Bassam Abu Hamad
GAGE Associate Director - MENA
Al Quds University, Professor, Faculty of Public Health
Contact:
E-mail: babuhamad@staff.alquds.edu
Bassam Abu Hamad is the General Coordinator and Professor in the School of Public Health at Al-Quds University and currently serves as Regional Director for the MENA region for the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) research programme. A public health and education management specialist with more than 40 years of experience, he has worked across academia, government, NGOs and INGOs on public health systems, social policy and humanitarian interventions. His expertise includes research design, monitoring and evaluation, health economics, health information systems, maternal and child health, nutrition and human resource management in health. He has led major strategic planning and institutional development initiatives across Palestine and the region, with extensive experience in adolescent and youth research through GAGE.
- Public health systems and health sector development: Over 40 years of experience in public health, health systems strengthening, health policy, health economics, quality improvement, health information systems, and human resources management, with leadership in strategic planning and institutional development across government, academic, and humanitarian sectors.
- Research, monitoring, evaluation and social policy: Extensive expertise in designing and leading mixed-methods, longitudinal, and participatory research; monitoring and evaluation; and evidence generation on health, education, social protection, humanitarian interventions, and development programmes in Palestine and the wider MENA region.
- Adolescent well-being, humanitarian health and gender: Internationally recognised for research on adolescent health and well-being, mental health and psychosocial support, gender norms, child marriage, social protection, and health equity in conflict-affected and humanitarian settings, including leadership of the MENA component of the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme.