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Research Interests & Work in Progress

• Geography of health
• Links between environments and health
• Health across the life-course
• Currently analyzing a database that includes various exposures and health measures for a sample of approximately 60,000 national and expatriate residents of the United Arab Emirates.

Teaching Interests & Responsibilities

• Plagues and people
• Child health and development
• Research methodology and design: Introduction to epidemiology
• Conceptualizing health

Affiliations

• Member of the American Association of Geographers
• Member of the Canadian Association of Geographers
• Member of the Geography of Health and Healthcare Specialty Group

Awards & Grants

• Inaugural winner of the Provost’s Research Fellowship Award, Zayed University, Spring 2009
• 2007 – 2009 Barakat-Haddad, C. and Dghaim, R. Zayed University Research Incentive Fund, "Health Status of Children and Youth in the UAE" ($64,000 US).
• 2008 – 2009 Khan, S. Dghaim, R. Barakat-Haddad C. Zayed University Research Fund, "Transportation Safety of School-aged Children in the UAE" ($11, 000 US). 2008 – 2009.
• 2005 – 2006 Barakat-Haddad C. Ontario Graduate Student Science and Technology Scholarship, "Childhood Exposure to Air Pollution and Long-term Health" ($15,000 CAN).

Publications

• Barakat-Haddad C., Elliott S., Eyles J., Pengelly D. (2009) Predictors of locating children participants in epidemiological studies 20 years after last contact: Internet resources and longitudinal studies. European Journal of Epidemiology (2009) 24: 397 – 405.
• Barakat-Haddad C. and Dghaim R. (2009) Health Status of Children Living in the UAE. 12th World Congress on Public Health: Making a Difference in Global Public Health: Education, Research, and Practice. Istanbul, Turkey. April 27 – May 1, 2009.
• Barakat-Haddad C. (2008) Long-term Health Effects of Childhood Exposure to Air Pollution. EnviroCities 2008 International Conference: Sources and Health Effects of Air Pollution: Knowledge to Practice. Invited speaker, Dubai, November 11 – 13, 2008.