Partners Information

Country: Palestine

Department: AL-Quds University

The Palestinian Food Composition Online Databank was established in 2017. This online nutrition information system included a comprehensive database of Palestinaian food recipes. The system has 6800 recipes and 15 thousand food items classified according to food groups and analyzed up to 80 nutrient intakes. The food recipes were developed based on a continuous 24-hour recall national surveys that cover the majority of the Palestinian food consumption. The data were analysed experimentally and analytically using the university labs and the USDA database and Nutribase software.
Al-Quds University food databank team includes researchers, nutritionists, and programmers. This system was designed with the expectations to benefit different groups. Researchers, students, and policy makers will benefit from this system as it will guide them to further develop nutrition research and provide evidence-based policies. Particularly in areas of public health and food security where modules that serve both purposes are in progress.

Dr.Radwan Qasrawi

The director of the management board and country representative of Palestine's FCT

An expert in information and communication technologies. His research combines computer engineering, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and biomedical engineering to study and develop advanced and hi-tech solutions in the fields of health and medicine at the national and global levels. He is the founder of The Palestinian Food Composition Online Databank was in 2017. The platform provides information on Palestinian food composition and intake. Furthermore, The Palestinian Food Composition Online Databank provides nutrition management and prevention for the public, schoolchildren and healthcare system. He has more than 60 published peer review articles in scientific journals and produced several technological solutions for national health-related problems such as diabetes, cancer and chronic kidney diseases

Dr. Diala Abu Al-Halawa

Diala Abu Al-Halawa is an MD graduate from the Faculty of Medicine at Al-Quds University. She joined the biomedical and technology research group five years ago. She is working as a young researcher on the artificial intelligent nutrition and health related problems prevention and management project, and on cancer detection and treatment planning research projects. Dr. Abu Al-Halawa has published several articles in peer review journals.

Sahar Edekadek

Nutrition graduate from University of Jordan and Al Quds University (MA&MPH). Works in Nutrition and Health Research Institute-Al Quds University as a researcher, field worker, data entry, coordinator, and supervisor in many surveys related to nutritional assessment of Palestinians in (WB & Gaza), mainly the 1st Palestinian National Health and Nutrition Survey. She has a good experience in using different dietary intake methods for analysis of food data.

Dr.Reema Tayyem

Professor Reema Tayyem obtained her BSc in Biochemistry and MSc and Ph.D. in Human Nutrition. She served as Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics Department chair and assistant dean at Hashemite University for about 8 years. She joined the Department in 2001 and moved to the Nutrition and Food Technology Dept. at the University of Jordan in 2016. Recently (2021), Prof Tayyem joined the Department of Human Nutrition at Qatar University. Prof. Tayyem got UNESCO-L'Oreal Fellowship for Young Women in Life Sciences in –2005. She performed her postdoc study at UCSD Cancer Center/the University of California. Her main research interest is nutrition and dietary patterns associated with chronic diseases including cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases.Prof. Tayyem is now the Editor in Chief for the Pakistan Journal of Nutrition and The President of the Jordanian Dietetics Association.

Malak Sharif

Malak is experienced in several aspects of software development, including object-oriented technologies, user-interface design, web and mobile technology, and software development process. Malak is responsible for the EMFID plantform and manages the virtual.

Maisa Shaik Ibrahim

Maisa studied Nutrition and Dietetics at Birzeit University and is an employee at al-Quds Nutrition and Health Research Institute (ANAHRI). She is working to develop a nutrition database and food system that would improve the health and nutritional status in Palestine.

Raghda Amro

Raghda Amro studied Public Health and Nutrition from Al-Quds university. She is interested in the fields of nutrition, mental health and public health. She is working to develop a nutrition database and food system that would improve the health and nutritional status in Palestine

Mohammed Abu Ayyash

Abu Ayyash is a senior software engineer with 10 years in analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of web-based and cloud systems. Experienced with software engineering development cycle for dynamic software projects development. Abu Ayyash is responsible for the EMFID platform and manages the virtual.