Key details
Dr Amal Elamin
Senior Lecturer in Public Health
Dr. Amal Elamin is a dentist and oral health expert who earned her PhD from the University of Bergen, Norway. With a wealth of experience, Dr. Elamin serves as a Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ since 2022. She brings valuable expertise from their previous role as an Assistant Professor in Public Health at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Within the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, Dr. Elamin teaches various undergraduate and postgraduate modules. She covers a range of subjects, including global health, health policy, health economics at the undergraduate level, and health management and global health in the postgraduate programs.
Dr. Elamin's primary research focus lies in evidence-based dentistry, encompassing the exploration of oral health determinants, the evaluation of global attributes related to dental caries and periodontal diseases, and the application of evidence-based dentistry in informing policy-making processes.
Dr. Elamin expertise also extends to investigating oral microbiological aspects, specifically studying intra-species phylogenetic differences and identifying virulent pathogenic clones associated with periodontal diseases.
Responsibilities within the university
- Programme Leader, MSc Global Health Management
- Module leader for various courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels
- Dissertation supervisor for undergraduate and postgraduate students
Awards
2020 Recipient of outstanding faculty in Teaching (Teaching Award). Zayed University, UAE.
Research / Scholarly interests
Dr. Amal Elamin's research interests encompass the determinants of oral health, global attributes of dental caries and periodontal diseases, oral microbiological aspects, and evidence-based projections, with a specific focus on the application of evidence-based dentistry to inform policy making. Currently, Dr. Elamin is actively engaged in research pursuits in the UK, focusing on evidence-based projections of dental caries and periodontal diseases within the population.
Key funded projects
Research Incentive Fund (RIF) grant in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates was awarded for a project titled "Nutrition Oral Health Physical Development Lifestyle Activity and Socioeconomic parameters (NOPLAS)" among pre-schoolers in Abu Dhabi, UAE.