Nour HELOU THEOKARIS

Associate Professor

Faculty of Pharmacy – professeur associé

Institute of Physiotherapy – Chargé de Cours

+961 (1) 421 000 nour.helou@usj.edu.lb

Dr. El Helou is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Faculty of Pharmacy. She has over 10 years of experience in the academic field, teaching in undergraduate and graduate programs, and mentoring B.Sc. students, master's students, as well as PhD candidates.


Education

Degree University Country Year
PhD in Sports Epidemiology Université René Descartes(Paris V) France 2011
Master in Sports Nutrition and Physiology Saint Joseph University of Beyrouth Lebanon 2007
B.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics American University of Beirut (AUB) Lebanon 2004

University teaching outside USJ

University teaching outside USJ Country Institution Start date End date
Part-time Lecturer, course : Sports Nutrition - Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Lebanon American University of Beirut (AUB) 01/02/2013 01/06/2013
Part-time Lecturer, course : Sports Nutrition and Physiology - Faculty of Public Health II - Nutrition Department Lebanon Université Libanaise (UL) 01/10/2012 15/01/2017

Areas of expertise

Medecine and Health

Research themes

Sports Nutrition
Sports Sciences
Sports and Health

Publications and communications

Co-Organiser of the 4th Nutrition and Food Technology conference (April 2024).

Physical Activity Levels and Predictors during COVID-19Lockdown among Lebanese Adults: The Impacts of Sociodemographic Factors, Typeof Physical Activity and Work Location. Healthcare 11 (14), 2080

Impact of environmental parameters on marathon runningperformance. PloS one 7 (5), e37407

Validity and reliability of an adapted Arabic version of thelong international physical activity questionnaire. BMC public health 18 (1),1-8

Tour de France, Giro, Vuelta, and classic European racesshow a unique progression of road cycling speed in the last 20 years. Journalof sports sciences 28 (7), 789-796

Psychological balance in high level athletes: gender-baseddifferences and sport-specific patterns. PloS one 6 (5), e19007