Elie BOU YAZBECK

Instructor

Faculty of Pharmacy – Chargé de Cours

+961 (1) 421 000 elie.bouyazbeck@usj.edu.lb

Elie Bou Yazbeck is appointed as theAssistant to the DG for technical affairs since 2020 and as Food Science Expertsince 2009 at The Ministry of Economy and Trade, Lebanon.  He is also a Universitylecturer for several B.S. and M.S. levels courses related to Nutrition, Foodquality & safety and research methodologies at several universities inLebanon (USJ, LAU, USEK, and NDU) since 2004.  He is also an adjunctprofessor at Laval University in Canada.

He earned a Ph.D. in Biology & Agro-EnvironmentalBiotechnology from University of Perugia-Italy and a Master in Food andNutrition in developing countries from University of Montpellier-France. Heis an expert in Food Regulatory Sciences and in Data Management. Dr. BouYazbeck is a member of National Codex Alimentarius Committee and the NationalFood Safety committee. Also, he is a member of the Executive Committee of theArab section of AOAC INTERNATIONAL as well as the Global Food RegulatoryScience Society – GFoRSS, among others. Dr. Bou Yazbeck is a consultant inAgro-food Sciences with more than 22 years of experience in Lebanon and abroad.


Areas of expertise

Engineering and Technology, Sciences

Research themes

  • Food Security
  • Food technology and Quality
  • Nutrition and Public Health
  • Food Service Management
  • Biostatistics and Data Management
  • Hygiene & Food Safety Management

·       Quality Management Systems

·       Standards and Legislations

·       Research in Public Health, Food & Nutrition

·       Preventive strategies development

Publications and communications

Bou-Mitri C, Boutros PH,Makhlouf J, Jaoudeh MA, El Gerges N, Fares JE, Yazbeck EB, Hassan H (2019)Exposure assessment of the consumers living in Mount Lebanon directorate toantibiotics through medication and red meat intake: A cross-sectional study,Veterinary World, 12(9): 1395-1407.( doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2019.1395-1407)

 Elie Bou Yazbeck,Georges Abi Rizk, Alfredo Battistini, Georges Hassoun, Leila Geagea, RonyEl-Khoury and Franco Famiani. 2019. “Morphological and biochemicalcharacterization of ancient olive trees in Bshaaleh Lebanon”, InternationalJournal of Current Research, 11, (03), 2337-2345. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.24941/ijcr.34835.03.2019 ISSN:0975-833X)

 Christelle Bachi Gedeon and ElieBou Yazbeck (2019) Evaluation of Bacterial Contamination of HandWashing Tools in Restaurants in Lebanon. Journal of Scientific Research &Reports 21(4): 1-11, 2018; Article no.JSRR.45765 ISSN: 2320-0227.(DOI: 10.9734/JSRR/2018/45765)

Dana Harb, Mohamad Abou Haidar,Elie Bou Yazbeck (2018) Knowledge, Attitude and PracticesToward Nutrition and Diet During Pregnancy Among Recently Delivered Women ofSyrian Refugees. University of Louisville – Journal of Refugee andGlobal Health. 1-2, 32-37. (DOI: 10.18297/rgh/vol1/iss2/6)