Nisma Merdad, PhD
Phone:+966 92 000 3331 ext: 7806 Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
PhD: Psychology Academic Research King's College London - London, UK
Master of Science: Psychiatric Research King's College Lodnon - London, UK
• Distinction
Master of Arts: General Psychology Boston University - Boston, USA
• 3.8/4 GPA
Bachelor of Arts: Management Information Systems Dar AlHekma University - Jeddah, KSA
• 4.8/5 GPA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer/Assistant Professor
Dar AlHekma University, School of Health, Behavioral Science and Education
• Supervised seniors in their final research study projects
• Taught research methods, statistics and psychology courses
• Conducted workshops in research methods and research tools for the university faculty and staff
Lecturer
Effat University, College of Humanities
• Academic advisor for psychology majors
• Taught Psychology courses for major and none major students
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Postgraduate Researcher
Institute of Psychiatry, psychology and neuroscience, KCL, London, UK
Research assistant
Boston University Vietnam Era Twins Study of Aging, Boston, USA
PUBLICATIONS
Merdad, N., Elbedour, S., Lau, J., & Barker, E. (2022). Polygamy and mental health among Saudi middle schoolers: The role of family cohesion and father involvement. Family Relations.
https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12741
Merdad, N. (2021). Polygamy and the Risk Pathway to Youth Adversity: A Multi-Dimensional Approach (Doctoral dissertation, King’s College London, UK).ISNI: 0000 0005 0735 268X Faden S Y, Merdad N, Faden Y A (2023). Parents of Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A
Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Quality of Life, Stress, and Perceived Social Support. Cureus 15(4): e37356. doi:10.7759/cureus.37356
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RELEVANT SKILLS Skills
Academic writing Statistical analysis
Data collection and organization Data Collection
Data processing
Lab result interpretation Programming Languages
SPSS
R (programming) language Excel
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