Dr. Najwa Khuri-Bulos is Emeritus Professor and Founding Director of Infectious Disease and Vaccine Center at the University of Jordan since 2015. She earned a B.Sc. degree and M.D. from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Dr. Khuri-Bulos holds the American Board of Pediatrics, and the subspecialty Sub Board of Pediatric Infectious Disease, and the Certification Board of Infection Control. Dr. Khuri-Bulos served as a founding member of the Department of Pediatrics and was instrumental in laying the foundation for postgraduate training in pediatrics at the university and later in her capacity as chairman of the pediatric team of the Jordan Medical Institute, where she also served as Chairwoman of the Jordan Board Committee in Pediatrics. In addition to that, throughout her career, Khuri-Bulos held several academic and administrative positions at University of Jordan and other institutions, including Chairwoman of the Department of Pediatrics, Founding Head Division of Infectious Disease, Chairwoman of the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at King Hussein Cancer Center, Founding Chairwoman of the Infection Control Unit at the Jordan University Hospital, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Dean of Research at University of Jordan. Dr. Khuri-Bulos is a highly published scholar with more than 60 articles in peer reviewed journals and publications. She has also participated in numerous scientific conferences and meetings in the Arab world and abroad.
