department, FAFS, AUB.
1999-2000
Visiting researcher, Yale University, New
Haven CT. USA (Fulbright Scholarship).
1995-1999
Professor, NFS department, FAFS, AUB
1990-1995
Associate Professor, NFS department, FAFS,
AUB
1989-1990
Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of
Agricultural Sciences, United Arab Emirates
University, Al-Ain, U.A.E
1987-1989
Associate Professor, FTN Department (Food
Technology and Nutrition), FAFS, AUB.
1986-1987
Visiting Scientist, Obesity Center, St.
Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia
University.
1985-1989
Coordinator of Nutrition and Dietetics
Program, FAFS, AUB
1984-1987
Assistant Professor, Department of Food
Technology and Nutrition, FAFS, AUB.
1979-1981
Post Doctoral Fellow, Obesity Center, St.
Luke's Hospital, Columbia University.
1977-1979
Assistant Professor, FTN Department, FAFS,
AUB (part time).
1977-1981
Researcher with the Lebanese National
Research Council.
1974-1977
Research Assistant, Nutrition Department,
School of Medicine, AUB
1972-1974
Teaching Assistant, Biology Department, AUB.
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