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 Health 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, United States Navy 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 and Fellow of the American College of Nutrition.
Affiliations
Teaching
Dr. Aboul-Enein has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in the public health sciences including global health, health communication, nutrition, health education, health promotion, and history in several colleges and universities including Rutgers University, Northeastern University, Purdue University, and Cornell University. At LSHTM, he is a distance learning tutor for graduate courses in the MSc public health programme.
Research
Dr. Aboul-Enein's 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.