Prof. Randah Ribli Hamadeh (Bahrain) – Professor, Arabian Gulf University.
Biography:
Prof. Randah Hamadeh holds a DPhil in Community Medicine from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, and both a BSc in Environmental Health and an MSc in Epidemiology from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
She is a Professor of Community Medicine and a Consultant at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arabian Gulf University (AGU), Bahrain, where she has worked since 1991. Prof. Hamadeh held key positions, including Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, and Director of the MSc in Health Policy and Population Studies program. Prior to joining the university, she was the Assistant Manager at the Office of Professional Standards and Systems Analysis at the Ministry of Health, Bahrain, from 1977 to 1986, where she was instrumental in developing the information system in government hospitals.
Prof. Hamadeh has worked for numerous prestigious organizations as an expert, advisor, consultant, and focal person, including the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health in Bahrain, among others. She is a principal collaborator in the Global Burden of Disease Studies and a former member of the Eastern Mediterranean Advisory Committee on Health Research.
Stanford University has ranked her among the top 2% of scientists worldwide for the past five years. The AD Scientific Index for World Scientists and University Ranking named her as AGU’s Best Scientist for the past five years and among the top four Best Scientists in Bahrain. Prof. Hamadeh received the King Hussein Cancer Research 2024 Award in the Category of Lifetime Achievement (Regional Track) and the 2022 State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region in Cancer. In 2014, she was recognized as a pioneer and founder of the Bahrain Antismoking Society, and in 2010, for her effective contribution to antismoking activities.
