Dr. Tamara Al Rawwad
Vice Dean and Head of Social Department
OFFICE: B107
PHONE: +962 6 4294444

Educational Background

Graduate College of Social Work University of Houston Houston, TX Dissertation: “HIV knowledge and testing behaviors among Middle Easterns and North Africans, 18-35, in the U.S” Chair: Luis R. Torres, Ph.D.
Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine School of Medicine, University of Jordan Amman, Jordan Thesis: “Infant Mortality in Jordan, 1980-2004: Trends and Determinants” Chair: Sami Khoury, M.D, Ph.D.
School of Nursing, University of Jordan Amman, Jordan
Experience

Assistant Professor                                                                           September 2024-Present

            German Jordanian University

            School of Applied Humanities and Social Sciences

            Department of Social Work

            Amman, Jordan

Assistant Professor                                                                           July 2021-August 2024

            University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

            School of Social Work

            Edinburg, TX

Program Director                                                                              September 2021-August 2023           

Expansion of Interprofessional Substance Use Disorders

Education

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

School of Social Work

Edinburg, TX

Program Co-Director                                                                       September 2020-2023

Expansion of Interprofessional Substance Use Disorders

Education among Pharmacy and Medical students

(Prac-Ed-SUD-PM)

University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy

Houston, TX

Post-Doctoral Fellow                                                                         January 2019-June 2021

Prescription Drug Misuse Education and Research

(PREMIER) Center

University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy

Houston, TX

Graduate Research Assistant                                                           September 2014-August 2018

            Center for Drug & Social Policy Research

            University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work

            Houston, TX

Teaching and Research Assistant                                                   May 2011-August 2012

Social Work Institute, University of Jordan

Amman, Jordan

Full Time Faculty                                                                              September 2005-May 2011

School of Nursing, University of Jordan

Amman, Jordan

Clinical Nurse                                                                                    July 2003-February 2004

            Al Israa Hospital

            Amman, Jordan