Dr. Basil Aboul-Enein, MSc., MPH., MA., EdD., FRSPH

Dr. Aboul-Enein attended the University of Central Arkansas receiving his Bachelor of Science in Human Ecology. He earned his dual Master degrees in Nutrition Education and Public Health from Texas Woman’s University and University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas. He also holds a Master of Arts in Historical Studies from Norwich University Military College of Vermont. He received his Doctorate in Education from A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, Kirksville, Missouri. Prior to commissioning as a Captain in the United States Air Force Biomedical Science Corps where he served as chief of medical intelligence and preventive medicine, he worked in several institutions and medical facilities including Baylor College of Medicine, the USDA WIC nutrition program for the city of Houston, Texas, and the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (UK).

Dr. Aboul-Enein has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in public health, nutrition, health education, health promotion, and history in several colleges and universities including the University of South Dakota, Northeastern University, and the University of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Dr. Aboul-Enein has published over 40 articles in several peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of Public Health Policy, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Journal of Medical Biography, and the Journal of Religion & Health. His research interests include cultural competency and diversity in health education practices, public health nutrition, global health, international health (North Africa/Near East emphasis), social justice in public health, medical humanities, public health historiography, and history of preventive medicine.