Mai Elobeid, Ph.D.

Department of Biostatistics Ryals Public Health Bldg, 307B University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL 35294 Phone: (205) 975-7762 Fax: (205) 975-2540 E-mail: melobeid@ms.soph.uab.edu Full CV

Mai received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the University of Khartoum in Zoology and Environmental Studies respectively. She worked as a lecturer in the Department Zoology at the University of Khartoum, Sudan. She received her second M.Sc. from the A&T State University, Greensboro, NC in Soil and Plant Science, where she was a lecturer for two years. Recently, she received her Ph.D in Environmental Sciences at Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR.

She joined the Statistical Genetics Section at the Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham in summer 2006. Mai is currently working under the supervision of Dr. David Allison in obesity as related to mortality rates and obesity clinical trials.

Acknowledgement and Disclaimer
The trainee's projects are supported by Grant Number T32HL007457 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute or the National Institutes of Health.

Years: 2006 - 2008
Mentor(s): David B Allison PhD
Current Position: Researcher in the "Attracting Outstanding Faculty and Researchers Program" at King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

I am still working on the effect of chemicals on obesity.