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Mr. MOHAMMAD ALMARI

Mohammad Almari
Public Email
mohammad.almari@ku.edu.kw
Office Location
Second Floor - Office 2A-1006, College of Public Health, Sabah Al Salem Campus
College/ Center
College of Public Health
Teaching Assistant (A)

I am a teaching assistant in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the College of Public Health. I have a demonstrated history of working at the Ministry of Health, followed by a decade working at a medical services group in the Kuwait National Guard as a Major officer, skilled in Teaching, Community and Health Studies, and Data Analysis. I hold a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a bachelor's in Health Information Management from Kuwait University. My research interests cover epidemiological and community health studies, health system capacity building, health economics, health policy evaluation, and health planning. I am working jointly with KFAS on two funded projects concerning the economic burden of COVID-19 and the cost-effectiveness analysis of colorectal cancer screening modalities in Kuwait.

Degrees and Certificates
  1. BSc. Health Information Administration, (2003-2007), Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University
  2. Master of Public Health (Epidemiology & Biostatistics), (2016-2018) Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University
Key Responsibilities

Teach undergraduate courses.

Coordinate students' research projects. 

Research and data analysis. 

Professional Experience
  1. Supervisor • Medical Records • Ministry of Health, Kuwait (Feb 2008 – Nov 2009).
  2. Major Officer • Health Affairs • Kuwait National Guard  (Nov 2009 – Jan 2019).
  3. Teaching Assistant • Health Policy & Management • Faculty of Public Health • Kuwait University (Jan 2019 – To date).
Research Interests
  1. Epidemiological and Community Health Research.
  2. Health System Capacity Building.
  3. Health Services Research.
  4. Economic Evaluation of Public Health Interventions.
  5. Health Policy Evaluation.
Academic Subjects

Undergraduate Courses:

  • Year 2 - Introduction to Health Policy
  • Year 3 - Resource Allocation for Health - 1
  • Year 3 - Resource Allocation for Health - 2
  • Year 4 - Practicum in Healthcare Management
  • Year 4- Managing Health Human Resources
  • Year 4 - Capstone Project I: Planning and Proposal
  • Year 4 - Capstone Project II: Implementation
  • Year 4 - Healthcare facilities management
  • Year 4 - Program Planning, monitoring and evaluation

 

Master of Public Health Courses:

  • Principles of Health Policy & Management
  • Health Economics and Financing 
  • Casemix System for Quality & Efficiency
  • Human Resource Management in Healthcare
Publications

1.            Almari M, Alsaedi S, Mohammad A, Ziyab AH. Associations of adiposity and parental diabetes with prediabetes among adolescents in Kuwait: A cross-sectional study. Pediatr Diabetes 2018;19:1362-1369. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30255624/

2.            Ziyab, Ali H, Mohammad Almari, and Abdullah Al-Taiar. “Exposure to Household Secondhand Smoke Among Adolescents in Kuwait: Results from Two School-Based Cross-Sectional Studies.” Tobacco induced diseases 18.April (2020): 32–32. Web. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7177388/

3.            Almari M, Mohammad A, Abubaker J, Ziyab AH. Obesity and Prediabetes are Jointly Associated with Lipid Abnormalities Among Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2021;14:345-353 https://doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S290383

4.            Al-Otaibi N, Al-Sayegh N, Nadar M, Shayea A, Allafi A, Almari M. Investigation of health science student’s knowledge regarding healthy lifestyle promotion during the spread of COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial. Front. Public Health 2021. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8606582/

5.            Ali H. Ziyab, Mohammad Almari, Anwar Mohammad, Abdullah Al-Taiar, Wilfried Karmaus, "Sex Differences in the Association of Sibship Size and Position in Sibship with Lipid Profile during Adolescence: A Cross-Sectional Study", International Journal of Endocrinology, vol. 2022, Article ID 8727922, 10 pages, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/8727922.

6.            Nur AM, Aljunid SM, Almari M. Cost of in-patient management of COVID-19 patients in a general hospital in Kuwait. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Nov 28;23(1):1314. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-10287-z. PMID: 38017444; PMCID: PMC10685622. https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-023-…

7.            Nur AM, Aljunid SM, Almari M. The Economic Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic in State of Kuwait. Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2024 Mar 4;16:111-122. doi: 10.2147/CEOR.S442913. PMID: 38463550; PMCID: PMC10921943 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10921943/#:~:text=Conclusion,a….