Dr. Sufyan Sabri

Research specialist at UAE UNIVERSITY

• United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
• January 1990 to July 2009

Medical Research Specialist: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, U.A.E. University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (January 1989 - 2009).
Previous Employment Profile: The main task was to manage and execute major community research projects covering the following research aspects:
- The impact of socio-economic factors on public health
- The prevalence of chronic diseases in community such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases … etc.
- The prevalence of major risk factors affecting public health, such as obesity, smoking and sedentary lifestyle habits.
- The prevalence of major risk factors affecting school children health such as obesity, smoking, eating habits and sedentary lifestyles & consanguinity.
- The prevalence of psychological disorder among school children and its impacts on learning abilities.
- The prevalence of psychological disorder in community and its impact on community health in general.

Achievements: 22 scientific articles been published in refereed scientific magazines (below the reference of some these articles)
 The prevalence and potential determinants of obesity among school children and adolescents in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Al Junaibi A, Abdulle A, Sabri S, Hag-Ali M, Nagelkerke N. Int J Obes (Lond). 2012 Aug 14. doi: 10.1038/ijo. 2012.131.
 Correlation between hypertension and income distribution among United Arab Emirates population; Sabri S, Bener A, Eapen V, Azhar A. A, Abdulle A, Singh J. (2005) Med J Malaysia; 60(4) 416 -425.
 Subjective life satisfaction and mental disorders among older adults in UAE in general population. Ghubach R, El-Rufaie O, Zoubeidi T, Sabri S, Yousif S, Moselhy HF. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2010 May;25(5):458-65. doi: 10.1002/gps. 2360.
 Help-seeking behaviour of patients attending the psychiatric service in a sample of United Arab Emirates population. Salem MO, Saleh B, Yousef S, Sabri S. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2009 Mar;55(2):141-8.
 The association of depression and anxiety with unhealthy lifestyle among United Arab Emirates adults. Moselhy HF, Ghubach R, El-Rufaie O, Zoubeidi T, Badrinath P, Sabri S, Yousef S. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2012 Jun;21(2):213-9. doi:
 Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its complications in a population-based sample in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Saadi H, Carruthers SG, Nagelkerke N, Al-Maskari F, Afandi B, Reed R, Lukic M, Nicholls MG, Kazam E, Algawi K, Al-Kaabi J, Leduc C, Sabri S, El-Sadig M, Elkhumaidi S, Agarwal M, Benedict S. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2007 Dec;78(3):369-77. Epub 2007 May 25. Some risk factors for hypertension in the United Arab Emirates. Sabri S, Bener A, Eapen V, Abu Zeid MS, Al-Mazrouei AM, Singh J.East Mediterr Health J. 2004 Jul-Sep;10(4-5):610-9