Ayman El-Mohandes, MBBCh, MD, MPH

Dean

Professor of Epidemiology
Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

• 2009-present    Dean, College of Public Health; Professor, Department of Epidemiology; Professor of Pediatrics and of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine; Attending Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Nebraska Medical Center
• 2007-2009    Chair and Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University
• 2003-2007    Interim Chair, Department of Prevention and Community Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University
• 2002-2009    Professor of Prevention and Community Health and of Global Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University
• 2007-2009    Chair and Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University
• 2002-2009    Professor of Pediatrics and of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University
• 1999-2001    Associate Dean for Research, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University
• 1998-1999    Acting Associate Dean for Research, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University
• 1994-1997    Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Obstetrics/Gynecology School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The George Washington University
• 1985-2009    Attending Neonatologist, The George Washington University Hospital

Education

• MBBCh.  "Cum Laude", Medicine and Surgery, Cairo University, Egypt, 1974
• MSc "Cum Laude", Pediatrics, Cairo University, Egypt, 1978
• Internship  Rotating Internship, Cairo University Hospitals, Egypt, 1975-1976
• Residency Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Cairo University, Egypt, 1976-1979
• Research Fellowship Immunology, University of Claude Bernard, Lyon, France, 1979-1981
• MD Pediatrics "Cum Laude" Cairo University, Egypt, 1981
• Fellowship Neonatology, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1982-1984
• Residency Pediatrics, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1984-1985
• MPH Epidemiology/Biostatistics, "Suma Cum Laude" George Washington University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 1991

Research Interests & Projects

My research focus is to understand the relationships between psychosocial, behavioral, and biological risks related to poor reproductive outcomes.  I use community based participatory research methods in large population-based randomized clinical trials to test interventions aimed at improving behavioral and biological risks in minority pregnant women.  I also have an interest in the reduction of infant mortality, both in the United States in minority populations, as well as globally in resource-poor countries.

Selected Publications

• El-Mohandes AA, El-Khorazaty MN, Kiely M, Gantz MG. Smoking Cessation and Relapse Among Pregnant African-American Smokers in Washington, DC. Matern Child Health J. 2011 Dec;15(sup1)96-105. PMID: 21656058.
• Kiely M, El-Mohandes AA, Gantz MG, Chowdhury D, Thornberry JS, El-Khorazaty MN. Understanding the Association of Biomedical, Psychosocial and Behavioral Risks with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Among African-Americans in Washington, DC. Matern Child Health J. 2011 Dec;15(sup1)85-95. PMID: 21785892.
• El-Mohandes AA, Kiely M, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN. Very preterm birth is reduced in women receiving an integrated behavioral intervention: a randomized controlled trial. Matern Child Health J. 2011 Jan;15(1):19-28. PMID: 20082130
• El-Mohandes AA, Kiely M, Blake SM, Gantz MG, El-Khorazaty MN. An intervention to reduce environmental tobacco smoke exposure improves pregnancy outcomes. Pediatrics. 2010 Apr;125(4):721-8. PMID: 20211945.
• El-Mohandes AA, Kiely M, Gantz MG, Blake SM, El-Khorazaty MN. Prediction of birth weight by cotinine levels during pregnancy in a population of black smokers. Pediatrics. 2009 Oct;124(4):e671-80. PMID: 19786427

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Medical Association
• American Pediatric Society
• American Public Health Association
• Delta Omega National Public Health Honor Society
• International Society for Technology Assessment in Health Care
• Public Health Association of Nebraska
• Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco