Jacqueline Doumit is an Assistant Professor of Sciences in the Faculty of Nursing & Health Sciences at Notre Dame University, Lebanon, where she teaches several courses: General Biology I; General Biology II; Human Physiology; Microbiology; Molecular Biology; Early Childhood General Health, Nutrition and Safety; Introduction to Environmental Science; Health Awareness; Basic Human Nutrition; and Food Sanitation and Safety; and supervises seminar senior projects. She established the Department of Sciences at NDU, North Campus and managed and supervised all academic and administrative work related to this Department.

Dr. Doumit research interests fall within elderly epidemiological issues in Lebanon. Currently, she is conducting work at improving the quality of life among Lebanese elderly living in institutions. The research work assesses processes, and resources of institutions and their impact on the overall wellbeing of elderly. She is also working on developing elderly home assessment criteria. Other research interests fall within protein synthesis in vivo, nutrition, and well-being of adults.

Doctorate in Biomedical Engineering, Option: Biochemistry, Université de Saint-Etienne, France, 1996.

D.E.A. in Biomedical Engineering, Université de Saint-Etienne, France, 1994.

Licence in Biology, Lebanese University, Lebanon, 1984.

Refereed Journal Articles

Nasser R., Doumit J. and Carifio J. (2011) Well-being and belief in A Just world Among Rest Home Residents.  Social Behavior and Personality. New Zealand: Society for Personality Research, 39(5) pp. 655-670.

Nasser R. and Doumit J. (2011)  Developing criteria for Elderly nursing Homes: the Case of Lebanon.  International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 24,3. Emerald, Bingley, UK.

Doumit J. and Nasser R. (2009) Elderly Residents in Lebanese Nursing Homes: Quality of Life and Wellbeing. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 23:1. Emerald, Bingley, UK.

Nasser, R., and Doumit, J. (2009) Validity and reliability of the Arabic Version of Activities of Daily Living (ADL). BMC Geriatrics, 9:11. BioMed Central, UK.
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2318/9/11
 
Amoussou-Guenou K.M., Martinsen O.G., Hounkponou M., Doumit J. & Healy J.C. (2004) Basic principles for evaluation of less deformable erythrocyte subpopulations with the microfilter. Scand J Clin Lab Invest. 64, pp.169-174. Informa healthcare, London- UK.

Doumit J., Le J., Frey J., Chamson A. & Perier C. (1999) A comparison of 15N proline and 13C leucine for monitoring protein biosynthesis in the skin. Amino Acids. 16, pp. 107-111, Springer-Verlag, Austria.

Amoussou-Guenou K.M., Doumit J., Zohoun S.I., Rush Ph., Voutay M. & Healy J.C. (1997) Study of the rigid erythrocytes sub-population with the Cell Transit Analyzer (CTA). ITBM. 18(4), pp. 239-248. Elsevier, Paris, France.

Perier C., Doumit J. & Frey J. (1996) An improved scheme of leucine derivative fragmentation in mass spectrometry. Amino Acids.10, pp. 273-276. Springer-Verlag, Austria.

Perier C., Doumit J., Le J. & Frey J. (1996) Interdépendance entre biodisponibilité en proline et renouvellement métabolique du collagène. Nutrition Clinique et Métabolisme.10, pp. 85-89. Elsevier Masson, France.