Nezar Ismet Taib

CURRICULUM VITAE OF   Nezar Ismet Taib

                                                        Duhok-Kurdistan region. Iraq.

    Tel: Office (00964)627225478

Home (00964) 7604262

Mobile (00964) 750-4572058

E-Mail: nezar.ismet@duhokhealth.org

                                     nezar.ismet@gmail.com

 

 

PERSONAL DEATAILS

 

Date of birth:  April 20, 1975

Nationality:     Kurdish.

Marital Status: Married.

Children:Four (Three daughters and a son)

ATTRIBUTES

 

• Languages: Kurdish Mother Tongue, fluent in English, Arabic.
• (10) Years of experience in management and leadership.
• Advanced computer skills, with a proficiency in Word/Excel/power point applications.
• Good training skills and workshop facilitating
• Proven ability in planning,
• Ability of motivation and public mobilization
• Good experience in coordination and consultation
• Proven inter-personal skills, reliable and flexible team work, confident, authoritative and independents in work.
• Good skills in information analysis
• Good experience and skills in monitoring and supervision
• Responsive and determined-able to perform under pressure and multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect diversity.
• Good experience in scientific researching and publication

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

2011                            PhD Candidate in Uppsala University, Sweden

2005                            Higher Diploma two years (Master degree), Specialization in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry University of Duhok-Iraq in cooperation with University of Uppsala-Sweden.

 2001                           Diploma in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Family therapy, Umeå University Sweden.

1998                            Bachelor in Medicine and General Surgery (M.B.Ch.B.) college of medicine university of Duhok.

 

TRAINING

 

2002          Training course for stress management, psychological debriefing, working with crises and crises intervention. Given by Atle Dyregrov in Damascus.

2002          Training course for project evaluation by SC-UK Erbil.

2003          Training course about emergency and separated children and contingency preparedness by SC-UK.

2003          Training course “working with children at risk” given by Unicef in Erbil.

2004          Participation in workshop of Rational Drug use by Pharmacies Sans Frontiers CI.

2004          Training by Florence Kaslow on dealing with traumatized children in Istanbul.

2004          Training on working with refugee families given by Karlos Sluzki in Istanbul.

2004          Participating in training course about substance abuse and treatment of drug abusing among children and adolescents in UMATAM hospital in Istanbul, Turkey for two weeks.

2004          Course in Trauma Psychology and child and adolescent psychiatry for mental health professionals of Iraq and Jordan, provided by group of trainers from University of Missouri-Columbia/International Center for Psychosocial trauma.

2005          Participation in TOT course of mentoring program in Amman provided by Questscope for social development in Middle East.

2005          National Workshop on Mental health research Methodology in Amman by WHO.

2005          Participation in workshop of “Prevention of Injury and Violence” in Amman Jordan provided by WHO.

2006          Participating in workshop of CIDI training of trainers in Amman.

2006          Participation in research TOT workshop in Kuwait.

2007          Participation in TOT workshop of data cleansing for mental health survey using CIDI in Amman.

2008          Training course on Logical Framework Approach (LFA) given for one week in Duhok given by Questscope for social development in Middle East and Diakonia the Swedish non profit non governmental organization.

2009          Participation in Children Matter training course “the integration of child Mental Health into Primary Schools” in Baghdad.

2009          Participation in UN Counselor’s Certification training in Cairo.

2009          Participation in Workshop of “Violence against Women” in Erbil.

2010          Training course on Planning and strategic plan for health institute by Questscope in Duhok.

2010          Training course on Child protection strategy by Swedish Save the Children in Duhok.

2010          Computer proficiency course (Operating system, word, excel, power point, creating chart and graphs, internet skills).

2011          Training course on mental health policy, planning and education University of Uppsala in Sweden.

2011          Training course on crisis intervention and stress management by UN Crisis Intervention and Stress management Unit (CISMU) New York.

2012          One week training course “Scientific Research and Methodology” Uppsala University Sweden.

2012          Five weeks training course “Introduction to Scientific Research” Uppsala University Sweden.

 

International activities

 

2003          Participation in first and second Health System Reform conference in Duhok.

2004          Participation in first and second Health System Reform conference in Erbil.

2004          Participation in international family therapy association conference in Istanbul.

2005          Participation in 9^th European Conference on Traumatic Stress (ECOTS), Stockholm

2006          Participating in 2^nd action planning conference of Iraq Mental Health in Cairo.

2008          Participation in First International Conference on: Mental Health Services and Essential Health Care in Post War Iraq: Current and Future Focus in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

2008          Head of organizing conference and workshops on Child Mental Health, Expanding Duhok model into the rest of Iraq.

2008          Participation in first conference on prevention of Female Genital Mutilation in Erbil.

2009          Participation in 4 days International Cooperation for the Strengthening Mental Health System in Low and Middle income Countries in Rimini Italy.

2009          Participation in the WHO World Mental Health Survey Consortium annual meeting in Saratoga Spring in USA.

2009          Participation in 1^st Mesopotamia Health Conference in Diyarbakir.

2010          Participation in 2^nd Mesopotamia Health Conference in Diyarbakir.

2011          Participation in 3^rd Mesopotamia Health Conference in Duhok.

2012          Participation in 4^th Mesopotamia Health Conference in Diyarbakir.

2012          Participation in the WHO World Mental Health Survey Consortium annual meeting in Brussels Belgium.

2013          Participation in 5^th Mesopotamia Health Conference in Sulaimanya.

 

 

CARRER SUMMARY

 

Since January 2012 until now my current job is Director General of Health in Duhok Province. This job authorizes you:

• to approve all strategic plan and projects,
• follow up and supervision of current projects,
• supervision of all preventive health programs,
• supervision of all hospitals and health centers in Duhok,
• human resource management,
• financial management and fund rising,
• conflict and crisis interventions,
• and daily administrative office work.

Previous jobs and responsibilities:

• Manager of Mental Health Center in Duhok, since March 2006 until now. This responsibility had a number of components; administration & financial management, supervision, teaching, treatment, education and reporting. Also working as head of personality study bureau for mental health assessment of delinquent children.
• Working as part time National Mental Health Consultant to WHO Iraq office since December 15, 2008 until now as part time job.

• Lecturer at college of medicine and college of education Duhok University since 2006.
• Certified UN counselor in Iraq since July 2009 till now. This certification awarded by crisis intervention and stress management unit (CISMU) UN head quarter New York.
• Chief of editors for Psychology magazine in Kurdish language since 2006.
• Active participation in health education using different mass media channels (TV, Radio, newspapers etc,).
• Part time consultant to local NGOs in Iraq to develop and assist mental health projects. Some of the recent projects  undertaken are:
  • Crisis intervention in newly librated area in Iraq,
  • Training courses for teachers and psychosocial counselor at primary schools,
  • Life skills education at orphanage and reform schools, promotion of mental health for children living in especially difficult circumstances,
  • Working as facilitators for many workshops regarding, stress management, domestic and gender based violence, conflict management and child protection.
  • Integration of primary and secondary mental health services, women protection against gender based violence,
  • Training of Community Mental Health workers,
  • Capacity building of teachers at special education program,
  • Prevention of substance use at community level etc.
  • Actively involved in many regional mental health planning meetings.

• Working as child and adolescent psychiatrist in psychosocial education treatment and consulting center-Duhok (PSETC-C) August 2005 – March 2006.
• General President of resident doctors in Duhok governorate for the period 2002-2005. This is a managerial work taking care of all the issues related to junior and resident doctors and having the authority to run the hospital after the official working hours.
• Working as psychosocial consultant for the drop-in center for working children, Omed center for the treatment of drug abusers among children and adolescents and consultant for the family care fund program since 2003. Also working as consultant to Civil Right organization 2005 until 2008.
• Working as psychotherapist in PSETC-center from April 2003 till August 2005.
• Working as senior house officer doctor in pediatric brunch at Hivi pediatric hospital for two years, October 2001 to march 2003. At the same time I was the president of resident doctors in Duhok governorate.
• Working as graduation doctor in countryside in Zakho area for one year between the periods from November 2000 to October 2001.
• Working as junior house officer doctor in Azadi Teaching Hospital for two years between the periods from September 1998 to November 2000.

Association with World Health Organization:

During the four years (2007 to 2011), I have been actively involved in the various health and mental health programmes of WHO-Iraq office.

• One of my first involvements was with the development of a research project and the execution of the same as part of the research methodology initiative of WHO-Iraq. It is gratifying to note that the result of the research has been published as a letter to the Editor in The Lancet in 2006 and due to be published in the WHO Regional health Journal.

• The second major involvement was with the Iraq family Health Survey-Mental Health survey. I have been involved as investigator from the Kurdistan region from the planning stage of the survey. I was responsible for the translation of the CIDI to the two Kurdish languages, namely Badini and Surani. This task had to be undertaken within a time bound manner and required me to work in close collaboration with the WHO office and the professionals of Kurdistan. I have richly contributed in the preparation of the preliminary and final Report of the mental health survey.

• The third major contribution has been in developing the Iraqi version of the Life skills education manual. This again is an area of high priority for Iraq, as large proportions of children are traumatized by the ongoing conflict situation. My experience and expertise as a child psychiatrist was a valuable contribution to this effort.

• The fourth contribution was working as mental health medical officer with WHO Iraq office in Amman for the period of June 15 to October 1, 2008.

• Working as temporary advisor to WHO – EMRO in Cairo for the period 18 – 23/10/2008, participating in consultation on Life Skills Education manual development.

Publication:

1. 1. Mental health of Iraqi children, Ali H Razokhi, Issam K Taha,

Nezar Ismat Taib, Sabah Sadik & Naeema Al Gasseer, the lancet:368 September 2006.

2. Srinivasa Murthy R. and Ismet,N.(2008) Mental health impact of war and conflicts on children, In CHILDREN AND WAR, Edited by Siham M. ,Middle East Kids Initiative(MEKI). (Forthcoming)
3. Shireen Sindi, Nezar Ismet and Salwan Shingali (2008) Stop Violence Against Women, The price of silence. Book in Kurdish Language.
4. Salih Hasnawi etal (2009). The prevalence and correlates of DSM-IV disorders in the Iraq Mental Health Survey (IMHS). World Psychiatry. June; 8(2): 97–109.