Shareef Alqahtani
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA
Biography
Shareef is a MBBS, MPH and a global surgery advocate. He completed two years of residency in general surgery before taking last year off to peruse a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Johns Hopkins University, concentrating in epidemiology and health care managment. Since June 2014 he is working as a research assistant at the Center of Surgical Trials and Outcomes Research (CSTOR) where he became interested in cancer epideiology and quality improvement in developing countries. His leadership experience includes serving as a Public Health Coalition Events Coordinator and Middle East Society Outreach coordinator at the School of Public Health (JHSPH). Shareef co-authored multiple research manuscripts primarily in the fields of cancer epidemiology and awareness in low and middle income countries.
Abstract
Abstract : Illitracy and Breast Cancer Screening Utilization: A Case Study of Saudi Women over 60 Years of Age