'{{Infobox person | name = Ayman El-Mohandes | honorific_suffix = MBBCh, MD, MPH, FAAP | image = | birth_place = Guiza, Egypt | citizenship = United States | occupation = | known_for = Maternal and child health in underserved populations; COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy | title = Dean, City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy | spouse = Hala El-Mohandes, Vice President of EXIM Bank USA (retired) | mother = Doha Gohneim, Egypt's first pediatric neurologist | father = Mohamed El-Nabawi El-Mohandes, Minister of Health in Egypt, 1960-68 }} '''Ayman El-Mohandes''' is an American epidemiologist and the dean of the [[CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy]] since 2013. He was the dean of the College of Public Health at the [[University of Nebraska Medical Center]] from 2009 to 2013. He is a pediatrician and specialist in neonatal medicine and infant mortality in minority populations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ayman El-Mohandes |url=https://sph.cuny.edu/about/people/faculty/ayman-el-mohandes/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy |language=en-US}}</ref> El-Mohandes is an expert on vaccine hesitancy and acceptance.<ref>{{Cite news |title=U.S. Pandemic Picture Continues to Improve |url=https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/covid-2021-05-21/card/xLbfg2yf09igvRm66ySf |access-date=2024-04-04 |work=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=West |first=Melanie Grayce |title=New Yorkers Vaccinated Next Week Could Win $5 Million |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-yorkers-vaccinated-next-week-could-win-5-million-11621537463 |access-date=2024-04-04 |work=WSJ |language=en-US}}</ref> == Education == Ayman El-Mohandes received his [[Doctor of Medicine]] from [[Cairo University]] Medical School. He received his [[Master of Public Health]] in epidemiology and biostatistics from [[George Washington University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ayman El-Mohandes |url=https://sph.cuny.edu/about/people/faculty/ayman-el-mohandes/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy |language=en-US}}</ref> == Career == Prior to joining the City University of New York, El-Mohandes was a founding faculty member of the George Washington University (GWU) School of Public Health and Health Services, now known as the [[Milken Institute School of Public Health]], where he served as associate dean for research and later, chair of the Department of Prevention and Community Health.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Milken Institute School of Public Health Holds Sixth Annual 950 Awards Ceremony {{!}} Milken Institute School of Public Health {{!}} The George Washington University |url=https://publichealth.gwu.edu/milken-institute-school-public-health-holds-sixth-annual-950-awards-ceremony |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Milken Institute School of Public Health |language=en}}</ref> He completed his training in pediatrics and neonatal medicine at DC [[Children's National Hospital]], and was board certified in pediatric and neonatal medicine in 1985. He was an attending neonatologist and professor of pediatrics at George Washington. El-Mohandes went on to serve as the inaugural dean of the [[University of Nebraska Medical Center|University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Tom |date=2013-05-31 |title=UNMC College of Public Health dean accepts New York position |url=https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/2013/05/31/unmc-college-of-public-health-dean-accepts-new-york-position/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Newsroom |language=en}}</ref> His primary research addressed maternal and child health, particularly in underserved communities.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=El-Mohandes |first1=Ayman A. E. |last2=Kiely |first2=Michele |last3=Gantz |first3=Marie G. |last4=El-Khorazaty |first4=M. Nabil |date=2010-01-16 |title=Very Preterm Birth is Reduced in Women Receiving an Integrated Behavioral Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-009-0557-z |journal=Maternal and Child Health Journal |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=19–28 |doi=10.1007/s10995-009-0557-z |pmid=20082130 |pmc=2988881 |issn=1092-7875}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kiely |first1=Michele |last2=El-Mohandes |first2=Ayman A. E. |last3=Gantz |first3=Marie G. |last4=Chowdhury |first4=Dhuly |last5=Thornberry |first5=Jutta S. |last6=El-Khorazaty |first6=M. Nabil |date=2011-07-22 |title=Understanding the Association of Biomedical, Psychosocial and Behavioral Risks with Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Among African-Americans in Washington, DC |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-011-0856-z |journal=Maternal and Child Health Journal |volume=15 |issue=S1 |pages=85–95 |doi=10.1007/s10995-011-0856-z |pmid=21785892 |pmc=3220795 |issn=1092-7875}}</ref> From 1999-2003, El-Mohandes served as principal investigator of the [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development|National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)]] Initiative to Reduce Infant Mortality in Minority Populations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RePORT ⟩ RePORTER |url=https://reporter.nih.gov/search/TcECHpj2sUi8VBbv3jFhOg/projects |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=reporter.nih.gov}}</ref> He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP), an elected Member of the American Society of Pediatrics (MASP), and a board member of the CUNY Research Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deans and Senior Leadership |url=https://sph.cuny.edu/about/people/deans-and-senior-leadership/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy |language=en-US}}</ref> Since 2020, El-Mohandes has focused his research interest on the population health impact of the COVID-19 epidemic and vaccine hesitancy worldwide. His work in this domain has appeared in [[Nature (journal)|''Nature'']], ''[[The Lancet]]'', and the ''[[American Journal of Public Health]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lazarus |first1=Jeffrey V. |last2=Wyka |first2=Katarzyna |last3=White |first3=Trenton M. |last4=Picchio |first4=Camila A. |last5=Rabin |first5=Kenneth |last6=Ratzan |first6=Scott C. |last7=Parsons Leigh |first7=Jeanna |last8=Hu |first8=Jia |last9=El-Mohandes |first9=Ayman |date=2022-07-01 |title=Revisiting COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy around the world using data from 23 countries in 2021 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31441-x |journal=Nature Communications |volume=13 |issue=1 |page=3801 |doi=10.1038/s41467-022-31441-x |pmid=35778396 |pmc=9247969 |bibcode=2022NatCo..13.3801L |issn=2041-1723}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Gostin |first1=Lawrence O |last2=Hodge |first2=James G |last3=Bloom |first3=Barry R |last4=El-Mohandes |first4=Ayman |last5=Fielding |first5=Jonathan |last6=Hotez |first6=Peter |last7=Kurth |first7=Ann |last8=Larson |first8=Heidi J |last9=Orenstein |first9=Walter A |last10=Rabin |first10=Kenneth |last11=Ratzan |first11=Scott C |last12=Salmon |first12=Daniel |date=January 2020 |title=The public health crisis of underimmunisation: a global plan of action |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(19)30558-4 |journal=The Lancet Infectious Diseases |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=e11–e16 |doi=10.1016/s1473-3099(19)30558-4 |pmid=31706795 |s2cid=207965601 |issn=1473-3099}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=El-Mohandes |first1=Ayman |last2=Ratzan |first2=Scott C. |last3=Rauh |first3=Lauren |last4=Ngo |first4=Victoria |last5=Rabin |first5=Kenneth |last6=Kimball |first6=Spencer |last7=Aaron |first7=Barbara |last8=Freudenberg |first8=Nicholas |date=November 2020 |title=COVID-19: A Barometer for Social Justice in New York City |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2020.305939 |journal=American Journal of Public Health |volume=110 |issue=11 |pages=1656–1658 |doi=10.2105/ajph.2020.305939 |pmid=32910679 |pmc=7542288 |issn=0090-0036}}</ref> El-Mohandes is regularly consulted on this subject in the media.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1989-09-26 |title=CBS News/New York Times Second Presidential Debate Panel Survey, October 1988 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/icpsr09147.v2 |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=ICPSR Data Holdings|doi=10.3886/icpsr09147.v2 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Raphson |first1=Leon |last2=Lipsitch |first2=Marc |date=2024-01-29 |title=Estimated excess deaths due to COVID-19 among the urban population of Mainland China, December 2022 to January 2023 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ede.0000000000001723 |journal=Epidemiology |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=372–376 |doi=10.1097/ede.0000000000001723 |pmid=38300113 |pmc=11023797 |pmc-embargo-date=May 1, 2025 |s2cid=267363228 |issn=1044-3983}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Back Matter |date=2022-01-25 |work=A People's Guide to New York City |pages=376 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2j6xfj4.15 |access-date=2024-03-12 |publisher=University of California Press|doi=10.2307/j.ctv2j6xfj4.15 }}</ref> He is the co-lead of the New York City Pandemic Response Institute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://pandemicresponse.columbia.edu/who-we-are/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=NYC Pandemic Response Institute |language=en-US}}</ref> During 2022-2023, Ayman El-Mohandes was the chair of the Board of Directors for the Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health (ASPPH).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Porter |first=Rachel |date=2022-04-07 |title=ASPPH Announces the 2022-2023 Board of Directors Officers |url=https://aspph.org/aspph-announces-the-2022-2023-board-of-directors-officers/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) |language=en-US}}</ref> Ayman El-Mohandes is co-chair of the governing board at the [https://pandemicresponse.columbia.edu/ Pandemic Response Institute] along with co-chair [[Wafaa El-Sadr]], founder and director of ICAP at Columbia University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://pandemicresponse.columbia.edu/who-we-are/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=NYC Pandemic Response Institute |language=en-US}}</ref> El-Mohandes regularly appeared on media outlets for his expertise on COVID resurgence during the COVID pandemic<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bashar |date=2023-08-16 |title=Watch: PRI Co-Lead Dean Ayman El-Mohandes Discusses the Recent COVID-19 Resurgence in NYC on NY1 |url=https://pandemicresponse.columbia.edu/watch-pri-co-lead-dean-ayman-el-mohandes-discusses-the-recent-covid-19-resurgence-in-nyc-on-ny1/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=NYC Pandemic Response Institute |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-10-17 |title=The pandemic is not over: We ignore it at our own risk |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/3692549-the-pandemic-hasnt-ended-the-us-is-ignoring-the-rest-of-the-world/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref> and vaccine hesitancy.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lazarus |first1=Jeffrey V. |last2=Wyka |first2=Katarzyna |last3=White |first3=Trenton M. |last4=Picchio |first4=Camila A. |last5=Rabin |first5=Kenneth |last6=Ratzan |first6=Scott C. |last7=Parsons Leigh |first7=Jeanna |last8=Hu |first8=Jia |last9=El-Mohandes |first9=Ayman |date=2022-07-01 |title=Revisiting COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy around the world using data from 23 countries in 2021 |journal=Nature Communications |language=en |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=3801 |doi=10.1038/s41467-022-31441-x |pmid=35778396 |pmc=9247969 |bibcode=2022NatCo..13.3801L |issn=2041-1723}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lazarus |first1=Jeffrey V. |last2=Ratzan |first2=Scott C. |last3=Palayew |first3=Adam |last4=Gostin |first4=Lawrence O. |last5=Larson |first5=Heidi J. |last6=Rabin |first6=Kenneth |last7=Kimball |first7=Spencer |last8=El-Mohandes |first8=Ayman |date=2021-02-01 |title=A global survey of potential acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine |journal=Nature Medicine |language=en |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=225–228 |doi=10.1038/s41591-020-1124-9 |pmid=33082575 |pmc=7573523 |issn=1546-170X}}</ref> In January 2024, Ayman El-Mohandes gave testimony before the Health, Finance, and Ways and Means Committees of the New York State Assembly on the executive budget proposal for health and Medicaid.<ref>{{Cite web |last=El-Mohandes |first=Ayman |title=Written Testimony from Dean Ayman El-Mohandes, MBBCh, MD, MPH, City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy |url=https://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/publichearing/001399/004926.pdf |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=NY State Assembly}}</ref> In 2022, Ayman El-Mohandes co-authored a seminal article in [[Nature (journal)|Nature]] that brought together 386 experts from academia, governments, and NGOs. Experts represented 112 countries. Using the [[Delphi method]], the study proposed 57 recommendations for ending the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID pandemic]] and addressed inadequacies of the global response to the pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A global consensus on how to end COVID-19 as a public health threat |url=https://sph.cuny.edu/life-at-sph/news/2022/11/03/nature-consensus/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lazarus |first1=Jeffrey V. |last2=Romero |first2=Diana |last3=Kopka |first3=Christopher J. |last4=Karim |first4=Salim Abdool |last5=Abu-Raddad |first5=Laith J. |last6=Almeida |first6=Gisele |last7=Baptista-Leite |first7=Ricardo |last8=Barocas |first8=Joshua A. |last9=Barreto |first9=Mauricio L. |last10=Bar-Yam |first10=Yaneer |last11=Bassat |first11=Quique |last12=Batista |first12=Carolina |last13=Bazilian |first13=Morgan |last14=Chiou |first14=Shu-Ti |last15=del Rio |first15=Carlos |date=2022-11-01 |title=A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=611 |issue=7935 |pages=332–345 |doi=10.1038/s41586-022-05398-2 |pmid=36329272 |pmc=9646517 |bibcode=2022Natur.611..332L |issn=1476-4687}}</ref> In 2021, Ayman El-Mohandes moderated a discussion on corporate impact on human and planetary health C-SPAN2's Book TV. The program featured book author and [[CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy]] distinguished professor [[Nicholas Freudenberg]], food policy expert and professor emerita [[Marion Nestle]] and former New York City Health Commissioner [[Mary T. Bassett]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=[At What Cost] {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?509343-1/at-cost |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=www.c-span.org}}</ref> == Awards and Honors == Ayman El-Mohandes was the recipient of the [[Milken Institute School of Public Health]] 950 Award in 2022.<ref name="auto"/> He was the recipient of the APHA Executive Director Citation in 2017 for “extraordinary leadership and innovation in strengthening the Association’s membership and development efforts."<ref>{{Cite web |title=AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION HONORS DEAN OF CUNY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH WITH PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION |url=https://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2017/09/27/american-public-health-association-honors-dean-of-cuny-graduate-school-of-public-health-with-prestigious-award-for-distinguished-service-leadership-and-innovation/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=CUNY Newswire |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=APHA Executive Director's Citation |url=https://www.apha.org/about-apha/apha-awards/executive-director-citation#:~:text=The%20APHA%20Executive%20Director's%20Citation,distinguished%20service%20to%20the%20Association. |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=www.apha.org}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://pandemicresponse.columbia.edu/ New York Pandemic Response Institute] - official page [[Category:American epidemiologists]] [[Category:American university and college faculty deans]] [[Category:Cairo University alumni]] [[Category:George Washington University alumni]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Living people]]'