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Medical Genetics Education and Research
Focusing on community genetics, genetic counseling, genetic education and consanguinity
Hanan Hamamy, Professor, Human Genetics
Dr. Hamamy is a professor of Human Genetics, presently affiliated with the Department of Genetic Medicine and Development at Geneva University Hospital. Dr. Hamamy has been specialist in charge of the genetic counseling clinic at the National Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics, Amman, Jordan and consultant medical geneticist at Jordan University Hospital for the past seven years. Dr. Hamamy was professor of Human Genetics at Mustansiriyah Medical College, Baghdad, Iraq, and the specialist in charge of the counseling clinic and Cytogenetics Laboratory for over 15 years. She participated in several World Health Organization consultations and co-authored several WHO publications on community control of genetic and congenital disorders, ethical issues in medical genetics and prevention of birth defects in developing countries. She has authored and co-authored more than 50 publications in international and Arab medical Literature, with special interest in research! ing the relevance of consanguinity to genetic disorders in Arab countries. Dr. Hamamy has been actively involved in implementing the national program for community genetic services in collaboration with the World Heath Organization and Ministry of Health in Jordan. She is a member of the Council of the Center for Arab Genomic Studies (CAGS) based in Dubai, UAE. She presently joined the Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research in Geneva, Switzerland.
Online publications
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Abujbara M, Hamamy H, Jarrah N, Shegem N, Ajlouni K. Clinical and
inheritance profiles of Kallmann syndrome in Jordan. Reprod Health [Internet]. 2004 10 [cited 2009 Mar 27];1(1):5. Available from:
http://www.reproductive-health-journal.com/content/1/1/5
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Al-Gazali L, Hamamy H, Al-Arrayad S. Genetic disorders in the Arab world.
BMJ [Internet]. 2006 Oct 21 [cited 2009 Mar 27];333(7573):831-4. Available from: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7573/831
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Al-Allawi N, Eissa AA, Jubrael JM, Jamal SA, Hamamy H. Prevalence and molecular characterization of Glucose-6-Phosphate dehydrogenase deficient variants among the Kurdish population of Northern Iraq. BMC Blood Disord [Internet]. 2010 Jul 5 [cited 2010 Jul 10];10(1):6. Available from: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2326/10/6
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Hadidy AM, Al Ryalat NT, Hadidi ST, Tarawneh ES, Hadidi MT, Samara OA, Abu-Labn DM, Al-Rousan LM, Hiyasat DA, Hamamy HA. Male transient hip osteoporosis: are physicians at a higher risk? Arch Osteoporos [Internet]. 2009 Dec [cited 2010 Jul 10];4(1-2):41-5. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2836753/
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Hamamy H, Alwan A. Hereditary disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Bull. World Health Organ [Internet]. 1994 [cited 2010 Aug 4];72(1):145-54. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2486500/
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Hamamy H. Oman: A model for the integration of
community genetic services into primary health. The Ambassadors - SELECTED STUDIES [Internet]. 2000 Jul [cited 2009 Apr 4];3(2): Available
from: http://www.ambassadors.net/archives/issue8/oman_select.htm
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Hamamy HA, Ajlouni HK, Ajlouni KM. Familial
monozygotic twinning: report of an extended multi-generation family. Twin Res [Internet]. 2004 Jun [cited 2009 Mar 27];7(3):219-22.
Available from: http://www.atypon-link.com/AAP/doi/abs/10.1375/twin.7.3.219
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Hamamy H, Al-Hait S, Alwan A. Strategies
for low and medium resource countries in the community care and prevention of birth defects: Jordan model. A proposal for a national
strategy on the care and prevention of birth defects in Jordan. Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research [Internet]. 2009 Aug
27 [cited 2009 Aug 27]. Available from:
http://www.gfmer.ch/Medical_genetics_education_research/Strategies_care_prevention_birth_defects_Jordan_model_Hamamy_2009.htm
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Hamamy H, Barham M, Alkhawaldeh A, Cockburn D, Snowden H, Ajlouni
K. Alstrom syndrome in four sibs from northern Jordan. Ann Saudi Med [Internet]. 2006 Dec [cited 2009 Mar 27];26(6):480-3. Available from:
http://www.saudiannals.net/pdfs/05-459.pdf
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Tadmouri GO, Nair P, Obeid T, Al Ali MT, Al Khaja N, Hamamy HA. Consanguinity and reproductive health among Arabs. Reprod Health [Internet]. 2009 [cited 2010 Jul 10];617. Available from: http://www.reproductive-health-journal.com/content/6/1/17
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Ten Kate LP, Al-Gazali L, Anand S, Bittles A, Cassiman J, Christianson A, Cornel MC, Hamamy H, Kääriäinen H, Kristoffersson U, Marais D, Penchaszadeh VB, Rahman P, Schmidtke J. Community genetics. Its definition 2010. J Community Genet [Internet]. 2010 3 [cited 2010 Jul 22];1(1):19-22. Available from: http://www.springerlink.com/content/rh7761342130p643/fulltext.html
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World Health Organization. Community genetics services: report of a WHO consultation on community genetics in low- and middle-income countries. [Internet]. 2011 [cited 2011 Feb 19]. Available from: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2011/9789241501149_eng.pdf
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