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Khalil HELOU

Enseignant Cadré - Maître de conférence - Doctorate in Pharmaceutical & Biological Sciences

Faculty of Pharmacy (FP)
Laboratories of the Faculty of Pharmacy (FPLAB)

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

Khalil Amine Hélou (Pharm.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.), Lebanese, born in Lebanon in 1956, is a geopolitical analyst in several Lebanese and Arab media, including: Skynews Arabic, Al Arabia, Al Hadass, Turkish Radio and Television (TRT Arabe), Al Shark Saudi (Bloomberg), Al Mashhad-Dubai, BBC, MTV Lebanon, Radio Voix Du Liban (VDL), Radio Liban Libre (RLL). Currently a teacher-researcher in geopolitics at the Institute of Political Sciences at the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut (USJ), and simultaneously director of the Nutrition department at the Faculty of Pharmacy (USJ). Holder of a Doctorate in Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences (USJ), his thesis co-supervisor was Professor Jean-François Narbonne (University of Bordeaux) with the theme of environmental and food toxicology. Also holds a French State Diploma in Pharmacy from USJ in Beirut (1979), and a Master's degree in Food Technology from the American University of Beirut (1983). Held the following positions: Advisor to the Minister of Health, Chief Pharmacist of the Central Military Hospital, Chief Pharmacist of the Central Military Pharmacy, successively Chief Officer of the military medical services of North Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, and the Medical Unit of the Presidency of the Lebanese Republic. Former visiting professor in food geopolitics at Unilasalle University – Beauvais (France). Has dozens of geopolitical analysis publications on the online sites “Ici Beirut” and “Jusur Media”, and on several other online sites in Lebanon, in Arabic and French. Also has several publications in biological and toxicological sciences


• Doctorat en Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques
• Internship in Nutrition
• M. Sc. In Food Technology
• Diplôme de Pharmacien
• Diplôme d'Etat Français - Pharmacie

Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome

Advanced Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome
Mediterranean Diet
French Paradox
Legislation and Professional Orientation
Geopolitics of Food
Fundamental Geopolitics

Medecine and Health

Food and environmental toxicology

Obesity and non communicable diseases

1.        Serum concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in a Lebanese population: ENASB study. Mireille Harmouche-Karaki, Joseph Matta, Khalil Helou, Yara Mahfouz, Nicole Fakhoury-Sayegh, Jean François Narbonne. Environ Sci Pollut Res (2017) 24:3705–3716, DOI 10.1007/s11356-016-8139-2

2.        Serum concentration of selected organochlorine pesticides in a Lebanese population and their associations to socio-demographic, anthropometric and dietary factors: ENASB study. Mireille Harmouche-Karaki, Joseph Matta, Khalil Helou, Yara Mahfouz, Nicole Fakhoury-Sayegh, Jean François Narbonne. Environmental science and pollution research, 2107, DOI 10.1007/s11356-017-9427-1

3.        Patterns of PCBs and OCPs exposure in a sample of Lebanese adults: The role of diet and physical activity. Mireille Harmouche-Karaki, Yara Mahfouz, Pascale Salameh, Joseph Matta, Khalil Helou, Jean-François Narbonne. Environmental Research Volume 179, Part B, December 2019, 108789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108789

4.        A review of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in Lebanon: Environmental and human contaminants. Khalil Helou, & Co. Chemosphere Volume 231, September 2019, Pages 357-368 https://doi.org/10.1016/j. chemosphere.2019.05.109

5.        Maternal and cord serum levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) among Lebanese pregnant women and predictors of exposure. Khalil Helou, & co. Chemosphere 2021 Mar; 266:129211. PMID: 33316473 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129211