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Iman Ghazal
Senior Research Associate
Office location
HBKU Research Complex, Building 2 - Segment 5 - Office N1121
Iman Ghazal
Senior Research Associate
Educational Qualifications
Master’s Degree in Special Education
Graduate Certificate in Autism & Behavioral Science
Entity
Qatar Biomedical Research Institute
Divison
Neurological Disorders Research Center
Biography
Iman Ghazal holds a bachelor’s degree (BA) from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She majored in Childhood and Social Institutions and minored in Psychology.
She then completed a one-year graduate certificate program in Autism and Behavioral Science from Fanshawe College, Ontario. After graduating she moved to Saudi Arabia and started her career as an Early Intervention Specialist and a Clinical Research Coordinator at the Center for Autism Research – King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center. During that time she worked alongside a multi-disciplinary team in early diagnosis and intervention for cases with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD.) Additionally, she was involved in different research and training projects including the educational consultancy, ABA and the Early Start Denver Model training programs, and the Language Environment Analysis (LENA) research study. She then completed a master’s in Special Education from the Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Education, Qatar University. Ghazal joined HBKU’s Qatar Biomedical Research Institute’s (QBRI’s) ASD Epidemiology Research team as a senior research associate in October 2016.
Master’s Degree in Special Education
Qatar University, Doha , Qatar
2014 - 2016
Graduate Certificate in Autism & Behavioral Science
Fanshawe College, London, Ontario, Canada
2010 - 2011
4-Year Bachelor’s degree in Childhood and Social Institutions (Major) Psychology (Minor)
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
2006 - 2010
Master's Internship Student Child Development Center
Doha, Qatar
February – April 2016
Special Projects’ Coordinator- President’s office
Qatar University - Doha, Qatar
May 2013 – Sept. 2016
Early Intervention Specialist & Clinical Research Coordinator
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Sept. 2011 - Dec. 2012
Personal Support Worker
London Summer Inclusion Camp - London, ON, Canada
July - August 2011
Placement Co-op (Teaching Assistant)
Westminster Central Public School - London, ON, Canada
March - April 2011
Personal Research Assistant
Masters Research Paper - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
May - June 2007
- Deans Honour Roll - Fanshawe College - 2011
- Additional Certifications:
- Clinical Reliability Certificate in administration and coding of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2nd Edition (ADOS-2) - 2016
- Clinical Reliability Certificate in administration and coding of the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) - 2016
- Trained in full administration and data retrieval of the Autism Eye Tracking Device (trained at Lerner School for Autism (USA) – as part of the collaborative research between QBRI and Cleveland Clinic – USA) - 2017
- Registered Behavior Technician Online Course – Queen’s University Belfast - 2016
- One-week intensive training in the Early Start Denver Model – by the Mind Institute – Center For Autism Research – Riyadh, KSA - 2012