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Dr. Mowafa Househ
Professor
Educational Qualifications
PhD; Faculty of Human and Social Development - Health Information Science
Entity
College of Science and Engineering
Divison
Information & Computing Technology
Biography
Dr. Mowafa Said Househ (موفق سعيد حوسة), PhD, is a researcher, innovator, social entrepreneur, teacher, and author of health informatics in the Arab World affiliated with Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering, Qatar Foundation, Qatar. His primary research interests are around the use of information and communication technologies to empower patients and clinicians, specifically focusing on Social Media and Mobile Technologies in Healthcare in the promotion of public health practice and healthcare literacy.
Dr. Househ is also an adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Victoria School of Health Information Science, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Dr. Househ has received several awards locally and internationally within the field of health informatics recognizing his research and entrepreneurship efforts which include: Researcher Award, King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, 2015; MBC Hope Awards for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in 2015; Finalist for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Arab Enterprise Forum competition, 2014; Young Researcher Award, King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, 2010; Northern British Columbia Healthcare in Technology Award, Canada, 2007; The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Trainee Award, Canada, 2003.
Dr. Househ has published over 130 research articles and over 6 books in the field of health informatics.
PhD; Faculty of Human and Social Development - Health Information Science
University of Victoria (Victoria/Canada)
2009
- Public Health Informatics
- Population Health Informatics
- Social Computing
- Mobile Health
- Consumer Health Informatics
Assistant/Associate Professor
School of Health Information Science; University of Victoria; (Victoria\Canada)
2014/Ongoing
Assistant/Associate Professor
College of Public Health and Health Informatics; King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
2009/2018
Academic Visiting Researcher
Nuffield Department of Medicine, Center for Tropical Medicine and Global Health; University of Oxford; (Headington, Oxford)
2015/2015
Planning and Research Analyst
Northern Health Authority; (Prince George, Canada)
2006/2009
Balancing Between Privacy and Patient Needs for Health Information in the Age of Participatory Health and Social Media: A Scoping Review. Yearbook of medical informatics.
Househ M. Building a cloud-based data sharing model for the Saudi national registry for implantable medical devices: Results of a readiness assessment; International journal of medical informatics
Middle East and North African Health Informatics Association (MENAHIA): Building Sustainable Collaboration. Yearbook of medical informatics.
The prevalence and usage of mobile health applications among mental health patients in Saudi Arabia. Computer methods and programs in biomedicine.
Impact of Twitter intensity, time, and location on message lapse of bluebird's pursuit of fleas in Madagascar. Journal of infection and public health.
A cross-sectional content analysis of Android applications for asthma. Health informatics journal
Sharing sensitive health information through social media in the Arab world. International Journal for Quality in Health Care
Health information sharing on Facebook: An exploratory study on diabetes mellitus. Journal of infection and public health
Ethical issues of social media usage in healthcare. Yearbook of medical informatics, 24(01)
Association of online health information–seeking behavior and self-care activities among type 2 diabetic patients in Saudi Arabia. Journal of medical Internet research
Empowering patients through social media: the benefits and challenges. Health informatics journal
Pubmed Profile: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=househ+m
Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iDtawK4AAAAJ&hl=en
- 2003 PhD Trainee Award; Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research; (Vancouver/ Canada)
- 2006 Michael Miller Scholarship; University of Victoria; (Victoria/Canada)
- 2007 Technology in Healthcare Award; A Healthier You Expo; (Prince George/Canada)
- 2007 Top Innovator; Health Employers Association of BC; (Vancouver/Canada)
- 2008 Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health; Best Poster Award; (Ottawa/Canada)
- 2010 Young Research Award; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center; (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
- 2014 Teaching Award; College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
- 2014 Top 10 Projects; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Arab Enterprise Forum Startup Competition; (Cairo, Egypt)
- 2014 Second Place Winners of the National Saudi Healthcare Innovation Award; Saudi Ministry of Health; (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
- 2014 The IMIA Social Media Working Group Award; International Medical Informatics Association; Heidelberg, Germany.
- 2015 MBC Hope - Social Entrepreneurship Award; Middle East Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Association with the United Nations Volunteer Program; (Dubai, United Arab Emirates).
- 2016 Researcher Award; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center; (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
- 2017 Distinguished Arab Scholar Award; Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development; (Kuwait City, Kuwait).