Mohammed Abed

Responded promptly to disaster scenes and provided immediate assistance to affected individuals and communities. Assessed the needs of disaster victims and offered emotional support, comfort, and information on available resources. Coordinated with other team members and authorities to establish temporary shelters and distribute relief supplies. Conducted initial damage assessments to help determine the disaster’s impact and assist in recovery planning. Collaborated with community partners to coordinate relief efforts and ensure a comprehensive response. Provided disaster preparedness education and promoted resilience through outreach programs. Maintained accurate records of services provided, including client casework. Adhered to established safety protocols and guidelines.

Assisted with data analysis, visualization, and reporting to uncover immunization disparities across North Dakota. Analyzed influenza vaccination rates across North Dakota counties and demographics. Presented findings on state influenza vaccination rates at the 2023 APHA Annual Meeting. Currently analyzing HPV vaccination disparities across North Dakota from 2013-2022, before and after 2016 recommendation changes. Leveraging data analytics to identify gaps in vaccine coverage and opportunities to improve vaccine acceptance. Supporting CIRE's mission to ensure no one in the region suffers from a vaccine-preventable disease through research and community education. Gaining research skills in vaccination rate data analysis, visualization, and presentation to address vaccine coverage trends.

Investigated the role of deep learning-based image reconstruction in reducing the radiation dose and improving the image quality. Involved in the data collection and analysis that seek the validity of the time-lens deep learning tool to detect pulmonary opacities. Involved in the image review of a project that created printable files from CT scans of COVID-19 patient lungs using PixelPrint. Radiologists compared actual patient CT scans to the printed phantom scans.

Drafted and distributed a survey to the home visitors to assess their knowledge, perceptions, and practices around parental smoking and their ability to address it with families. Analyzed survey data to identify gaps and improvement opportunities in smoking cessation conversations during home visits. Developed PDSA quality improvement cycle to enhance nurse home visitor skills in addressing parental smoking. Created a process map of the new family referral process to identify opportunities for improvement. Initiated a second PDSA cycle to optimize intake and assignment procedures for new families referred. Applied quality improvement methodologies of surveying, process mapping, and PDSA cycles to evaluate and enhance home-visiting nursing services. Helped strengthen organizational support systems for healthy, nurturing families through internship projects.

Investigated the disparities in CT thorax utilization for admitted COVID-19 patients across different demographics. Investigated the disparities in CT thorax utilization between community and university hospital settings. Presented the findings to the host organization, and drafted a manuscript that was submitted for publication.

Co-principal investigator with multi-drug resistance Tuberculosis project in Baghdad to implement the new WHO guidelines to replace injectable drugs with only oral regimens using Bedaquiline. Participated in the evaluation of hospital structures that can serve as reference structures for national and international staff. Overseed the donation of first-line TB drugs as well as Gene expert machines to the Iraqi MOH facilities. Worked along with infectious diseases specialists and patient support nurses to aid in implementing the new policy ensure access to the new medications and answer concerns. Participated in monthly staff meetings with TB referents from Brussels and Cape Town. Trained on first-line medical training (FLMT) in Brussels for two weeks as well as drug-resistant TB training workshops in Baghdad provided by the expertise of Doctors without borders.

Introduction to Clinical Research Training Program (Currently known as Foundations of Clinical Research) A merit-based reduced fees scholarship was offered by the Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research (DHFMR). The program’s six-month curriculum emphasized skills-based peer-to-peer learning. The curriculum covered introduction to epidemiology, introduction to biostatistics, study design, ethical issues in research, scientific writing as well as management and leadership topics. The course was taught by Harvard instructors who came from Boston to Dubai.

Examined refugees seeking medical assistance at church and prescribed medications as appropriate. Conducted follow-up care for patients with chronic diseases, monitoring general health and medications. Referred complex medical cases to appropriate care facilities. Provided healthcare services for refugees and church community members as part of Protestant Churches of Turkey medical outreach.

Tutoring the undergraduates' nursing students and performing different teaching tasks in collaboration with other faculty members.

Provided direct patient care and performed customary duties while rotating through the departments of Internal Medicine, Surgery, Emergency, and Burn Units. Gathered patients' medical histories and current complaints, performing physical examinations, and forming impressions for the diagnosis. Presented the cases to the attending physician and discussed the management plan based on current guidelines. Conducted follow-ups of patient response to treatment and made necessary adjustments. Shared on-call responsibilities with supervising physicians and covering overnight shifts. Communicated with the patient's family and relatives, providing support, and answering their concerns and questions. Accomplished general procedures such as NG tube placement, CV line insertion, ET intubation, and catheterization. Provided direct patient care and Performed customary duties while rotating through the departments of OB/GYN and Pediatrics.