Research Programs

Community Health Research

• An Analysis Of Contemporary Oncology Randomized Clinical Trials From Low/Middle-Income Vs High-Income Countries. Wells JC, Sharma S, Del Paggio JC, Hopman WM, Gyawali B, Mukherji D, Hammad N, Pramesh CS, Aggarwal A, Sullivan R, Booth CM Jama Oncology. 2021

• Research Capacity and Training Needs for Cancer in Conflict-Affected MENA Countries. Abdul-Sater Z, Kobeissi E, Menassa M, Telvizian T, Mukherji D. Annals of global health. Nov 2020

• Knowledge, beliefs, and practices related to cancer screening and prevention in Lebanon: community and social media users’ perspectives. Telvizian T, Al Ghadban Y, Alawa J, Mukherji D, Zgheib NK, Sawaf B, Nasr R, Bardus M. European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP). Sep 2020

• The economic burden of cancer care for Syrian refugees: a population-based modelling study. Abdul-Khalek RA, Guo P, Sharp F, Gheorghe A, Shamieh O, Kutluk T, Fouad F, Coutts A, Aggarwal A, Mukherji D, Abu-Sittah G, Chalkidou K, Sullivan R. The Lancet. Oncology. May 2020

• High-Cost Cancer Treatment Across Borders in Conflict Zones: Experience of Iraqi Patients in Lebanon. Skelton M, Alameddine R, Saifi O, Hammoud M, Zorkot M, Daher M, Charafeddine M, Temraz S, Shamseddine A, Mula-Hussain L, Saleem M, Namiq KF, Dewachi O, Abu Sitta G, Abdul-Sater Z, Telvizian T, Faraj W, Mukherji D .JCO global oncology. Feb 2020

• Enhancing global access to cancer medicines. Cortes J, Perez-García JM, Llombart-Cussac A, Curigliano G, El Saghir NS, Cardoso F, Barrios CH, Wagle S, Roman J, Harbeck N, Eniu A, Kaufman PA, Tabernero J, García-Estévez L, Schmid P, Arribas J. CA: a cancer journal for clinicians. Feb 2020

• Impact of Merit-Based Immigration Policies on Brain Drain From Low- and Middle-Income Countries. El Saghir NS, Anderson BO, Gralow J, Lopes G, Shulman LN, Moukadem HA, Yu PP, Hortobagyi G. JCO global oncology. Feb 2020

• Planned and unplanned pregnancies in breast cancer survivors. Kopeika J, Bhaduri M, Kugadas A, Reddy N, Shewbridge A, Mukherji D, Sandri I, Mansi J. Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland). Aug 2019

• Female oncologists in the Middle East and North Africa: progress towards gender equality. Salem R; Haibe Y; Dagher C; Salem C; Shamseddine A; Bitar N; Makdessi J; Khatib S; Boussen H; Benna F; Al Sukhun S; El Saghir N; Temraz S; Mukherji D . ESMO Open 2019

• Perceptions and Attitudes of Cancer Patients and Caregivers Towards Enrollment in Clinical Trials in Lebanon. Salem R; Matar C; Assi R; Alameddine R; Temraz S; Shamseddine A; Mukherji D. J Cancer Educ. 2019 Apr

• Cancer Care for Refugees and Displaced Populations: Middle East Conflicts and Global Natural Disasters. El Saghir NS; Soto Pérez de Celis E; Fares JE; Sullivan R. Am Soc Clin Oncol Educ Book. 2018 May 23

• Proportion of cancers attributable to major lifestyle and environmental risk factors in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Kulhánová I, Znaor A, Shield KD, Arnold M, Vignat J, Charafeddine M, Fadhil I, Fouad H, Al-Omari A, Al-Zahrani AS, El-Basmy A, Shamseddine A, Bray F, Soerjomataram I. International journal of cancer. Mar 2019

• Perceptions of Cancer Status Disclosure in Lebanon. Temraz S, Salim Hammoud M, Saleh A, Charafeddine M, Mukherji D, Shamseddine A; Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education; Jun 2018

• Anxiety, Depression And Quality Of Life In Breast Cancer Patients In The Levant – Akel R, El Darsa H, Anouti B, Mukherji D, Temraz S, Raslan R, Tfayli A, Assi H – Asian Pacific Journal Of Cancer Prevention : Apjcp. 2017, vol.18, no.10, pp-2809-2816