Education. Academic Appointments

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1 Cécile A. OBEID Ghadir jounieh Mount lebanon Date of birth: 05/03/1986 Telephone: Mobile: Education MS. Human Nutrition Thesis Track, St-Joseph University (USJ), Achrafieh- Beirut, Lebanon (Thesis: Evaluation de l apport en Calcium et en Vitamine D chez des femmes hospitalisées âgées de plus de 60 ans Comparaison entre femmes avec et sans antécédents de fracture(s). Mention: très honorable avec félicitations des membres du jury. BS in Nutrition and Dietetics, St-Joseph University (USJ), Achrafieh- Beirut, Lebanon Baccalaureate in Life Sciences, Collège des Sœurs des Saints Cœurs, Tripoli, Lebanon Academic Appointments Full time lecturer, internship coordinator and advisor for the BS and MS Nutrition and Medical Laboratory students in the Faculty of Nutrition and Health Sciences (FNHS) at Notre Dame University (NDU), Barsa, El Koura, North Lebanon October 2013 till present Assistant Head of Department for the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences at NDU s the North Lebanon Campus Courses taught: Therapeutic nutrition, Therapeutic nutrition practicum, Special topics in therapeutic nutrition, Introduction to nutrition, Nutrition counselling and communication skills, Basic human nutrition, Advanced

2 human nutrition, Nutrition during life cycle, Sports nutrition, Basic foodservice management systems. Also supervised a senior project entitled: Effects of different Smoking types on Anthropometric Measurements and Dietary Habits among Lebanese University Students aged years old Lecturer and course developer at the Faculty of Health, Lebanese University (LU), Fanar, Beirut, Lebanon Course taught: Therapeutic nutrition II Lecturer and course developer at the Faculty of Health and Sciences FHS, University of Balamand (UOB) main campus Kalhat, El Koura, North Lebanon Courses taught: Therapeutic nutrition NUSC 212, Therapeutic nutrition lab NUSC 213, Therapeutic nutrition NUSC 214, Therapeutic nutrition lab NUSC 215 Lecturer and course developer at the Department of Sciences American University of Technology (AUT), Tripoli, Lebanon Courses taught: Introduction to nutrition, Clinical nutrition, human nutrition, nutrition during life cycle, Food and nutrition, nutritional assessment, introduction to biology Lecturer and course developer at the Department of Sciences Lebanese German University (LGU), Sahel Alma, Jounieh, Lebanon Courses taught: Human Nutrition I, Food Hygiene, Dietetics (for nursing students), Hygiene and Nutrition (for education students) Professional Positions and Employment Head of the Food standards Department at The Lebanese Standards Institution- LIBNOR. Ministry of Industry Implementing standards for the Lebanese food sector among which: Standard for olive oil, table olives, food additives, honey, Labneh: fermented yogurt (which necessitated a market study: sampling, laboratory analysis, statistical analysis) January 2014 till September 2016 Page 2 of 6

3 Clinical Dietitian- dietetics department Notre Dame des Secours University Hospital, Byblos, Lebanon Counseling gastroenterology, endocrinology, nephrology and cardiology cases. In-patients nutritional assessment and care, nutritional consultation for discharged patients, tray line supervision. Internship coordinator. Dietitian- dietetics department Sacrée-Coeur hospital, Baabdah-Hazmieh, Lebanon Clinical dietitian, in-patients nutritional assessment and care, nutritional consultation for discharged patients, tray line supervision. Private clinic at World Medical Center Tripoli, North Lebanon Nutritional consultation assessment and follow up for patients. Diets for weight loss, weight maintenance, dyslipidemia, diabetes, renal insufficiency and gastro-intestinal disorders. February October Trainings, Workshops and Seminars Training on Quality Infrastructure for food safety Stockholm - Sweden program planned and implemented by the Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment, in co-operation with the Swedish National Food Agency Workshop on shelf-life determination techniques for food products TAIEX project funded by EU in cooperation with The Consumer Protection Directorate, Ministry of Economy and Trade of Lebanon Training course on Organization and implementation of training activities in third countries to strengthen their capacity to participate actively in the work of International Standard setting bodies, session on Effective Participation in Codex activities organized in Brussels, Belgium Participated in the MedDiet project Mediterranean Diet and enhancement of traditional foodstuff. Project funded by the European Union under the ENPI CBC Med program to Improve the capacity of policy making institutions for safeguarding the Mediterranean diet with a Study visit to Italy Rome from 8 till 11 September 2014 Participated in The National Food Industry Day organized by the Syndicate of Lebanese Food Industries under the patronage of the Minister of Industry. 21 st Feb - 18 th March March September 22 nd to 26 th 2014 June 2014 April 2014 Page 3 of 6

4 Participated in the first national workshop: Making Rules of Origin Work for Lebanese Businesses. The Pan-EuroMed Convention on Rules of Origin: what is it, and how it works. Workshop on: Strengthening of Food Safety & Increasing the Competitiveness of Lebanese Olive Oil Under the patronage of the Minister of Industry April 2014 March 2014 Training at Sacré-Coeur hospital Hazmieh, Nutrition and dietetics department, Lebanon Training Centre Hospitalier du Nord (C.H.N), Nutrition and dietetics department, Lebanon Training at hotel Dieu de France, Nutrition and dietetics department, Lebanon Certification and Licensure Certificate of training in Project management. Course completion certificate in: Understanding and implementing ISO 9001:2008 organized by the Lebanese Standards Institution LIBNOR. Course completion certificate in renal dietetics. Level 3 award in HACCP for food manufacturing, Lebanese and British certification with distinction, BRC. Colloquium certification, Lebanese government. Professional Memberships and Activities Member of the Lebanese Association for Nutrition and Dietetics LAND March 08 - June 08 July 07- Feb 08 Feb 07- May November 9-11 July 2014 April till present Presentations Page 4 of 6

5 Guest Speaker in the 1 st congress of Nutrition and Food technology at St-Joseph University (USJ) presentation on: The role of standards in the Lebanese food safety system, Beirut, Lebanon Guest speaker in a conference and workshop under the patronage of the Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade, on Road map for collaboration between universities and the public sector to find innovative solutions to the problems affecting the meat and poultry sectors in Lebanon at the Lebanese German University Lebanon Guest speaker in a workshop under the patronage of the Lebanese Minister of Industry in partnership with the UNIDO project Supporting Host communities in Lebanon affected by the high influx of Syrian refugees CELEP III and the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences at the University of the Holy Spirit Kaslik Lebanon, on Understanding Hazards from Farm- to- Fork. Food safety in Poultry Processing Guest speaker in a conference under the patronage of the Lebanese Minister of Agriculture and the syndicate of the Lebanese Agricultural Engineers, on Agriculture Sector in Lebanon: Current status, difficulties and future perspectives Preparing and presenting a conference at NDU-Barsa, on guidelines for a healthy lifestyle and nutrition facts labeling Community presentation for local residents at the municipality of Tripoli-North Lebanon, on The influence of psychological stress on the nutritional habits of adolescents May April 30 March 3 June Research activities Preparing and presenting three seminars at the faculty of medicine (USJ): The relation between obesity and the risk of breast cancer New perspectives about Alzheimer s disease Controversies about supplementation of Ca and Vit D Research projects and posters Evaluation of beverage consumption in young adults and the effect on obesity Page 5 of 6

6 Evaluating the presence of titanium dioxide (potential carcinogen) in multiple brands of Lebanese Tehini and Halewe Evaluating the effect of breastfeeding and introduction of solid foods on the occurrence of infant allergy 2009 Thesis Evaluation de l apport en Calcium et en Vitamine D chez des femmes hospitalisées âgées de plus de 60 ans Comparaison entre femmes avec et sans antécédents de fracture(s). Supervised the senior project for a Nutrition student Effects of different Smoking types on Anthropometric Measurements and Dietary Habits among Lebanese University Students aged years old Computer and communication skills 2016 Computer skills: MS Office (Power Point, Excel, Word), SPSS, Nutri pro Internet Languages: English excellent spoken, written French excellent spoken, written Spanish Level 1 Arabic Native Language Page 6 of 6