Doris Jaalouk is currently an Associate Professor and chairperson of the Department of Nursing & Health Sciences at the Faculty of Nursing & Health Sciences at NDU. Her areas of research interest include mental health, child health and development, non-communicable chronic diseases particularly cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Jaalouk first joined the Department of Sciences at the Faculty of Natural & Applied Sciences, in view of her doctoral studies in cell biology. She taught multiple undergraduate biology courses for majors including cell biology and human physiology, besides her appointment as chairperson of the department during 2001-2004.

MPH. Health Education and Behavior, American University of Beirut, 2009

Ph.D. Cell Biology, Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, 1997

M.Sc. Physiology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1993

B.Sc. Biology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1991

Refereed Journal Articles

Jaalouk, D., Okasha, A., Salamoun, M., & Karam, E. (2012) Mental health research in the Arab world. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology.

Bkaily G., Jaalouk D., Sader S., Shbaklo H., Pothier P., Jacques D., D’Orleans-Juste P., Cragoe Jr. E., and Ratna B. (1998) Taurine indirectly increases [Ca]i by inducing Ca2+ influx through the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Vol. 188, pp. 187-197.

Bkaily G., Naik R., Jaalouk D., Jacques D., Economos D., D’Orleans-Juste P., and Pierre Pothier. (1998) Endothelin-1 and insulin activate the steady- state voltage dependent R-type Ca2+ channel in aortic smooth muscle cells via a pertussis toxin and cholera toxin sensitive G-protein. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Vol. 183, pp. 39-47.

Bkaily G., Pothier P., D’Orleans-Juste P., Simaan M., Jacques D., Jaalouk D., Belzile F., Hassan G., Boutin C., Haddad G., and Neugebauer, W. (1997) The use of confocal microscopy in the investigation of cell structure and function in the heart, vascular endothelium and smooth muscle cells. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Vol. 172, pp. 171-194.

Bkaily G., Jaalouk D., Haddad G., Gros-Louis N., Simaan M., Naik R., and Pierre Pothier. (1997). Modulation of cytosolic and nuclear Ca2+ and Na+ transport by taurine in heart cells. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Vol. 170, pp. 1-8.

Bkaily G., Jaalouk D., Jacques D., Economos D., Hassan G., Simaan M., Regoli D., and Pierre P.(1997) Bradykinin activates R-, T-, and L-type Ca2+ channels and induces a sustained increase of nuclear Ca2+ in aortic vascular smooth muscle cells. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, Vol. 75, pp. 652-660.

Bkaily G., Haddad G., Jaalouk D., Gros-Louis N., Taoudi Benchekroun M., Naik R., Pothier P., D’Orleans-Juste P., Bui M., Wang S., and Nicholas Sperelakis. (1996) Modulation of Ca2+ and Na+ transport by taurine in heart and vascular smooth muscle. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 403, pp. 263-273.

Bkaily G., Gros-Louis N., Naik R., Jaalouk D., and Pierre P. (1996) Implication of the nucleus in excitation contraction coupling of heart cells. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Vol. 154, pp. 113-121.

Chapter(s) in Book

Karam, E., Salamoun, M., Jaalouk, D., Shabb, O., & Moussaoui, D. (2012) An Overview of Mental Disorders. In S. Jabbour, R. Giacaman, M. Khawaja, I. Nuwayhid, & R. Yamout (Eds.), Public Health in the Arab World. New York: Cambridge University Press, pp. 178-190.