1. Queen Mary, University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 207 8827374; fax: +44 (0) 207 882 5842. E-mail address: s.kassim@qmul.ac.uk,
2. University of Minnesota Medical School, 1035 University Drive, Duluth, Minnesota, USA 55812, Tel: (218) 726-7144, Fax: (218) 726-7559 e-mail: malabsi@umn.edu
Presenter(s)
Saba Kassim Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London
Biography
Saba Kassim, is a postdoctoral research assistant in Queen Mary University, Dental Public Health. She is expert in khat chewing with tobacco smoking amongst minorities specifically the Yemenis. Also currently works as data manager for tobacco cessation for the Bangladeshi Stop Tobacco Project, Tower Hamelts -London. She has interest in research of social determinants of health specifically risk and protective (psychosocial and behavioural) determinants of health.
Mustafa al’Absi is a Professor of Biobehavioral Health and the holder of the Max-Mary LaDue Pickworth Chair at the University of Minnesota. He serves as a joint professor in Family Medicine and Psychiatry, Physiology and Pharmacology, Neuroscience, and the Integrated Biological Sciences. Dr. al’Absi directs a research program focusing on stress and addiction. His work has been funded by grants from U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH). His research on the concurrent use of tobacco and khat has highlighted the importance of considering psychosocial contexts in addressing the global tobacco epidemic. He has been honored with multiple multiple national and international awards.
