DrSondus Hassounah

Dr. Hassounah is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the Department of Primary Care & Public Health. She leads on health workforce capacity building through training and education, and is actively involved in health system strengthening research.

Sondus’s Background is in clinical practise. She trained in Medicine at Cairo University (MBBS), and worked for several years in medical oncology, harm reduction for HIV prone communities, and TB both locally and regionally. She received a Master in Public Health (MPH) from Imperial College London in 2012, a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2016, and a Diploma in University Learning and Teaching in 2018.

At Imperial’s School of Public Health her teaching portfolio includes the BSc in Global Health, the Master in Public Health and the Global Master in Public Health (Online). Her area of interest is health policy and systems research, with particular focus on health workforce. Her research and project portfolio includes collaborations with national governments, other academic institutions, NGOs, the World Health Organisation, The World Bank, and Public Health England.