Rafia Ghubash
President of the Arab Network for Women in Science and Technology , United Arab Emirates
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Name in Arabic:
رفيعة غباش
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Date of Birth:
13 November 1956
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70 Year)
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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President of the Arab Network for Women in Science and Technology , United Arab Emirates.
She is the first female psychiatrist in the UAE, the founder of the Women’s Museum, the founder of the Dubai Cinema Club, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Emirates Literature Foundation.
She served as President of the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain between 2001 and 2009, Dean of the College of Medicine at the United Arab Emirates University between 2000 and 2001, Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the same university in 1992, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the United Arab Emirates University in 1993, and a physician at Rashid Hospital in Dubai in 1983.
She has many studies and research published in Arab and international journals specializing in the field of psychiatry. She has a book entitled “Medicine in the Emirates: Roots and Practice” in 1997, and a book entitled “Sad Letters: A Study of Cases of Depression in Arab Society” in 1988.
She has won many awards, including: “The Inspiring Lady Award” in 2015, “Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences” for the Distinguished Medical Personalities category in its third session 2003-2004, “Distinguished Doctors Award” in 2004, “Sheikh Rashid Award for Scientific Excellence” in 1988 and 1992, “Al Owais Research Award” in 1992, 1994, 1995, and “Citizens on the Paths of Excellence Award” granted by “Umm Al Mu’minin Women’s Association” in 2002. She was also ranked among the “Women of the Greatest Giving” list for 2011 by the “Women’s Giving” organization.
She obtained the British Board Certificate in Psychiatry in 1990, and the Arab Board Certificate in Psychiatry in 1997.
She obtained a professorship in psychiatry in 2000, a doctorate in social and epidemiological psychiatry in 1992 from the University of London in the United Kingdom, a diploma in psychiatry in 1988 from the Institute of Psychiatry at the University of London, a diploma in child and adolescent psychiatry from the same university, and a bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery in 1983 from Cairo University .
She is the first female psychiatrist in the UAE, the founder of the Women’s Museum, the founder of the Dubai Cinema Club, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Emirates Literature Foundation.
She served as President of the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain between 2001 and 2009, Dean of the College of Medicine at the United Arab Emirates University between 2000 and 2001, Lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the same university in 1992, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the United Arab Emirates University in 1993, and a physician at Rashid Hospital in Dubai in 1983.
She has many studies and research published in Arab and international journals specializing in the field of psychiatry. She has a book entitled “Medicine in the Emirates: Roots and Practice” in 1997, and a book entitled “Sad Letters: A Study of Cases of Depression in Arab Society” in 1988.
She has won many awards, including: “The Inspiring Lady Award” in 2015, “Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences” for the Distinguished Medical Personalities category in its third session 2003-2004, “Distinguished Doctors Award” in 2004, “Sheikh Rashid Award for Scientific Excellence” in 1988 and 1992, “Al Owais Research Award” in 1992, 1994, 1995, and “Citizens on the Paths of Excellence Award” granted by “Umm Al Mu’minin Women’s Association” in 2002. She was also ranked among the “Women of the Greatest Giving” list for 2011 by the “Women’s Giving” organization.
She obtained the British Board Certificate in Psychiatry in 1990, and the Arab Board Certificate in Psychiatry in 1997.
She obtained a professorship in psychiatry in 2000, a doctorate in social and epidemiological psychiatry in 1992 from the University of London in the United Kingdom, a diploma in psychiatry in 1988 from the Institute of Psychiatry at the University of London, a diploma in child and adolescent psychiatry from the same university, and a bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery in 1983 from Cairo University .
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