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Hikmet Jamil, MD, DVD, DIH, MSc., PhD, MFOM (Honor), FFOM.I (Honor)
hjamil@med.wayne.edu

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Departmental Role

I use the knowledge I have gained from my 38 years of experience in occupational & environmental health to promote a healthy and safe working and everyday living environment. I have an active role in teaching the various occupational and environmental health courses and seminars offered by the Division of Occupational and Environmental Health. I am also active in local, national and international research conducted by the division. I build research collaborations with local community non-profit organizations and with academic institutes at the international level, in particular among Middle East countries. I also work as a project coordinator to the MINH study entitles “Mental health in Iraqi refugees: Importance of post-displacement social stressors, 2010-2014.

Research Interests

Primary Research Interests fall in two areas, Iraqi refugees and immigrant health disorders and the impact of water-pipe (hookah) smoking on the health of smokers at the level of local, national and international.

Education

College of Medicine, /University of Baghdad, Iraq, MD, 1962
Society of Apothecaries of London, England, Diplomate in Venereology, DVD, 1974
The Royal College of Physicians of London & The Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, England, Diploma in Industrial Health, DIH, 1975
University of London, England, Master of Science in Occupational Medicine, MSc. 1975
University of Manchester, England, Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, 1978

Experience from Selected Positions Held

  • President, International Society of Iraqi Scientists, Michigan, USA (2002-Present)
  • Education Committee. Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, WSU (2001-2007)
  • Member, International Advisory Board. Basrah J. of Surgery. Basrah, Iraq (2000-Present)
  • Adjunct Faculty. Faculty of Allied Health Professions, Department of Occupational & Environmental Health Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Wayne State University, Michigan. USA (1998-Present)
  • Environmental Health Consultant on the Stony Brook University Project (USAID HEAD PROGRAM/SBU) (2004-05)
  • Health Consultant, ACCESS Community Health & Research Center. MI (1997-05)
  • Vice President. The High Council for Iraqi Scientific Societies, Iraq (Included 34 Societies) (1994-96)
  • President of the Iraqi Society of Occupational Health and Safety. Baghdad, Iraq (1992-96)
  • Chief, Deputy or Secretary of several scientific journals, Iraq (1984-96)
  • External Examiner, Board Community Health, Jordanian Medical Council, Jordan (1984-91)
  • Consultant for several councils at different Ministries and Institutions, Iraq (1980-96)
  • Supervisor for two PhD candidates, Fifteen MSc. candidates, Eighteen Diplomates and 44 field projects leading to a Certificate in Occupational & Environmental Medicine (1980-96)
  • Program Director for postgraduate studies (Diploma, Master and Ph.D.), Department of Community Medicine, University of Baghdad (1979-96)


Selected Scientific Achievements

  • Published 151 field research projects in the field of Occupational & Environmental Medicine and Community Health Problems (1980 - Present)
  • Author of 20 books (7 academic) in the field of Occupational Health and Safety (1980 - 97)
  • 180 Papers presented in different national & international scientific meetings (1979 - Present)
  • Published 248 scientific articles in the field of Occupational Health and Safety (1979 - Present)
  • Initiated national and then international Arab Health Conferences with two workshops (Pre- and Post-conference) through ACCESS Organization in MI (1999-2003)
  • Founded two scientific societies, one in Iraqi (The Iraqi Society of Occupational Health and Safety, Iraq in 1992) and one in USA (International Society of Iraqi Scientists in 2000)
  • Established three Postgraduate (Diploma, Master & Ph.D.) courses in Occupational and -Environmental Medicine (1980 - 97)  



Selected Honors/Awards

  • Symbol of the Iraqi Society of Occupational Health and Safety on 20th year's establishment celebration event. Baghdad, Iraq, February 2012
  • Teacher Award. School of Medicine, Wayne State University, November 2011
  • Lifetime Achievement Award. Iraqi Medical Sciences Association, Michigan May, 2011
  • Special Tribute. Governor of the State of Michigan based on scientific activities particularly among Iraqi refugees and immigrant, June 24, 2011
  • Symbol of Iraqi Medical Association. The 40th. Scientific Conference, Sulamanyah, KRG, Iraq, September, 2011
  • Symbol of Raparin University logo. Sulamanyah, KRG, Iraq, September 27, 2011
  • Annual Employee Service Award Program. 10 years of services at WSU, 2010
  • Gate of Aleppo Certificate. The 38 Iraqi Medical Association Conference, Aleppo, Syria 5-7 April, 2008
  • Symbol of Ras Gas Corporation / In appreciation of visit Ras Gas Facilities following Pre-Conference Workshop, Qatar. Primary Health Care Conference, WHO. 1st International Conference in Partnership with the WHO. Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Doha, Qatar, April, 4-11, 2008
  • Teacher Award. School of Medicine, Wayne State University, November 2006
  • Teacher of the Year 2003 / Selected by Occupational & Environmental Medicine Residents, WSU 2003
  • Shield Award for the participation in a workshop on Occupational Health and Safety for Nurses / Faculty of Nursing / Jordan University of Science & Technology: A joint effort between W.H.O and the Faculty of Nursing / Jordan, Oct. 7-8, 2002
  • Outstanding Achievement Award for co-chairing the Second Biennial National Conference on Health Issues in the Arab American Community May 10-13, 2001
  • Summary of biography is listed in the 25th & 26th Dictionary of International Biography, Cambridge / United Kingdom, 1997 - 1998
  • MAN OF THE YEAR 1995," American Biographical Institute / Board of International Research / U.S.A., 1986
  • Fellowship of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, FFOM.I (Honorary), 1984
  • Associate hip, Royal College of Physicians of London, England, Associate of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, AFOM (Honorary), 1985
  • Membership, Royal College of Physicians of London, England, Member of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine, MFOM (Honorary), 1987
  • Special commendation from the President of Iraq for extensive publications in Occupational Health & Safety, 1982


Grant Support

  • Co- Investigator. Project Coordinator. Project title: Mental health in Iraqi refugees: Importance of post-displacement social stressors, 2010-2014. Project funded by NIMH.

  • Co- Investigator: Project Title: USA vs. Swedish Refugee Integration Programs and Polices. Submitted to Wayne State University, Project funded by WSU. 2010-2011.

  • Co- Investigator. Project Title: Refugees Mental Health: Resiliency and Risk Factors Sweden. Approved by Swedish Government in August 2008-09.

  • Principle Investigator (In kind). Arab American & Chaldean Council to supervise the Physicians Education Program on HCV which is funded by Roche Incorporation. Project Title: Physicians Education Program on HCV 2006-2007.

  • Principal Investigator (In kind). Arab American & Chaldean Council to supervise the HCV project (Funded by Roche Inc.) entitles "Hepatitis C risk assessment among Arab/Chaldean American People in Southeast Michigan". 2005-06.

  • Principal Investigator. Grant proposal entitled, An Epidemiological Study Health Assessment of Iraqi Americans Residing in Southeast Michigan. Research sponsored by Pfizer Corporation and implemented through ACCESS, Community Health & Research Center, 2004-2005.

  • Principal Investigator. Grant proposal entitled, "Psychiatric Disorders in Iraqi Refugees: Mental Health Recipients (November 01 - January 02). Dearborn MI. Research sponsored by Center for Victims of Torture, Minnesota, ACCESS Community Health and Research Center, Mental Health Clinic, 2001 - 2002.

Publications for the last five years (Total 151 publications)

  • Jamil, H., Kanno, S., Abo-Shasha, R., AlSaqa, M. M., Fakhouri, M., & Arnetz, B. B. (2012). Promoters and Barriers to Work: A comparative Study of Iraqi Refugees versus Immigrants in the United States. The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine, 8 (1) :
  • Jamil, H., Hamdan, T. A., Grzybowski, M., Arnetz, B. B. (2011). Health Effects Associated With Geographical Area of Residence During the 1991 Gulf War: A Comparative Health Study of Iraqi Soldiers and Civilians. The Army Medical Department Journal, July-Sept, 87-96
  • Arfken, C. L., Arnetz, B. B., Fakhouri, M., Ventimiglia, M. J., & Jamil, H. (2011). Alcohol Use Among Arab Americans: What is the Prevalence? Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 13:713–718. DOI 10.1007/s10903-011-9447-8
  • Nriagu, J., Senthamarai-Kannan; S., Jamil, H., Fakhori, M., Korponic, S. (2011). Lead Poisoning Among Arab American and African American Children in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, Michigan. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. DOI 10.1007/s00128-011-0346-4
  • Jamil, H., Janisse, J., Elsouhag, D., Fakhouri, M., Arnetz, J. E., & Arnetz, B. B. (2011). Do Household Smoking Behaviors Constitute a Risk Factor for Hookah Use?. Nicotine and Tobacco Research.Nicotine Tobacco Research, 13 (5): 384-8doi:10.1093/ntr/ntq249
  • Dallo, F. J., Zaka, T., Fakhouri, M., Borrell, L., Jamil, H. (2011). Cancer Knowledge Increases after a Brief Intervention among Arab Americans in Michigan. Journal of Cancer Education, 26 (1):139-46.
  • Jamil, H., Elsouhag D., Hiller, S., Arnetz, J. E., & Arnetz, B. B. (2010). Sociodemographic risk indicators of hookah smoking among White Americans: a pilot study. Nicotine Tobacco Research, 12 (5) : 525-9. PMID:20308223
  • Jamil, H., Raymond, D., Fakhouri, M., Templin, T., Khoury; R., Fakhouri, H., & Arnetz, B. B. (2010). Self-Reported Asthma in Chaldean, Arab, and Blacks: Factors Associated with Asthma. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, DOI 10.1007/s10903-010-9390-0
  • Nassar-McMillan, S. C., Jamil, H., & Lambert, R. G. (2010). Chemical, Environmental, and Trauma Exposures and Corresponding Health Symptoms Among Iraqi American Women. Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, , 15 (2): 88-102. OI: 10.1111/j.1751-9861.2010.00053.x
  • Jamil, H., Nassar-McMillan, S., Lambert, R. G., Wang, Y., Ager, J., & Arnetz, B. (2010). Sustained Stress and Health among Iraqi U.S. Refugees and Immigrants: Relationship to Pre-Displacement Societal Conditions. Journal of Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 26 (3) : 210 - 225
  • Jamil H, Campbell-Voytal, . K., Arnetz, J. E. (2010). Perceptions of training in occupational and environmental medicine among family medicine residents. Journal of Occupuational and Environmental Medicine, 52 (2) : 202-6
  • Jamil, H., Ventimiglia, M., Makki, H., Arnetz, B. B. (2010). Mental Health and Treatment Response among Iraqi Refugees as Compared to Other Non-War Exposed Arab Immigrants: A Pilot Study in Southeast Michigan. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. 8 (4) : 431 - 444. DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2010.522470
  • Rice, V. H., Weglicki, L. S., Templin, T., Jamil, H., Hammad, A. (2010). Intervention Effects on Tobacco Use in Arab and Non-Arab American Adolescents. Addictive Behaviors, 35 (1) : 46-48. Ms. Ref. No.:  ADDICTBEH-D-09-00150.
  • Johnson, M., Nriagu, J., Hammad, A., Savoie, K., & Jamil, H. (2010). Asthma, Environmental Risk Factors, and Hypertension among Arab Americans in Metro Detroit.  Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 12 (5): 640-651. DOI 10.1007/s10903-008-9205-8. PMID: 18998210
  • Jamil, H., Dallo, F., Fakhouri, M., Templin, T., Khoury, R., & Fakhouri, H. (2009). The Prevalence of Self-Reported Chronic Conditions among Arab-, Chaldean-, and African-Americans in Southeast Michigan. Ethnicity and Disease Journal, 19 (3): 293-300
  • Jamil, H., Ventimiglia, M., Mahmoud, R., & Arnetz, B. B. (2009). Somatic and Psychiatric Disorders and Health Care Utilization among Iraqi Refugees and Yemeni Immigrant, The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine, 5 (3): 14- 22
  • Arnetz, B. B., Hamdan, T. H., Grzybowski, M., Severson, R. & Shukri, S. W., Jamil, H. (2009). War-related mental health disorders among Iraqis 10 years after the 1991 Gulf War: A comparative study of soldiers and civilians living under sustained socio-environmental stress. The New Iraqi Journal of Medicine, 5 (1) 9 -21
  • Jamil, H., Templin, T., Fakhouri, M., Hill-Rice V., Khouri, R., Fakhouri, H., Al-Omran, H., Al-Fauori, I., & Baker, O. (2009). Comparison of Personal Characteristics, Tobacco Use, and Health States in Chaldean, Arab American, and non-Middle Eastern White Adults. Journal of Immigrant and Minor Health, 11:310-317. DOI 10.1007/s10903-008-9125-7
  • Jamil, H., Grzybowski, M., Hakim-Larson, J., Fakhouri, M., Sahutoglu, J., Khoury, R., Fakhouri, H. (2008). Factors Associated With Self-Reported Depression In Arab, Chaldean, And African Americans. Ethnicity and Disease Journal, 18 (4) : 464-470
  • Weglicki, L. S., Templin, T. N., Hill Rice, V., Jamil, H., & Hammad, A. (2008). Comparison of Cigarette and Water-Pipe Smoking by Arab and Non–Arab-American Youth. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 35 (4) 334- 339. PMID: 18675529
  • Hill Rice, V., Weglicki, L. S.,  Templin, T. N., Jamil, H., & Hammad, A. (2008). Intervention Effects on Tobacco Use in Arab and Non-Arab American Adolescents. Journal of Nicotine and Tobacco Research.[Ppublish on line]
  • Jamil, H., Fakhouri, M., Dallo, F., Templin, T., Khoury, R., Fakhouri, H. (2008). Disparities in Self-Reported Diabetes mellitus among Arab-, Chaldean-, and African- Americans in Southeast Michigan. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 10 (5) :397-405. DOI: 10.1007/s10903-007-9108-0
  • Jamil, H., Fakhouri, M., Dallo, F., Templin, T., Khoury, R., & Fakhouri, H. (2008). Self-Reported Heart Disease among Arab and Chaldean American Women Residing in Southeast Michigan. / Ethnicity and Disease Journal, 18 (1) :19-25. PMID: 18447094
  • Hakim Larson, J., Farrag, M., Jamil, H., Kafaji, T., Abdulkhaleq, H., & Hammad, A. (2007). Hope and Fostering The Well-Being of Refugees From Iraq, Ethnicity and Disease Journal, 17: S3- 83-84
  • Jamil, H., Nassar-McMillan, S., Lambert, R., & Hammad, A. (2007). Medical Complaints Of Iraqi American People Before and After The 1991 Gulf War. Ethnicity and Disease Journal, 17: S3- 77 -78
  • Johnson, M., Nriagu, J., Hammad, A., Savoie, K., & Jamil, H. (2007). Asthma, Environmental Risk Factors, and Hypertension Among Arab in The Metro Detroit Area. Ethnicity and Disease Journal, 17: S3- 46
  • Weglicki, L. S., Templin, T., Hammad, A., Jamil, H., Abou-Mediene, S., Farroukh, M., & Hill Rice, V. (2007). Tobacco Use Patterns Among High School Students: Do Arab American Youth Differ? Ethnicity and Disease Journal, 17: S3 - 22
  • Hill Rice, H., Templin, T., Hammad, A., Weglicki, L., Jamil, H., & Abou-Mediene, S. (2007). Collaborative Research of Tobacco Use and Its Predictors In Arab and Non-Arab American 9th Graders. Ethnicity and Ethnicity and Disease Journal, 17: S3 - 19
  • Jamil, H., Nassar-McMillan, S., & Lambert, R. (2007). Immigration and Attendant Psychological Sequalae: A Comparison of Three Waves of Iraqi Immigrants. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77 (2):199-205
  • Jamil, H., Farrag, M., Hakim-Larson, J., Kafaji, K., Abdulkhaleq, H., & Hammad, A. (2007). Mental Health Symptoms In Iraqi Refugees: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, and Depression Journal of Cultural Diversity, 14 (1) :19-25
  • Blessman, J., Skupski, J., Jamil, M. H., Jamil, H., Bassett, D., Wabeke, R., Arnetz, B. (2007). Barriers to At-Home-Preparedness In Public Health Employees: Implications for Disaster Preparedness Training. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 49 (3): 318-326
  • Jamil, H., Nassar-McMillan, S., Lambert, R., & Hammad, A. (2006). Brief Note: Health Assessment of Iraqi Immigrants. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 4 (4) : 69-73

 

 

 

 



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