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Rania Abu Seir
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Curriculum Vitae
CONTACT
Assistant Professor of
Hematology
Head, Department of
Clinical Laboratory
Sciences
Cancer Research
Activist
Address
Al-Quds University
Faculty of Health
Professions
Department of Clinical
Laboratory Sciences
Abu Dis, West Bank
Phone
Tel (home): + 972 2 585
1261
Mobile: +972 54 3594382
SNAPSHOT PROFILE
A academician and astute educator in Medical Laboratory
Sciences known for training, mentoring/ transferring skills from
theory to real-world application and promoting a learning
environment that enhances academic excellence. Determined that
an empowering pedagogy is one that fosters knowing, learning,
and teaching that work to sustain practices of critical inquiry and
self-discovery among learners as active reflexive and engaged
subjects.
High-quality research and evaluation expertise, engaged in
research conduction and evaluation in the field of Hematology,
Cancer and other Medical Laboratory Sciences related fields.
A scholar specializing in critical analysis of knowledge, attitudes,
and practices in Medical Laboratory Sciences related fields.
A consultant for Laboratory Information System Development.
A consultant for courses and curricula development in Medical
Laboratory Sciences and Health Sciences.
EDUCATION & DEGREES
Ph.D. in Hematology
School of Medicine, Hebrew University, 2014
Thesis Title: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma: Epidemiologic, genetic
and molecular determinants among Arabs in Israel and the
West Bank.
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LANGUAGES
Arabic: native language
English: excellent
Hebrew: good
M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Al-Quds University, West Bank, 2001
Thesis Title: Molecular Genetics Analysis of MEFV Gene
Mutations in Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Among
Palestinians in the West Bank.
B.S. in Medical Technology
College of Health Professions/Al-Quds University, West Bank,
1998
PROFESSIONAL COURSES
Course in Integration of Cytogenetics, Microarrays and Massive
Sequencing in Biomedical and Clinical Research, Oct 2008,
Bologna, Italy.
European Educational Program in Epidemiology 23rd Residential
Summer Course, June 21 – July 9, 2010, Florence, Italy.
Good Clinical Practice and Essential Guidelines course,
Pharmaschool, March 2011, Jerusalem.
Animal course, 2011, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Advanced Good Clinical Practice course (GCP), February 2013,
Jerusalem.
Flow Cytometry for the Diagnosis of Hematological Diseases
Practical Training, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Sptember -
December 2013, Jerusalem
MECC Palliative Care Principles in Practice, February 2014,
Jerusalem.
Clinical Research Associate Course (CRA), September-November
2014, Technion, Haifa
Introduction to Clinical Research Training Course, December 2014-
May 2015, Harvard College, Dubai.
Cancer Control in Primary Care Course, March 2016, Mascat,
Sultanate Oman.
Course in Training of Trainers in Biosafety and Biosecurity to
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Academic
Administration &
Management
Proposal Writing and
Fund Raising
Laboratory Level 3 Standards, May 15-19th, 2016, Jerusalem.
Immucor End User Trouble Shooting Training, 5-16 August 2018,
Dreieich, Germany.
Research Quality Systems: Research Ethics & Institutional Review
Board, 13-14 October 2018, University of Notre Dame Initiative for
Global Development, Ramallah.
Research Quality Systems: Proposal Development, Reasearch
Administration & Dissemination, 20-22 October 2018, University of
Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development, Ramallah.
POSITIONS & JOBS
2017-Present :
Assistant Project Manager, World Bank Project/ Al-Quds
University
Selection and hiring process of project team members.
Evaluation of the project process.
Participate in the step by step implementation of the project
plan including need assessment, curricula development,
curricula evaluation, curricula implementation and validation.
2001-Present :
Medical laboratory Sciences Department, Faculty of Health
Professions, Al-Quds University
Full time Lecturer, Currently I teach:
- Clinical Hematology basics and advanced
- Hematological malignancies
- Blood banking
- Molecular biology
- Genetics
- Body fluids
A Fund Raiser for capacity building projects and research
projects.
Supervisor & Evaluator of Master Students.
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Research and Proposal
Evaluation
Educational Leadership
Course Formulation
and Design
Curricula Development
& Review
Project/program design
and management
Partnerships Building
Medical Laboratory
Sciences and Public
Health Masters Theses
Supervision &
examination
Research & Evaluation
Bilingual Reporting
High-end Training
Data Analysis-SPSS
(Statistical Package for
Social Sciences)
Conferences
Coordination &
Management
Researcher (see details below).
Developer and evaluator of academic curricula and related
courses for BA and MSc. Programs in Medical Laboratory
Sciences.
Member of the College Council, Al-Quds.
2015-2017
Head, Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, Faculty of
Health Professions, Al-Quds University
Developing and implementing new methods of teaching.
Designing, preparing and developing teaching methods.
Developed a course in “Epidemiology and Public Health” for
the Master in Health Informatics / HEAL+/Erasmus plus
Grants.
Led the curricula development of the master program in
Health informatics, implemented in the MENA region.
Capacity building the laboratories in terms of internal design,
equipment and instruments through the Japanese grant, the
Kuwaiti grant and the World Bank grant.
Developed the internship program.
Prepared the department strategic plans.
Member of the College Council, Al-Quds.
Research Experience
Cancer Research
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma among Palestinians
Clinical characteristics
Dietary intake
Lifestyle
History of infections
Occupational history
Genetic risk factors
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MEMBERSHIP IN
SOCIETIES
1. International Cancer
Prevention
Consortium.
2. Thalassemia
International
Federation, Cyprus.
3. Palestinian Medical
Technology
Association, Palestine.
4. Al-Quds Public Health
Society, Jerusalem.
5. Palestinian Association
of Quality and
Management.
6. Member of the ethical
committee at Al-Quds
University in 2015.
Autoimmune diseases
Determinants of Hodgkin Lymphoma among Palestinians
Clinical characteristics
EBV characterization in tumor cells
Environmental and lifestyle risk factors
Environmental and Genetic Determinants of Colorectal
Cancer in the West Bank
Clinical characteristics
Dietary factors
Physical activity
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Family history of gastrointestinal diseases and
cancer
Identification of Lynch syndrome and other genetic
risk factors of CRC
Occupational Health and Safety in Palestine
Establish a job-exposure matrix for Palestinians
Identify occupational health hazards
Link occupational exposures to cancer
Researches in Medical Laboratory Sciences
Blood Group Antigens and Alloantibodies Frequencies
among Palestinian Population, 2012
Pre-analytical Errors Survey at the Major Palestinian
Hospitals of Jerusalem, 2013
Intrauterine Transfusion for Alloimmunized Pregnant
Women in Palestine, 3013
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Biomedical Waste Management in Palestinian Hospitals,
2013
Knowledge-Attitude-Practice Towards Blood Donation
among Palestinians: a combined cross-sectional
retrospective study, 2014
Prevalence of Multidrug Resistant Organisms in
Governmental Hospitals in the West Bank, 2014
Retrospective Assessment of Plasmapheresis at Al-
Makassed Hospital, 2014
Knowledge, Attitude & Practice (KAP) towards Antibiotic Use
among Palestinians, 2015
Respiratory Tract Infections among Hospitalized Palestinian
Patients, 2016
Management of β-Thalassemia in the West Bank: Iron
Overload and Autoantibodies Development, 2017
Assessment of Palliative Care among Palestinian Hospitals,
2017
Adenosine Diphosphate Receptor Gene (P2Y12) Sequence
Variants among Swedish, Palestinian and Congolese
Populations
Smoking among Youth in Palestine
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C among Palestinians
Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Profile of
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Palestinian
Regions
Comparison of Early Effects Of PCV7, PCV10 AND PCV13
on S. pneumoniae Nasopharyngeal Carriage in a Population
Based Study
COURSE DEVELOPMENT
I developed a course in “Epidemiology and Public Health” for the
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Master in Health Informatics / HEAL+/Erasmus Plus Grants-2017.
This project aimed to develop a curriculum for master program in
Health informatics implemented in the MENA region in three partner
countries (Palestine, Jordan and Egypt). This project also aims to
enhance networking among higher education institutions and
research institutions across the Partner Countries and EU Member
States (Spain, Netherlands and Sweden). It enhances mutual
understanding between peoples and cultures of the EU and of the
partner countries. Furthermore, this project aims to enhance the
faculty staff capabilities and infrastructure capacity for partner
universities and institutions to establish an interactive environment
with sophisticated modern outcome-based learning approaches and
methodologies.
SUPERVISION & EVALUATION OF MASTER STUDENTS
Head and supervisor of the defense committee to the following
M.Sc. students:
Nemah Abu Khdeir: under the title of “Occupational
Determinants of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Case-Control
Study”.
Mohammad Asees: under the title of “Adenosine
Diphosphate Receptor Gene (P2Y12) Sequence Variants
among Swedish, Palestinians and Congolese”.
Nurah Ayesh: under the title of “Determinants of Hodgkin
Lymphoma among Palestinians”.
Bashaar Dudeen: under the title of “Seroprevalence of
Infections in B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma among
Palestinians: A Case-Control Study”.
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Maram Fityani: under the title of “Nutritional Factors and the
Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma among Palestinians”.
Internal Examiner for the following M.Sc. student
Wafa Ali Abu-Siba’: under the title of “Analysis of FORS
Blood Group System in Different Populations”.
Eman Abu Zahriyeh: under the title of “Molecular
Characterization of Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase
Deficiency among Palestinians in the West Bank –
Palestine”.
Dania Bakri: under the title of “Circulating peripheral blood
Mucosal-Associated- Invariant T cells Predict Stages of Liver
Fibrosis in Patients with Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease”.
Imtithal Khateeb: under the title of “Breast Cancer Risk
among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending Beit-Jala
Governmental Hospital: A Case Control Study”.
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS & GRANTS
European Educational Program in Epidemiology Fellowship,
Florence, June 21 – July 9, 2010
Harvard Medical School Fellowship for Clinical Research
Training, Dubai, December 2014 – May 2015
Clinical Research Associate fellowship, Technion, Haifa,
September – November 2014
Palestinian American Research Grant (PARC), 2016-2017.
Al-Quds University, January 2016 for my outstanding
contribution to research
Nominated by the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labor, and Al-
Quds University for the Islamic Development Bank Prize for
Women’s Contribution to Development, 12th Edition, Women's
Contribution to the Prevention and Control of Cancer
World Bank Grant- Quality Improvement Funds
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Project Title: Quality Improvement of Competency-based-
education and training of students Project - QIF Grant No.:C3-
17-U-QU-06, three-years project, 2018-2020.
Al-Quds Academy for Scientific Research Grant
Project Title: Evaluation of genetic and environmental risk
factors of colorectal cancer among Palestinians, three years
grant, June 2018-2020.
PUBLICATIONS
Abdeen Z, Berman T, Azmi K, Abu Seir R, Agha H, Ein-Mor E,
Göen T, Stein Y, Richter E, Calderon-Margalit R. Urinary
organophosphate metabolite levels in Palestinian pregnant
women: results of the Middle East Regional Cooperation Project.
Int J Environ Health Re (2015) 17:1-13.
Cancer in Palestine: Kharroubi A and Abu Seir R in Cancer Care
in Countries and Societies in Transition: Individualized Care in
Focus by Michael Silbermann (2016). Switzerland, Springer
International.
Associations between B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma and
exposure, persistence and immune response to Hepatitis B.
Kleinstern G, Abu Seir R, et al., Haematologica. 2016.
Clinical and Pathological Features of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
among Palestinians. Abu Seir R, Paltiel O et al. (in process
publication).
Ethnic variation in medical and lifestyle risk factors for B cell non-
Hodgkin lymphoma: A case-control study among Israelis and
Palestinians. Kleinstern G, Abu Seir R, Perlman R, Khatib A,
Abdeen Z, Elyan H, Nirel R, Amir G, Ramlawi A, Sabatin F,
Boffetta P, Dann EJ, Kedmi M, Ellis M, Nagler A, Ben Yehuda D,
Paltiel O. PLoS One. 2017.
Serum organochlorines and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A case-
control study in Israeli Jews and Palestinians. Klil-Drori, A. J.,
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Kleinstern, G., Seir, R. A., Choshen-Cohen, L., Abdeen, Z.,
Hussein, E. & Paltiel, O. Chemosphere, 213, 395-402. 2018.
Presence of autoimmune disease affects not only risk but also
survival in patients with B‐cell non‐Hodgkin lymphoma.
Kleinstern G, Averbuch M, Abu Seir R, Perlman R, Ben Yehuda
D, Paltiel O. Hematological Oncology. 36:457–462. 2018.
Implementation of Palliative Care in Palestine: Cultural and
Religious Perspectives. Abu Seir R and Kharroubi A. Palliative
medicine and hospice care. 2017.
Abu Seir R, Azmi K, Hamdan A, Namouz H, Jaar F, et al. (2018)
Comparison of early effects of pneumococcal conjugate
vaccines: PCV7, PCV10 and PCV13 on Streptococcus
pneumoniae nasopharyngeal carriage in a population based
study; The Palestinian-Israeli Collaborative Research (PICR).
PLOS ONE 13(11): e0206927.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206927
Publications in press or under review:
Assessment of Palliative Care among Palestinians. Abu Seir R,
Kharroubi A.
Management of β-Thalassemia in the West Bank: Iron Overload
and Autoantibodies Development, 2017. Abu Seir R, Najjar L,
Shweiki O, Sayarah R, Abu Farah M, Iyad A, Asees M, Karmi B,
Shamasna W, Najjar O.
Smoking among Youth in Palestine: An Alerting Habit. Abu Seir
R, Kharroubi A, Ghannam I.
Respiratory Tract Infections among Hospitalized Palestinian
Patients - A Retrospective Study. Abu Seir R, Najajrah R, Najjar
D, Ashour M, Asakra B; Njoum W.
Insights on Palliative Care Research and Needs in Palestine.
Abu Seir R, Kharroubi A. in The Role and Importance of
Research in Promoting Palliative Care Practice. NOVA
SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, INC.
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Laboratory Medicine in Palestine. Abu Seir R, Najjar O. EJIFCC.
Respiratory Tract Infections among Hospitalized Palestinian
Patients - A Retrospective Study. Abu Seir R, Njoum W, Najajrah
R, Najjar D, Ashour M, Asakra B, Samman N, Najjar O.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium, July 2009,
Vancouver, Canada.
The Sixth Palestinian Conference of Medical Technology, March
2010, Au-Deis, Palestine
Ilanit 6th FISEB, February 2011, Eilat, Israel
19th Jerusalem School in Life Sciences; Molecular Medicine:
Cancer Biology and Therapy, September 2011, Jerusalem
The Hub for Cancer Research, November 2011, The Faculty of
Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The 11th ICML Conference, June 2011 Lugano, Switzerland
Non Hodgkin Lymphoma Pathology Diagnosis, February 2013,
Augusta Victoria, Jerusalem.
The 3rd Biomedical Research Symposium, March 2013,
Ramallah
Viral Hepatitis and non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, September 2013,
Jerusalem.
The 12th ICML Conference, June 2013 Lugano, Switzerland
Pathology diagnosis of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, April 2014,
Hadassah Ein-Kerem, Jerusalem.
The 8th International Palestinian Conference Of Laboratory
Medicine, August, 2014
Cancer Status in Palestine “الملتقى التوعوي والتثقيفي حول مرض السرطان”
March 2015 Pharmacology Department, Al-Quds University,
Abu-Dis
Global Health 2015 Conference Israel Public Health Society
The 13th ICML Conference, June 2015 Lugano, Switzerland
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The 20th World Congress on Advances in Oncology and the
18th International Symposium on Molecular Medicine, 8-10
October 2015, Metropolitan Hotel, Athens, Greece.
Workshop on Multi-drug resistance in the West Bank; Methicillin
Resistance Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus
pneumoniae, October 20th, Palestinian Ministry of health,
Ramallah.
Workshop on Epidemiology and non-Hodgkin Lymphoma,
January 2016, Jerusalem.
The 6th International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy,
May 23-25, 2016, Jerusalem Convention Center, Jerusalem.
International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium, June, 2016,
Rochester, USA.
The 10th International Symposium on Pneumococci and
Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD), June 26-30, 2016, Glasgow,
Scotland.
Workshop on pesticides exposure and non-Hodgkin Lymphoma,
August 2016, Jerusalem.
The 9th Palestinian Conference on Laboratory Medicine, August
25-27, 2016, Ramallah, Palestine.
International Conference at Hebron University on “Cancer
Prevention, Early Detection and an Introduction to Palliative
Care”, April, 2017.
International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium, June, 2017,
Copenhagen, Denmark.
International Conference at Hebron University on
“|Complementary Therapies in Palliative Care”, July, 2017.
The 11th Arab Blood Transfusion Congress, 10-12 October 2017,
Marrakech, Morocco.
The Second Palestinian-Romanian International Medical
Congress, 14 November 2017, Ramallah, Palestine.
The 10th International Palestinian Conference of Laboratory
Medicine –The 15th Arab Conference of Clinical Biology, 18-21
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April 2018, Ramallah, Palestine.
1st IFCC, EFLM, AFCB Conference: “Laboratory Medicine:
Meeting The Needs Of Mediterranean Nations”. 2 - 4 July, 2018,
University of Tor Vergata, Rome.
ATTENDED CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
International
4th International Symposium on Preimplantation Genetics
Diagnosis. Lemasol, Cyprus, April 2002.
5th International Symposium on Preimplantation Genetics.
Antalya, Turkey, June 2003.
10th International Conference on Thalassemia &
Haemoglobinopathies, Dubai, UAE, Jan 2006.
Local
The “Second Scientific Day” held at Al-Quds University by
Faculty of Medicine, May 15, 1998.
The “First Palestinian Medical Technology Conference” held
in Bir-Zeit University by Med. Tech. Union (August 29-30,
1997).
The “First Palestinian Conference on Thalassemia” held by
Thalassemia Patients Friends Society in Ramallah/Palestine
(July 17, 1997).
The “First Scientific Day” held in Al-Quds University by
Faculty of Medicine (May 13,1997).
The Second Palestinian Conference of Medical Technology
held by Med.Tech. Union at Bir-Zeit University (Sept 4,
1998).
The Eighth Arab Conference of Clinical Biology and The First
Jordanian Conference of Medical Laboratory Sciences held in
Amman/ Jordan by the Arab Federation of Clinical Biology (28
April - 1 May1997).
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Leishmania workshop. Ramallah (Sept. 9, 1998).
First Palestinian / Israeli workshop on Allergy, Asthma and
Clinical Immunology. Ramallah (May 28-29,1998).
International workshop on Occupational Health and Work
Exposure and Safety. Hebrew University (April. 27-28, 1998).
AACR Centennial Conference Translational Cancer Medicine
2008: Jerusalem, Israel.
International Conference Frontiers in Biomedical Research, May
2010, Jerusalem, Israel.
Second Annual Meeting of the Israeli Society for Cancer
Research (ISCR), May, 1010, Rehovot, Israel.
Human Biomonitoring and Studies on Environment and Health
held by Israeli Ministry of Health, March, 2011, Tel Aviv, Israel.
The Bioinformatics Knowledge Unit (BKU) workshop on Genetic
Variation in Human Populations, December 5th 2011, Technion,
Haifa, Israel.
The 11th International Conference on Malignant, June 14th-18th
2011, Lugano, Switzerland.
International conference on liver disease, January, 2013,
Hadassah, Jerusalem.