Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Joelle Abi Kharma
Senior Instructor of Nutrition
ACEND Coordinator
Marwa Fadlallah
Instructor of Nutrition
Hussein F. Hassan
Professor of Food Science and Technology
Director of Academic Compliance (Office of the Provost)
Academic Director of MEPI-TLG Program (International Services and Programs Office)
Jana Jabbour
Assistant Professor of Nutrition
Lama Mattar
Associate Professor of Nutrition
Program Coordinator, Honors, Beirut
Rana Rizk
Assistant Professor of Nutrition
Chairperson, Department of Nutrition and Food Science
Marie Stephan
Instructor of Nutrition
Nadine Zeeni
Associate Professor of Nutrition
Program Coordinator, Liberal Arts and Sciences and Freshman
Staff
Jinane Tannous
Physics Lab Supervisor, Byblos
Lorita Hanna
Academic Assistant, Beirut and Byblos
Department of Nutrition and Food Science
Part-Time Faculty
Beirut
Nutrition
- Ms. Hiba Hamdan (hiba.hamdan@lau.edu.lb), MS in Nutrition, 2008, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Ms. Murielle Abou Samra (murielle.abousamra@lau.edu.lb), MS in Nutrition and Dietetics, 2014, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Ms. Suzan Haidar (suzan.haidar@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Nutrition/Public Health, 2019, Maastricht University, Netherlands.
- Dr. Cynthia El Hajj (cynthia.elhajj@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Human Nutrition, 2019, Université Clermont Auvergne, France.
- Ms. Rindala Berro (rindala.berro@lau.edu.lb), MS in Public Health Nutrition, 2007, Southampton University, UK
- Ms. Nabiha Ramadan (nabiha.ramadan@lau.edu.lb), MS in Nutrition, 2008, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
- Ms. Marie Rose Samaha (marierose.samaha@lau.edu.lb), Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics, 2011, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Dr. Nivine Bachir (nivine.bachir@lau.edu.lb), Dual International Doctorate of Philosophy, 2023, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) & Lebanese University (LU).
- Ms. May Sakr (may.sakr@lau.edu.lb), Masters of Public Health (MPH), 2014, School of Arts & Sciences, LAU, Lebanon.
- Dr. Fatima Shatila (fatima.shatila01@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Basic and Industrial Microbiology, 2019, Ege University, Turkey.
- Ms. Fatima Taki (fatima.taki@lau.edu.lb), MS in Molecular Biology, 2020, Lebanese American University, Lebanon.
- Dr. Dominique Dano (dominique.dano@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Health and Life Sciences, 2015, Lorraine University, France.
- Ms. Joanna Maria Farah (joannamaria.farah01@lau.edu.lb), MS in Human Nutrition, 2021, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Dr. Maha Hoteit (maha.hoteit01@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Nutritional Sciences, 2013, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon.
Health Sciences
- Omar Jamal, MD (omar. Jamal01@lau.edu.lb), Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Lebanese American University, Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, 2025.
Byblos
Nutrition
- Ms. Hill Skaff (hill.skaff@lau.edu.lb), MS in Food Technology, 2018, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
- Dr. Cynthia El Hajj (cynthia.elhajj@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Human Nutrition, 2019, Université Clermont Auvergne, France.
- Ms. Ruba Al Halaby (ruba.alhalaby@lau.edu.lb), MS in Nutrition, 2010, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Ms. Nour Wehbe (nour.wehbe@lau.edu.lb), MS in Nutrition, 2019, American University, Lebanon.
- Ms. Suzan Haidar (suzan.haidar@lau.edu.lb) PhD in Nutrition/Public Health, 2019, Maastricht University, Netherlands.
- Dr. Sally Sawaya (sally.sawaya@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Biomedical Sciences, 2020, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Ms. Diana Moubarak (diana.moubarak@lau.edu.lb), MS in Food Technology, 2007, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Ms. Mia Abou Diwan (mia.aboudiwan@lau.edu.lb), MS in Human Nutrition, 2020, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
- Dr. Katia Sayyed (katia.sayyed@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Toxicology and Biotechnology, 2018, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France.