Sani HLAIS
Faculté des sciences infirmières – Chargé de cours
+961 (1) 421 000 sani.hlais@usj.edu.lb
Family physician since 2006, with a Master's degree in Public Health and extensive experience in clinical practice, statistical analysis, and teaching medicine, public health, epidemiology, and biostatistics. On a personal level, I am an avid reader with interests in philosophy, novels, and various literary and human science fields, in addition to biology and medical sciences.
Education
| Diplôme | Université | Pays | Année |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master of Public Health (MPH) | American University of Beirut (AUB) | Lebanon | 2006 |
| Specialist in Family Medicine | Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth | Lebanon | 2005 |
| Doctor of Medicine (MD) | Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth | Lebanon | 2001 |
Teaching at USJ
University teaching outside USJ
| University teaching outside USJ | Pays | Institution | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecturer. Teaching summer course, Masters of public health “research methods” 2022. Teaching epidemiology and Biostatistics Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Public Health, Balamand, 2014- 15. Participating to EBM course, 2018-19 & 2019-2020, Facult | Lebanon | University of Balamand | 02/06/2014 | 01/10/2022 |
| Teaching epidemiology and biostatistics at the Faculty of Public Health, Medicine and the Faculty of Agriculture and Nutrition from 2006 to 2011. Since 2010, clinical supervisor in the Department of Family Medicine at AUB. | Lebanon | American University of Beirut (AUB) | 01/09/2006 | |
| Teaching of public health, social medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics at the faculty of public health in the North and in Beirut | Lebanon | Université Libanaise (UL) | 01/09/2006 |
Professional experience outside USJ
| Professional experience | Organisation | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consultant: Role - mentor medical staff working in prisons, doing medical records audits, developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), analyzing patient outcomes to improve quality of care, ensuring implementatio | World Health Organization (WHO) | 01/07/2023 | 15/11/2023 |
Areas of expertise
Research themes
The research themes that interest me the most include family medicine, medico-social aspects, medical ethics, chronic diseases, and psychology and resilience. They encompass topics such as the optimization of primary care, health inequalities, ethical dilemmas, chronic disease management, and psychological resilience. These areas reflect my specific interests and skills within the medical field.
Publications and communications
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- El Khoury J, <b>Hlais S</b>, Helou M, Mouhawej MC,Barmo S, Fadel P, Tohme A. Evaluation of efficacy and safety of subcutaneousacetaminophen in geriatrics and palliative care (APAPSUBQ). BMC Palliat Care.2022 Mar 26;21(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s12904-022-00934-3. PMID: 35346136; PMCID:PMC8961903.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Antoun J, Shehab R, Sakr G, <b>Hlais S</b>, AwadM, Romani M. Acceptability of smokers of a conceptual cigarette tracker aswearable for smoking reduction. BMC Res Notes. 2022 Feb 10;15(1):38. doi:10.1186/s13104-022-05935-2. PMID: 35144671; PMCID: PMC8832834.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Ziadé N, El Hajj J, Rassi J, <b>Hlais S</b>,Lopez-Medina C, Gamal SM, Elzorkany B, Dougados M, Baraliakos X. Root JointInvolvement in Spondyloarthritis: A Post-hoc Analysis from the InternationalASAS-PerSpA Study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Apr 26:keab380. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab380.Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33905488.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Rabih Soubra, <b>Sani Hlais</b>, Nadine Houmani,Lina Ghandour, Reda El Haj Hassan, Mohammed Joujou & IssamShaarani (2021) Health seeking behaviour among Lebanese population: Ahighlight on seeking care from pharmacists, European Journal of GeneralPractice, 27:1, 51-59, DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2021.1917541"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">10.1080/13814788.2021.1917541</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:#2000"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:#2000">- Naji FB, Wahab K, HamadehG, <b>Hlais S</b>. Perspectives of physicians on medical acupuncture inLebanon: a preliminary study. <i>Acupuncture in Medicine</i>. December2020. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0964528420968835">10.1177/0964528420968835</a><… style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:#2000">- A. Aoun, J. Dib, F. ElJabbour, <b>S. Hlais</b>, A. Wehbe, N. El Gerges,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:#2000">Overweight, obesity andeating disorders among children and young adolescents in Lebanese schools,</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:#2000">ClinicalNutrition ESPEN,</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:#2000">Volume 40,</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">2020, Page 673,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">ISSN 2405-4577, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2020.09.806">https://doi.org/10.1016/j… lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405457720309943)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- ElKahi Hala, Haddad Fady, <b>Hlais Sani</b>,« Apprentissage de l’aide au sevrage tabagique dans les formationsmédicales au Liban », Santé Publique, 2020/1 (Vol. 32), p. 57-68. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">DOI : 10.3917/spub.201.0057.URL : <a href="https://www.cairn.info/revue-sante-publique-2020-1-page-57.htm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">https://www.cairn.info/revue-sante-publique-2020-1-page-57.htm</span></… class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Honein-AbouHaidar, Jumana Antoun, Karim Badr, <b>SaniHlais</b> and Houry Nazaretian. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making(2020) 20:31 </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-020-1047-x"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-020-1047-x</span></a><o:p></o:p></span><… class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- El Khoury R; El Solh N; Olabi A; Toufeili I; <b>HlaisS</b>; Obeid O. Macromineral enrichment of white bread reduces postprandialglycaemia without altering sensory properties: a crossover study. East MediterrHealth J. 2020;16(11):1388–1395. https://doi.org/10.26719/2020.26.11.1388 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- P.M. Déchelotte, <b>S.Hlais</b>, C. Rassi, L. El Osta, P. Dechelotte, A. Aoun,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Use of nutritional supplements among lebaneseadolescents and adults exercising in gyms: A cross-sectional study in the cityof byblos in Lebanon,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">Clinical Nutrition, Volume37, Supplement 1, 2018, Page S252,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">ISSN 0261-5614, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2018.06.1889.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261561418321666)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- J. Dib, N. El Gerges, S. Moukarzel, L. El Osta, <b>S.Hlais</b>, A. Wehbe, P. Dechelotte, A. Aoun, SUN-PO193: Rate and Correlates ofa Positive Screen for Eating Disorders: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Childrenand Young Adolescents in Lebanese Schools, Clinical Nutrition, Volume 38,Supplement 1,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">2019, Page S131, ISSN 0261-5614, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-5614(19)32825-0.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261561419328250)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- <b>S. Hlais</b>, R. Francis, S. Jneid, A. Aoun,MON-PO632: The Prevalence, Contributing Factors and Side Effects of CaffeineConsumption Among Lebanese University Medical and Pharmacy Students, ClinicalNutrition,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">Volume 38, Supplement 1,2019, Page S293, </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">ISSN0261-5614, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-5614(19)32465-3">https://doi.org/10.1016/… class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- </span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><a href="http://www.lebanesemedicaljournal.org/lmj/tag/Aline-TOHME/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Aline TOHME</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">, </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><a href="http://www.lebanesemedicaljournal.org/lmj/tag/Marie-Claire-MOUHAWEJ/"><… lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Marie Claire MOUHAWEJ</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">, </span><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><a href="http://www.lebanesemedicaljournal.org/lmj/tag/Sani-HLAIS/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Sani HLAIS</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">, </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><a href="http://www.lebanesemedicaljournal.org/lmj/tag/Pam%C3%A9la-FARAH/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Paméla FARAH</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">, </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><a href="http://www.lebanesemedicaljournal.org/lmj/tag/Nadine-MAALOUF-HADDAD"><s… lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Nadine MAALOUF-HADDAD</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">, </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><a href="http://www.lebanesemedicaljournal.org/lmj/tag/Fady-El-KARAK/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Fady El KARAK</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">, </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><a href="http://www.lebanesemedicaljournal.org/lmj/tag/Fady-NASR/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Fady NASR</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">, </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><a href="http://www.lebanesemedicaljournal.org/lmj/tag/Marwane-GHOSN/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Marwane GHOSN</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">, </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><a href="http://www.lebanesemedicaljournal.org/lmj/tag/Joseph-KATTAN/"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Joseph KATTAN</span></a></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">.<b> </b><a href="http://www.lebanesemedicaljournal.org/lmj/2019/01/22/les-soins-palliati…; title="Les soins palliatifs au Liban: Attitudes et défis Expérience de notre équipe au sein d’un hôpital universitaire"><span lang="FR" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:FR;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Les soins palliatifs au Liban: Attitudes et défisExpérience de notre équipe au sein d’un hôpital universitaire</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">. LMJ.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.lebanesemedicaljournal.org/lmj/category/archives/665/"><span lang="FR" style="color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:FR;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">N° 66-5 (2018)</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"> -Pages 241-246<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/12402371_Ignacio_… style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">IgnacioNeumann</span></a>, <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pablo_Alonso"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Pablo Alonso</span></a>,<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Per_Vandvik"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Per OlavVandvik</span></a>, … <b>Sani Hlais</b>,…Do clinicians want recommendations? Amulti-center study comparing evidence summaries with and without GRADErecommendations. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. March 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.02.026<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;tab-stops:list 36.0pt"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- Marc Nahas, <b>Sani Hlais</b>, Chantal Saberian, Jumana Antoun. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325690477_Problematic_smartpho… style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Problematicsmartphone use among Lebanese adults aged 18 to 65 years using MPPUS-10</span></a>.Computers in Human Behavior. June 2018, DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.06.009<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Sandra Abou Kassm<sup> </sup>, <b>Sani Hlais</b><sup> </sup>,Christina Khater, Issam Chehade, Ramzi Haddad, Johnny Chahine, MohammadYazbeck, Rita Abi Warde<sup> </sup>, Wadih Naja. Depression andReligiosity and Their Correlates in Lebanese Breast Cancer Patients. Psychooncology.</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:" helvetica",sans-serif;="" mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" new="" roman";color:#5b616b;background:white"=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">2017 Jan 26.</span> <span style="font-family:" helvetica",sans-serif;="" mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" new="" roman";color:#5b616b"="">PubMed:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28125166/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#5B616B">28125166</span></a>; DOI:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.4386" target="_blank"><span style="color:#5B616B">10.1002/pon.4386</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:" helvetica",sans-serif;="" mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" new="" roman";color:#5b616b"=""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">- <a href="http://scicurve.com/paper/26306589" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">El MallahCarla, Ghattas Hala, Shatila Dareen, Francis Sirine, Merhi Karina, <b>HlaisSani</b>, Toufeili Imad, et al. Urinary Magnesium, Calcium, and Phosphorusto Creatinine Ratios of Healthy Elementary School Lebanese Children. Biologicaltrace element research 2016;170(2):264-70. doi:10.1007/s12011-015-0484-3.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- WHO- "<b>Primary care clinical guide"book</b>: author of the chapter on diarrhea, reviewer and co- editor of thebook. 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Carla El Mallah, Karina Merhi, Hala Ghattas,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Dareen Shatila,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Sirine Francis, <b>Sani Hlais</b>, ImadToufeili, Omar Obeid. Elevated u<b>rina</b>ry Na/K ratio among Lebaneseelementary school children is attributable to low K intake. Eur J Nutr. </span>Received:1 December 2015 / Accepted: 20 January 2016,<span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> </span>DOI 10.1007/s00394-016-1164-6<span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Hala Ghattas, Sirine Francis, Carla El Mallah,Dareen Shatila, Karina Merhi, <b>Sani Hlais</b>, Michael Zimmermann, OmarObeid. Lebanese children are iodine deficient and urinary sodium and fluorideexcretion are weak positive predictors of urinary iodine. </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">Eur JNutr 2015, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">DOI 10.1007/s00394-015-1120-x</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Jennifer Ayoub, Murielle Abou Samra, <b>Sani Hlais</b>,Maya Bassil, and Omar Obeid . Effect of Phosphorus Supplementation on WeightGain and Waist Circumference of Overweight/Obese Adults: A Randomized ClinicalTrial. Nutrition & Diabetes [Paper #2015NUTD00096-TRR], <i>AcceptedNovember 10, 2015</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- SaraKhalife, Magali Chabé, Nausicaa Gantois, ChristopheAudebert, Muriel Pottier, <b>Sani Hlais</b><sup> </sup>, ClairePinçon, Thierry Chassat, Christine Pierrot, Jamal Khalife,Cécile-Marie Aliouat-Denis and El Moukhtar Aliouat.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Relationship Between Pneumocystis carinii Burden andthe Degree of Host Immunosuppression in an Airborne Transmission ExperimentalMode. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. <i>Accepted on 21 October 2015</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- May Khattab, Christelle Abi-Rashed, Hala Ghattas, <b>SaniHlais</b> and Omar Obeid. Phosphorus ingestion improves oral glucose toleranceof healthy male subjects: A crossover experiment. Authors: <br>Nutrition Journal. <i>Accepted October 12<sup>th</sup>, 2015.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Carla El Mallah, Hala Ghattas, Dareen Shatila, SirineFrancis, Karina Merhi, <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><b>Sani Hlais,</b>Imad Toufeili1 & Omar Obeid. Urinary Magnesium, Calcium, and Phosphorus toC<b>re</b>atinine Ratios of Healthy Elementary School Lebanese Children. BiolTrace Elem Res. <i>Received: 19 June 2015 /Accepted: 17 August 2015, Publishedonline 27 August 2015.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Antoine Aoun, Jad Azzam, Flora El Jabbour, <b>SaniHlais</b>, Dany Daham, Charbel El Amm, Khalil Honeine, Pierre Dechelotte.Validationof the Arabic version of the SCOFF questionnaire for the screening of eatingdisorders. EMHJ</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"> <span lang="FR">09/2015; 21(5):326-331.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- Fadila Naji, GhassaneHamadeh, <b>Sani Hlais</b>, Salim Adib. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Truth disclosure to cancer patients:Shiftingattitudes and practices of Lebanese physicians. AJOB Empirical Bioethics </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">12/2014; 6(3):1-9</span><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">. </span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- M. Hamze, <b>S. Hlais</b>,F. Dabboussi et H. Mallat. Immunité antitétanique chez des étudiantsuniversitaires et personnels de santé au Liban-Nord et administration de sérumantitétanique dans deux hôpitaux. EMHJ 2014;20 (10):513-9.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Jana Hazim, <b>Sani Hlais</b>, HalaGhattas, Dareen Shatila, Maya Bassil and Omar Obeid.Phosphorus supplement alters postprandial lipemia of healthy male subjects: apilot cross-over trial. Lipids in Health and Disease 2014, 13:109.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">-Jean-Claude Yazbek, M.D.; Ramzi Haddad, M.D.; RamiBou Khalil, M.D.; <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Sani Hlais, M.D</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">.; Grace Abi Rizk, M.D.; Jihane Rohayem,M.D.; Sami Richa, M.D., Ph.D. Prevalence and Correlates of Alcohol Abuse andDependence in Lebanon: Results from the Lebanese Epidemiologic Survey onAlcohol (LESA). Journal of Addictive Diseases <i>(Accepted)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- R. Beyrouthy, M. Hamzea,<b> S. Hleis, </b>H.Mallat, F. Dabboussi<b>. </b>Panton-Valentine leukocidin producingStaphylococcus aureus nasal<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">carriage, in North-Lebanon.<b> </b>Médecine etmaladies infectieuses 43 (2013) 386–390.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- Sani Hlais</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">, Dunia El-Bistami,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Berna El Rahi, Mélanie A. Mattar,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Omar A. Obeid. Combined fish oil and higholeic sunflower oil supplements neutralize their individual effects on lipidprofile of healthy men. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Lipids (2013) 48:853–861</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:" advptimes",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:advptimes"="">.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">- JinanUsta, <b>Sani Hlais</b>, Hala Abou Farhat, Maya Romani, Hiba Bzeih<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>& Lynn Abdo. Lebanese Medical Students'Exposure to Domestic Violence: does it affect helping survivors”". FamilyMedicine 2014, 46(2):112-9 ·<i> </i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:47.25pt"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- Antoine Aoun,Frederico Duarte Garcia, Caroll Mounzer, <b>Sani Hlais</b>, Sebastien Grigioni,Khalil Honein, Pierre Déchelotte. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">War stress may be another risk factor for eatingdisorders in civilians: a study in Lebanese University Students. GeneralHospital Psychiatry - 04 April 2013 (10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2013.02.007)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">- Ghassan Maalouf, Falah Bachour, <b>SaniHlais</b>, Naim M. Maalouf, Paul Yazbeck, Yasser Yaghi, Kinda Yaghi, Rawad ElHage, Majed Issa . Epidemiology of hip fractures in Lebanon: A nationwide study.Revue de Chirurgie Orthopédique, 2013, Volume 99, Issue 6, 675-680.<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- Bou Khalil Rami, Aoun Zeina, <b>Hlais Sani</b>,Richa Sami. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Smokers’knowledge about smoking related health problems in Lebanon.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Substance Use and Misuse 2013,<i> Accepted</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- Khalaf Dany, <b>Hlais Sani</b>, Haddad Ramzy,Mansour Chantal, Pelissolo Antoine, Naja Wadih. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Developing and Testing an original ArabicReligiosity Scale. Middle East Current Psychiatry, <i>Accepted 2013</i><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">- Sani Hlais, MD</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">; Dana R. Abou Reslan, MS;Hiba K. Sarieddine, MS; </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Lara Nasreddine, PhD; Ghazi Taan, MD; Sami Azar, MD; and Omar A. Obeid,PhD. Effect of Lysine, Vitamin B6, and Carnitine Supplementation<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>on the Lipid Profile of Male PatientsWithHypertriglyceridemia: A 12-Week, Open-Label, Randomized, Placebo ControlledTrial. Clin Ther.;2012;34:1674–1682</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- </span><a href="http://pubget.com/search?q=authors%3A%22Tarek%20T%20Smayra%22" title="More papers by Tarek T Smayra"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Tarek TSmayra</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">, </span><a href="http://pubget.com/search?q=authors%3A%22Chadi%20C%20Braidy%22" title="More papers by Chadi C Braidy"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Chadi CBraidy</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">, </span><a href="http://pubget.com/search?q=authors%3A%22Lina%20L%20Menassa-Moussa%22&qu…; title="More papers by Lina L Menassa-Moussa"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Lina L Menassa-Moussa</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">, </span><a href="http://pubget.com/search?q=authors%3A%22Sani%20S%20Hlais%22" title="More papers by Sani S Hlais"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Sani A Hlais</span></b></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">, </span><a href="http://pubget.com/search?q=authors%3A%22Soha%20S%20Haddad-Zebouni%22&qu…; title="More papers by Soha S Haddad-Zebouni"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Soha S Haddad-Zebouni</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> and </span><a href="http://pubget.com/search?q=authors%3A%22Noel%20N%20Aoun%22" title="More papers by Noel N Aoun"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Noel N Aoun</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">. Risk factors of pneumothoraxand hemorrhage in lung biopsy: a single institution experience. </span><a href="http://pubget.com/paper/22645895/search?q=latest%3ALebanese+Medical+Jou…; title="Get latest issue"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">J Med Liban</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> 2012; </span><a href="http://pubget.com/paper/22645895/search?q=issn%3A0023-9852+vol%3A60+iss…; title="Get volume 60, issue 1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">60(1):4-13</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- C.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Etel ,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>S.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Tabchi ,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>R.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Bou<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Khalil ,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><b>S.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></b></span><b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">Hlais</span></b><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>S.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Richa. Prévalence<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>du<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>jeu<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>pathologique<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>chez<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>les<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>étudiants libanais (Prevalence<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>pathological<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>gambling<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>in<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Lebanese<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>students). Encéphale (2012),</span><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language:FR"> </span><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.encep.2012.06.015"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.encep.2012.06.015</span></a><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- Sami Richa, Jihane Rohayem,Rabih Chammai, Francois Kazour, Ramzi Haddad, <b>Sani Hleis</b>, AbbasAlameddine and Bernard Gerbaka. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">ADHD Prevalence in Lebanese School-Age Population. Journalof Attention Disorders, published online 24 May 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:" times-bold",serif;="" mso-bidi-font-family:times-bold"=""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Alexandre Yazigi, MD,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Eliane Khoury, MD, <b>Sani Hlais, MD</b>,Samia Madi-Jebara, MD,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Fadia Haddad,MD,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Gemma Hayek, MD, and Khalil Jabbour,MD.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Pulse Pressure Variation PredictsFluid Responsiveness in Elderly Patients after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. </span><a href="http://pubget.com/profile/author/search?q=latest%3AJournal+of+Cardiotho…; title="Get latest issue"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">J Cardiothorac VascAnesth</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">2012;<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><a href="http://pubget.com/profile/author/search?q=issn%3A1053-0770+vol%3A26+iss…; title="Get volume 26, issue 3"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">26(3):387-90</span></a><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:" times-bold",serif;="" mso-bidi-font-family:times-bold"=""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:" times-bold",serif;="" mso-bidi-font-family:times-bold"=""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- H Kahi, G Abi Rizk, <b>SHlais</b>, S. Adib. Healthcare seeking behavior among university students inLebanon. East Mediterranean Health Journal 2012; 8 (6): 598-606.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">- RMeraabi Al-Ali , W Chehadeh, M Hamze, F Dabboussi, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">SHlais</span></b><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">, H Mallat . First description of gastroenteritisviruses in Lebanese children: A pilot study.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span><span lang="X-NONE"><a href="http://pubget.com/profile/author/search?q=latest%3AJournal+of+Infection…; title="Get latest issue"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:FR;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">J Infect Public Health</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> 2011; </span><span lang="X-NONE"><a href="http://pubget.com/profile/author/search?q=issn%3A1876-0341+vol%3A4+issu…; title="Get volume 4, issue 2"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;mso-ansi-language:FR;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">4(2):59-64</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- Dabboussi F., Samar Alam,Hassan Mallat, <b>Sani Hlais</b> et Monzer Hamze</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">. Etudepréliminaire sur la prévalence de Campylobacter dans</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR"> </span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">les diarrhées infantiles au nord du Liban</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Eastern Mediterranean HealthJournal (WHO). (</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">2011).</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> </span><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">Accepted.</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="ecxmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="ecxbold4" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">- Tabbouche S.,Al Khudary R., Beyrouthy R., Dabboussi F., Achkar M., Mallat H., <b>Hlais S.</b>,Hamze, M. Detection of genes TEM, OXA, SHV and CTX-M in 73 clinical isolates ofEscherichia coli producers of extended spectrum Beta-lactamases anddetermination of their susceptibility to antibiotics. International ArabJournal for Antimicrobial Agents 2011; 1: 1-6.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- Hibah Osman, MayaRomani, <b>Sani Hlais</b>. </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">Family medicine in Arab countries: the specialty,its practice and its practitioners. Family Medicine. </span><span lang="X-NONE">2011</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">;</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span lang="X-NONE"><a href="http://pubget.com/search?q=issn%3A0742-3225+vol%3A43+issue%3A1&from…; title="Get volume 43, issue 1"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">43</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">(1):37-42</span></a></span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:" ms="" mincho";="" mso-bidi-language:ar-lb;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes"="">- OA Obeid,S Dimachkie and </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:" ms="" mincho";="" mso-bidi-language:ar-lb;mso-no-proof:yes"="">S Hlais</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:" ms="" mincho";="" mso-bidi-language:ar-lb;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold;mso-no-proof:yes"="">. Increasedphosphorus content of preload suppresses ad libitum energy intake at subsequentmeal. International Journal of Obesity (2010) 1–3<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-ansi-language:FR">- Monzer Hamze, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Sani Hlais</b>, Joseph Rachkidi, HassanMallat, Elie Lichaa, Nawal<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Zahab. </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt">RSV infection inNorth Lebanon: Prevalence and determinants in Winter 2008. 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