INTERVIEW
Dr. Sohaila Cheema
Assistant Dean for the Institute for Population Health Associate Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences
“In the IPH, we believe all current and future health professionals must be trained so that they can incorporate lifestyle medicine in their medical practice."
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he Institute for Population Health (IPH) at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) helps to build a healthier community in Qatar through a wide and diverse range of programs, initiatives and activities grouped under the broad themes of education, research, and community outreach. "Hospitals" Magazine spoke with Dr. Sohaila Cheema, Assistant Dean for the Institute for Population Health and Associate Professor of Clinical Population Health Sciences at WCM-Q, to find out more about the work of the IPH, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary of promoting population health. Dr. Cheema, a medical doctor by training, completed a fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona. She received her Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is certified in public health by the National Board of Public Health Examiners, USA. Additionally, she is a diplomate of the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Cheema’s research interests include integrative medicine, lifestyle health, population health and emerging aspects of healthcare.
There is a lot of discussion about lifestyles and their role in several chronic diseases like diabetes, obesity, cancer, heart disease and other serious conditions. But life expectancy is increasing in most parts of the world. Can you explain what is happening? First, let’s review the context of today’s world and the way modernity and its trappings impact health. The good news is that we
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