Cheema, Sohaila Omer

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Epidemiology of sleep disturbances among medical students in the Middle East and North Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of global health. 2025 Review GET IT
The epidemiology of unintentional falls among older people in the Middle East and North Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of global health. 2025 Review GET IT
Times cited: 1
A Bold Vision for a Healthier World: Lifestyle-First Medicine. American journal of lifestyle medicine. 2024 Editorial Article GET IT
COVID-19 lockdown and lifestyles: A narrative review. F1000Research. 2024 Review GET IT
Times cited: 10
Rethinking bottled water in public health discourse. BMJ global health. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
HPV infection and vaccination: a cross-sectional study of knowledge, perception, and attitude to vaccine uptake among university students in Qatar. BMC public health. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Sleep disorders and associated factors among medical students in the Middle East and North Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific reports. 2024 Review GET IT
Times cited: 7
Setting research priorities for global pandemic preparedness: An international consensus and comparison with ChatGPT's output. Journal of global health. 2024 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 6
Burnout increased among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific reports. 2024 Review GET IT
Times cited: 13
An ecological study of the burden of road traffic crashes in the Middle East and North Africa. Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Ecological study of breast cancer incidence among nationals and nonnationals in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 5
Reply to the letter to the editor on "factors associated with perceived stress in Middle Eastern university students". Journal of American college health : J of ACH. 2023 Academic Article GET IT
Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the proportion of physically active children and adults worldwide: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in public health. 2022 Review GET IT
Times cited: 10
Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke in Qatar: results from a population-based study. Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 2
Assessment of Overweight, Obesity, Central Obesity, and Type 2 Diabetes among Adolescents in Qatar: A Cross-Sectional Study. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 5
The Value of Case Reports for Graduate Medical Education. 2022 GET IT
Times cited: 2
Maternal mortality in the Middle East and North Africa region - how could countries move towards obstetric transition stage 5?. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 3
Waterpipe smoking: Results from a population-based study in Qatar. Tobacco induced diseases. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 1
Physical Activity and Its Barriers and Facilitators among University Students in Qatar: A Cross-Sectional Study. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 21
The association between tobacco use and COVID-19 in Qatar. Preventive medicine reports. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
An in-depth analysis of 10 epidemiological terminologies used in the context of COVID-19. Scandinavian journal of public health. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 2
Research priorities to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries. Journal of global health. 2022 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 20
Dietary patterns and associated lifestyle factors among university students in Qatar. Journal of American college health : J of ACH. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 1
Telemental Health Use in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Scoping Review and Evidence Gap Mapping. Frontiers in psychiatry. 2021 Article GET IT
Times cited: 47
Physician burnout in the Eastern Mediterranean region: influence of gender and related factors - Systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of global health. 2021 Review GET IT
Times cited: 18
Scoring Lifestyle Medicine Goals With FIFA 2022-An Opportunity to Strike Big!. American journal of lifestyle medicine. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 3
Depression among healthcare workers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Human resources for health. 2021 Review GET IT
Times cited: 32
The COVID-19 and lifestyle nexus: settling the debate. Global health promotion. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 5
Knowledge and Anxiety about COVID-19 in the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa Region-A Cross Sectional Study. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 5
The Impact of COVID-19 School Closure on Child and Adolescent Health: A Rapid Systematic Review. Children (Basel, Switzerland). 2021 Review GET IT
Times cited: 206
Perceived stress, stressors, and coping strategies among nursing students in the Middle East and North Africa: an overview of systematic reviews. Systematic reviews. 2021 Review GET IT
Times cited: 57
The single most important lesson from COVID-19 - It is time to take public health seriously. Journal of global health. 2021 Review GET IT
Epidemiology of tobacco use in Qatar: Prevalence and its associated factors. PloS one. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 31
Factors associated with perceived stress in Middle Eastern university students. Journal of American college health : J of ACH. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 12
Barriers and Facilitators Associated with Physical Activity in the Middle East and North Africa Region: A Systematic Overview. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2021 Review GET IT
Times cited: 55
The state of population health research performance in the Middle East and North Africa: a meta-research study. Systematic reviews. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 11
Influence of Age on 2040 Cancer Burden in the Older Population of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: Public Health Implications. Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center. 2021 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 10
Reply to a comment on meta-analysis on facemask use in community settings. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2020 Letter GET IT
Times cited: 1
Respiratory epidemics and older people. Age and ageing. 2020 Review GET IT
Times cited: 6
Facemask use in community settings to prevent respiratory infection transmission: A rapid review and meta-analysis. International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2020 Review GET IT
Times cited: 51
The COVID-19 pandemic: the public health reality. Epidemiology and infection. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 11
Perinatal Mental Illness in the Middle East and North Africa Region-A Systematic Overview. International journal of environmental research and public health. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 14
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in the Middle East and North Africa: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Scientific reports. 2020 Review GET IT
Times cited: 80
Strengthening literature search strategies for systematic reviews reporting population health in the Middle East and North Africa: A meta-research study. Journal of evidence-based medicine. 2020 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 13
Older people and epidemics: a call for empathy. Age and ageing. 2020 Comment GET IT
Times cited: 20
Capacity building in health care professions within the Gulf cooperation council countries: paving the way forward. BMC medical education. 2019 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 30
Triptolide Decreases Cell Proliferation and Induces Cell Death in Triple Negative MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells. Biomolecules. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 34
Adult mortality trends in Qatar, 1989-2015: National population versus migrants. PloS one. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 14
The "Yin and Yang" of Natural Compounds in Anticancer Therapy of Triple-Negative Breast Cancers. Cancers. 2018 Information Resource GET IT
Systematic overview of hepatitis C infection in the Middle East and North Africa. World journal of gastroenterology. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 36
Risk Factors for Microvascular Complications of Diabetes in a High-Risk Middle East Population. Journal of diabetes research. 2018 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 41
Knowledge and perceptions about Zika virus in a Middle East country. BMC infectious diseases. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 26
Migrants, healthy worker effect, and mortality trends in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. PloS one. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 25
Oral health behavior and factors associated with poor oral status in Qatar: results from a national health survey. Journal of public health dentistry. 2017 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 12
Prevalence and determinants of metabolic syndrome in Qatar: results from a National Health Survey. BMJ open. 2016 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 52
Migrant mortality in Qatar. Injury. 2015 Letter GET IT
Times cited: 1
Seat belt and mobile phone use among vehicle drivers in the city of Doha, Qatar: an observational study. BMC public health. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 25
Author response. Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit. 2015 Letter GET IT
Times cited: 1
Obesity susceptibility loci in Qataris, a highly consanguineous Arabian population. Journal of translational medicine. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 20
Herbal and nutritional supplement use among college students in Qatar. Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit. 2015 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 13
Use of complementary and alternative medicine among midlife Arab women living in Qatar. Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 20
Adolescent prediabetes in a high-risk Middle East country: a cross-sectional study. JRSM open. 2014 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 15
Impact of migrant workers on the Human Development Index. Perspectives in public health. 2013 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 3
Metals and disease: a global primary health care perspective. Journal of toxicology. 2011 Academic Article GET IT
Times cited: 73

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M.B.,B.S., Dow Medical College (Pakistan) 96
M.P.H., The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health 2013

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soc2005@qatar-med.cornell.edu

VIVO Weill Cornell Medical College

Sohaila Omer Cheema Associate Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences

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