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Sara Mahmoud Al-Anbari

سارة محمود الأنباري
Assistant Lecturer · PhD Candidate, Public Health
sara.alanbari@uobaghdad.edu.iq +964 770 332 1184 Baghdad, Iraq ORCID 0000-0002-4421-8830

Experience

Assistant Lecturer
2021 — Present
University of Baghdad — College of Medicine
  • Teach three undergraduate courses: Biostatistics, Public Health Research Methods, and Maternal & Child Health
  • Co-supervise four master's students; lead the Community Health Field Programme (40+ students annually)
  • Authored two course handbooks adopted by the department; introduced an R-based statistics lab module
Research Assistant
2019 — 2021
World Health Organization — Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO)
  • Contributed to two regional reports on maternal mortality data quality across nine member states
  • Built an R-based data validation pipeline that reduced cleaning time on partner-country submissions by 40%

Education

Ph.D. Candidate in Public Health
2020 — 2026
University of Baghdad · GPA 3.92 / 4.0
  • Dissertation: Maternal Health Outcomes in Conflict-Affected Iraqi Provinces, 2010–2024
  • Three peer-reviewed papers published in Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal and BMC Public Health
M.Sc. in Public Health
2017 — 2019
University of Baghdad · Distinction · Class Rank 1 / 28
B.Sc. in Public Health
2013 — 2017
University of Mosul · First Class Honors

Certifications

Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP)
2023
U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention — Frontline tier
Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Certification
2022
Global Health Network · Renewed 2024
Health Research Ethics
2021
TRREE — Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation
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