Poverty or deprivation reduction ( 15 years )
Name
Dr. Balsam AhmadQualifications
Doctorate, Newcastle University, UK I also hold MFPH (membership with the Faculty of Public Health through examition having passed the FPH part A and part B MFPH examitions)Current or most recent Employer
Specialty Registrar in Public Health
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust University of Newcastle (associate status)
Time in Post - 7
Organisation Type: Government - civil service
Regional Expertise
Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, State of Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic,
Disciplinary or professional background
Development (applied), Health/Medicine, Policy/political advocacy (including human rights), Social/Public Policy
Contact Info
balsamncl@gmail.com
29 Jenifer Grove, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7QS.
Social Media
@DrBalsamAhmad (Twitter)
Current Areas of Policy Interest
Poverty or deprivation measurement ( 10 years )
Governance (Local Governance and Decentralization) ( 10 years )
Health policy ( 10 years )
Engagement
Academic publications
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Balsam_Ahmad/publications Syria’s Contrasting Neighbourhoods: Gentrification and Informal Settlements Juxtaposed Balsam Ahmad and Yannick Sudermann https://www.rienner.com/title/Syria_s_Contrasting_Neighbourhoods_Gentrification_and_Informal_Settlements_Juxtaposed
Academic conferences
Serious Infectious Disease: Challenges for Security and Defence, Royal United Services Institute, Whitehall, London https://rusi.org/publication/occasiol-papers/serious-infectious-disease-challenges-security-and-defence Yale Program on Governce and Local Development Iugural Conference https://iismm.hypotheses.org/14084 Intertiol Society for Environmental Epidemiology http://jourls.lww.com/epidem/Citation/2009/11001/Systematic_Observations_of_Health_Damaging_Factors.563.aspx Health Impact Assessment http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=522&pid=15498
Professional or Trade Press
http://www.iseepi.org/Docs/2014_BakerAwardee_Website_Jourl_FIL.pdf
Policy Reports
https://rusi.org/publication/occasiol-papers/serious-infectious-disease-challenges-security-and-defence
Consultancy Reports