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Background

Ihab Tewfik is the Course Leader for BSc Honours Human Nutrition. Besides his biochemistry background, Ihab holds Master and Doctorate in Public Health, Nutrition department, University of Alexandria in addition to PhD from London South Bank University. As Registered Practitioner in Higher Education - UK, Dr Tewfik has 16 years experience teaching Public Health Nutrition and related subjects in a number of academic institutions. Ihab has carried out 11 research projects for UNICEF-UN in aspects of public health nutrition & food safety and has published a number of publications in refereed journals and international conferences. He has worked as international consultant for BC and various Ministries of Health in the Middle East for more than 10 years.

As a Registered Public Health Nutritionist at the Nutrition Society, Ihab has organized several international conferences, workshops, CPD and short training courses on Nutrition related diseases and Public Health. Ihab is actively collaborating with the School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, University of Surrey, the Vaal University of Technology in South Africa, University of Kuwait, Qatar Diabetes Association and University of Cairo Medical School, Egypt on number of programs including; nutrition interventions and dietary diversification targeting vulnerable communities. Ihab is member of the Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) of various renowned international scientific journals; Nutrition Bulletin, at the British Nutrition Foundation, the World Review for Science, Technology and Sustainable Development WRSTSD, the Vaal University of Technology’s scientific journal, South Africa and as Executive Editor for the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health, Inderscience-UK. In 2006, Ihab was designated as fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH).

Research Interests

Ihab’s current research interests are; body fat and its relationship with metabolic syndrome indicators in overweight pre-adolescents and adolescents; food safety and security; nutrition role in public health; technology transfer to developing countries.

Current Research / Ongoing Projects  

• Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among 6 – 13 Year Old Kuwaiti School children: Secular Trends, Risk Factors and their Implications.
• Trace element intakes among primiparous women of high socio-economic status in South-West London and their pregnancy outcomes.
• HACCP in the operation of food retail outlets and food related consumer behaviour
• Effect of Ionising Radiation on the Microflora of Poultry and its Chemical Detection by Using Direct Solvent Extraction
• The Investigation of Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of 2-Alkylcyclobutatones on different human cell lines
• Biomarkers for predicting breast radiotherapy induced side-effect.
• Nutritional intervention in alcoholic liver disease (ALD). The role of micronutrients (folate, vitamin B and betaine) is being investigated to prevent complications of ALD.
• Energy Alterations and Cell Death in Alcoholic Liver Disease.
• The use of skull cap (Scutellaria laterifolia) in the treatment of stress and anxiety.

Selected Publications

Tewfik, I. (2008) Inter-laboratory trial to validate the Direct Solvent Extraction (DSE) method for the identification of 2-dodecylcyclobutanone in irradiated chicken and whole liquid egg. Food Science and Technology International, 14 (3), 277-283.

Tewfik, I. (2008). A rapid direct solvent extraction method for the extraction of cyclobutanones from irradiated chicken and liquid whole egg. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 43, 108–113.

Tewfik, I. (2008) Would it still be possible to identify irradiated lipid-containing foods towards the end of their shelf-life? Food Science and Technology International, 14 (5).

Tewfik, I. (2008) Childhood Obesity Prevention (CHOP) programme: a conceptual framework for nutrition intervention. Int. J. Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health, 1, (1), 16-32.

Musallam, M., Bener, A., Zirie, M., Al-Gaud, Y. K, Al-Hamaq, A. A., Othman, M.A. and Tewfik, I. (2008) Metabolic Syndrome and its components among Qatari population. Int. J. Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health, 1, (1), 88-102.

Bener, A., Hoffmann, G.F., Afify, Z., Rasul, K. and Tewfik I. (2008). Does prolonged breastfeeding reduce the risk for childhood leukemia and lymphomas? Minerva Pediatr. 60(2):155-61

Tewfik, I. (2007). The extraction and identification of cyclobutanones from irradiated cheese employing a rapid direct solvent extraction (DSE) method. International Journal of Food Sciences & Nutrition 3; 1-9.DOI:10.1080/09637480701515450

Everitt, H., Patel, V. B. and Tewfik, I. (2007). Nutrition and alcoholic liver disease. Nutrition Bulletin 32 (2), 138–144.

Hasan, I. and Tewfik, I. (2006). CO₂ photoassimilation, chlorophyll fluorescence, lipid peroxidation and yield in Gossypium hirsutum L. cv Giza 65 in response to O₃. World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development (WRSTSD), Vol. 3, No. 1, 70-79.

Bener, A., Kamal, A., Tewfik, I. and Sabuncuoglu, O. (2006). Prevalence of dieting, overweight, body image satisfaction and associated psychological problems in adolescent boys. Nutrition & Food Science 36 ( 5), 295 – 304.

Conference presentations or/and Other publications

Tewfik I. (2006). Book review for the British Journal of Nutrition, book title: Nutrition and an Active Life: From knowledge to action, by Freire B.W., ISBN 92-75-11612-1, Scientific and Technical Publication No. 612, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) 2005, 247pages.

Book Title: “Science, Technology and Sustainability in the Middle East and North Africa”, (2007)

‘Chapter 8; Competitive Food Safety Program: The Case of Qatar’ and

‘Chapter 11; The Public Health Advocate: Food Irradiation’s offer to Food Security’.

ISBN (Print):0-907776-30-2, ISBN (Online): 0-907776-32-9. Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.,UK.

Awards and Grants

Awards

• The ‘1st International conference on: ‘Global Partnership for Sustainable Development’. Organised by the World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development (WRSTSD). University of East London 21-23 November 2003, United Kingdom. Dr Tewfik was awarded an Appreciation Awards, in recognition of his constructive contribution to WRSTSD as Associate Editor.

• The third ‘International Conference on Globalization, Technology & Sustainable Development’ Sponsored by the World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) at Al-Ain University, 21-23 November 2005 UAE, Dr Tewfik was awarded two ‘Appreciation Awards’:

               -  In recognition of his constructive contribution to the conference as ‘Track Chair’ (Innovative Technology)

               -  In recognition of his constructive contribution as ‘Session Chair’

• Program Chair for the 5^th International Conference of the World Assocation for Sustainable Development Managing Knowledge, Technology and Development in the Era of Information Revolution. Griffith University, Brisbane – Australia 29–31 October 2007.

 

Grants

• 52,000 FSA-Grant (1999-2002): To refine, validate and carry out interlaboratory trials using a new Direct Solvent Extraction (DSE) method for the analysis of cyclobutanones in a range of lipid-containing irradiated foods.

• 62,000 FSA-Grant (2001-2003): Feasibility study to assess development of methodology for the analysis of ammonium phosphatide (E442) in cocoa and Chocolate.

• 20,000 National Cancer Research Institute – UK (2006-2008): Biomarkers for predicting breast radiotherapy induced side-effect.

Research Groups / Key Appointments

• Member of Diagnostics, Assessment and Intervention Research Group