Current Projects

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Current Projects

Sl.No. Current Projects (Internal and external grants)

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Development of an Active Edible Chitosan Coating Containing Date Seeds Extract for Inhibition of Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter jejuni on Chicken Meat or Vibrio spp.

on Shrimp.

PI: Prof. Tareq M. Osaili.

Co-PI: Prof. Dr. Reyad Obaid/Dr. Dineshkumar Dhanasekaran

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Assessing Total Caffeine Intake among School Children in the UAE, and Its Relation with Sleep, Physical and Mental Health

PI: Dr. MoezAlIslam Faris,

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Promoting the role of community pharmacists in combatting the NCD epidemic in the UAE’.

PI: Farah Naja,

Co investigators: Reyad Shaker Obaid, Tareq (Mohammad Ibrahim) A. H. Osaili, MoezAlIslam Faris, Hadia Radwan Leila Cheikh Ismail, , Haydar Hasan, Mona Hashim

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Examining the adherence to dietary and lifestyle guidelines among pregnant women with Gestational Diabetes in the UAE: Gaps and opportunities,

PI: Hadia Radwan,

Co investigators: Farah Naja, Manal Awad, Wegdan Bani Issa, Randa Fakhry, Mona Hashim

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National Birth Cohort Study of Preterm Infants in the United Arab Emirates PI: Leila Cheikh Ismail.

Co-investigators: Ayesha Salem Obaid S. Al Dhaheri; Haydar Hasan; Mona Hashim.

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Comparison of INTERGROETH-21 and Fenton Growth Standards to Assess Size at Birth in Preterm Infants;

Dr. Leila Cheikh Ismail,

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Effect of Smart Phone Delivered Health Based Educational Intervention to Improve Dietary Habits and Body Composition of School Children in the UAE.

PI: Haydar Hasan.

Co investigators: Hamid Jan Jan Mohamed , Mona Sharef Hashim Hadia Mohammad Radwan; Leila Cheikh Ismail , Veena Raigangar, Mohamed Ibrahim Madkour, Heba Safeen

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Influence of a multicomponent program: healthy eating environment and exercise on weight status of obese children with intellectual

disability PI : Mona Hashim

Co-investigators: ( CND faculty members)

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Publications (2021-2022)

1. Osaili, T.M.; Hasan, F.; Al-Nabulsi, A.A.; Dhanasekaran, D.K.; Obaid, R.S.; Hashim, M.S.; Radwan, H.M.; Cheikh Ismail, L.; Hasan, H.; Faris ME.; Naja, F.; Savvaidis, I.N.; Olaimat, A.N.; Ayyash, M.;

Holley, R.Effect of Essential Oils and Vacuum Packaging on Spoilage-Causing Microorganisms of Marinated Camel Meat during Storage. Foods 2021, 10, 2980.

2. Tareq M. Osaili, Maryam.S. Al Sallagi, Dinesh.K. Dhanasekaran, Wael.A.M. Bani Odeh, Hajer.J. Al Ali, Ahmed.A.S.A. Al Ali, Hadia Radwan, Reyad.S. Obaid, Richard Holley. Pesticide residues in fresh vegetables imported into the United Arab Emirates. Food Control.2022.

3. Faris, M. E., Laher, I., Khaled, M. B., Mindikoglu, A. L., & Zouhal, H. (2022). Editorial: The model of Ramadan diurnal intermittent fasting: Unraveling the health implications - volume I. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.971610.

4. Faris, M., Abdulla, N. K., Qureshi, M. N., Asraiti, A. A., Janahi, M. A., Qiyas, S. J. A., & Obaid, R. R.

(2022). Sleep quality and perceived stress as related to hedonic hunger among university students: A cross-sectional study.

5. Farah Naja, Hayder A. Hasan, Safiya H. Khadem, Haya Almulla, Maryam A. Buanq, Aysha K.

Aljassmi, Faris ME (2021). Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and its association with sleep quality and chronotype among youth: a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Nutrition.

6. Naja F, Ismail LC, Abbas N, Saleh S, Ali HI. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and its association with environmental footprints among women of childbearing age in the United Arab Emirates.

Eur J Nutr.

7. Radwan H, Fakhry R, Boateng GO, Metheny N, Bani Issa W, Faris ME, Obaid RS, Al Marzooqi S, Al Ghazal H, Dennis CL. Translation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Arabic Version of the Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form Among Women in the United Arab Emirates. J Hum Lact; 2022 Apr 1:8903344221084623. doi: 10.1177/08903344221084623. Epub ahead of print.

8. Radwan H, Fakhry R, Metheny N, Bani Issa W, Faris ME, Obaid RS, Al Marzooqi S, Al Ghazal H, ElHalik M, Dennis CL. (2021) Prevalence and multivariable predictors of breastfeeding

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outcomes in the United Arab Emirates: A prospective cohort study. (2021) International Journal of Breastfeeding. 16, 79 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-021-00428-74.179

9. Radwan H, Al Kitbi M, Hasan H, Al Hilali M, Abbas N, Hamadeh R, Saif ER, Naja F. Indirect Health Effects of COVID-19: Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviors during the Lockdown in the United Arab Emirates. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(4):1964.

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18041964.

10. L.C. Ismail, Osaili, T.M., Mohamad, M.N., Al Marzouqi, A., Habib-Mourad, C., Jamous, D.O.A., Ali, H.I., Al Sabbah, H., Hasan, H., Hassan, H. and Stojanovska, L., Hashim, M, 2022. Assessment of dietary and lifestyle responses after COVID-19 vaccine availability in selected arab countries.

Frontiers in nutrition.

11. Cheikh Ismail, L., Mohamad, M. N., Bataineh, M. A. F., Ajab, A., Al-Marzouqi, A. M., Jarrar, A. H., ... & Al Dhaheri, A. S. (2021). Impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) lockdown on mental health and well-being in the United Arab Emirates. Frontiers in Psychiatry.

12. Hayder Hasan, Faris ME, Maysm N Mohamad, Ayesha S Al Dhaheri, Mona Hashim et al. (2021).

Consumption, Attitudes, and Trends of Vending Machine Foods at a University Campus: A Cross- Sectional Study. Foods.

13. Mona Hashim, Dana Abdelrahim, Shatha Ahmed, Besma Tahir, Mariam Youssef, Joud Mousannef, Moza Almazrouei, Farah Naja, Nabeel Al-Yateem, Syed Azizu Rahman, Faris ME (2022).

Knowledge, awareness, and practices of university students toward the role of dietary and lifestyle behaviors in colorectal cancer: A cross-sectional study from Sharjah/UAE. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention.

14. Osaili, T. M., Al-Natour, M. Q., Al-Abboodi, A. R., Alkarasneh, A. Y., El Darra, N., Khazaal, S., &

Holley, R. (2022). Detection and risk associated with organochlorine, organophosphorus, pyrethroid and carbamate pesticide residues in chicken muscle and organ meats in Jordan. Food Control.

15. Nassreddine LM, Naja FA, Hwalla NC, Ali HI, Mohamad MN, Chokor FAZS, Chehade LN, O'Neill LM, Kharroubi SA, Ayesh WH, Kassis AN, Cheikh Ismail LI, Al Dhaheri AS. Total Usual Nutrient Intakes

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and Nutritional Status of United Arab Emirates Children (<4 Years): Findings from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) 2021. Curr Dev Nutr

16. Osaili, T. M., Hasan, F., Dhanasekaran, D. K., Obaid, R. S., Al-Nabulsi, A. A., Karam, L., ... & Holley, R. (2021). Effect of yogurt-based marinade combined with essential oils on the behavior of Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157: H7 and Salmonella spp. in camel meat chunks during storage. International Journal of Food Microbiology.

17. Alam I, Ullah R, Jan A, Sehar B, Khalil AAK, Naqeeb H, Ali EA, Wahab QMF, Safdar M, Ali A, Zaman MH and Zeb F (2022). Improvement in cardio-metabolic health and immune signatures in old individuals using daily chores (Salat) asan intervention: A randomized crossover study in a little- studied population. Front. Public Health 10:1009055.doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1009055

18. HAJ Mohamed I. Madkour, Rasha E. Hassan, Naglaa M. Sherif, Samir Awadallah, Dana N.

Abdelrahim, Haitham Jahrami, Katia Abu Shihab, Faris ME (2022). Haptoglobin polymorphism modulates cardiometabolic impacts of four consecutive weeks, dawn to sunset Ramadan intermittent fasting among subjects with overweight/obesity. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 190, 110024.

19. Khaled Obaideen, Katia H. Abu Shihab, Mohamed I. Madkour, Faris ME. (2022). Seven decades of Ramadan intermittent fasting research: Bibliometrics analysis, global trends, and future directions. Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews.

20. Daniela Raccanello, Roxana Balbontín-Alvarado, Denilson da Silva Bezerra, Roberto Burro, Maria Cheraghi, Beata Dobrowolska, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Faris ME et al (37 authors). (2022).

Higher Education Students’ Achievement Emotions and Their Antecedents in E-Learning Amid COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Country Survey. Learning and Instruction.