A Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) faculty member’s dedicated work in many fields, including public health, population health and social computing, has been recognised with a prestigious honour.
Dr Mowafa Said Househ, an associate professor at HBKU College of Science and Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the International Academy for Health Sciences Informatics through the auspice of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA).
IMIA is the world body for health and biomedical informatics. It provides leadership and expertise to multidisciplinary, health-focused community and policymakers to enable the transformation of healthcare in accordance with the global vision of improving the well-being of the planet’s human population.
The election into the academy is a prestigious honour in the fields of biomedical and health informatics, as it seeks to recognise highly qualified experts in these fields.
Dr Mowafa’s primary research interests are around the use of information and communication technologies to empower patients and clinicians, specifically focusing on social media and mobile technologies in healthcare in the promotion of public health practice and healthcare literacy.
Dr Mowafa has received several awards on both local and international stages and has published more than 130 research articles and at least six books in health informatics.
