Hana Taha

Hana Taha is  a senior Global Public Health Researcher in the Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society (NVS) at Karolinska Institutet.  Dr. Taha is an Associate Professor  at the Department of Family and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Jordan.  She is also a section editor in the esteemed JMIR Public Health and Suvillance Journal. Hana received a PhD in Public Health Sciences from Karolinska institutet, Sweden. She has expertise in teaching, curriculum development and public health programs leadership with USAID projects and leading NGOs in Jordan. Her multicultural background and technical expertise enabled her to accomplish success in assignments embracing Covid-19 surveillance and outbreaks investigations, health systems strengthening, gender equity and women empowerment, noncommunicable diseases, maternal and child health, reproductive health, and family planning in Syrian refugees’ camps in Jordan and Lebanon. Hana has a global perspective to public health, a wealth of international experience and in-depth knowledge of teaching using innovative adult learning techniques. She is a monitoring and evaluation expert, and her skills include: the development of M&E plans; designing M&E methods and setting key performance indicators; designing and implementing public health epidemiological studies using quantitative and qualitative research methods (SPSS, Stata, Nvivo).

Dr. Taha published highly cited quantitative and qualitative studies about breast and colon cancer in Jordan. They were implementation Epidemiological and behavioral research that provided data for decision-making and aimed to enhance early detection of cancer in Jordan and in the Middle East region. Her research interests are: Global Health, Health Governance, Health policy reforms, Health system strengthening, Health promotion, Health programs and interventions assessment, Non- communicable diseases, health behavior and women’s health, Climate change, water and food security.

Dr. Taha has unique skills for developing effective teaching curricula and
designing state -of- the- art public health courses for undergraduate and
master programs.

Courses  taught for medical students, Nursing students and MSc of public Health students at
the University of Jordan and Karolinska Institutet:

1) Medical ethics
2) Non communicable diseases
3) Global Health online course
4) Disasters and emergency preparedeness
5) Immigrants health and human rights
6) Epidemiology
7) Public health research methods
8) Medical statistics
9) Community medicine
10) Qualitative research
11) Health systems
12) Health financing
13) Health policy
14) Health programs planning, monitoring and evaluation
15) Comprehensive primary healthcare 

16) Maternal and child health