Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian

Tamar Kabakian-Khasholian, MPH, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Health Promotion and Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. She holds a Master’s in Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the American University of Beirut and a PhD in Maternal Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on maternal and reproductive health. She aims to find ways to improve maternal health outcomes through interventions that advance quality of care and enhance a positive and respectful childbirth experience. She also works on health communication and health literacy. She serves as a consultant for local and regional governmental and international agencies for maternal health and health communication issues. She teaches health communication, implementation research, maternal health and research design in the graduate Public Health program and the undergraduate Health Communication program at the American University of Beirut.