Ph.D., Tropical Health Epidemiology, 1991, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, England.
M.Sc., Community Health in Developing Countries, 1987, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, England.
M.D., 1983, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria.

Child Health Epidemiology
Reproductive Health Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases Epidemiology
Nutritional Epidemiology

Bashour, H. , & Kharouf, M. Community-based study of unintentional injuries among preschool children in Damascus, Syria. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. (In Press).

Bashour, H., Abdulsalam, A., Al-Faisal, W., & Cheikha, S. The patterns and determinants of maternity care in Damascus, Syria. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. (In Press).

Bashour, H., & Abdulsalam, A. (2005). Syrian women’s preferences for birth attendant and birth place. Birth, 32(1), 20-26.

Bashour, H., Hafez, R., & Abdulsalam, A. (2005). Syrian women’s perceptions and experiences of ultrasound screening in pregnancy: Implications for antenatal policy. Reproductive Health Matters, 13(25), 147-154.

Choices and Challenges in Changing Childbirth Research Network. (2005). Routines in facility-based maternity care: Evidence from the Arab World. British Journal of Obstetric and Gynecology, 112(9), 1270–1276.

Bashour, H. (2004). Dietary habits survey of in-school adolescents in Damascus, Syria. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 10, 853-862.

Abdulsalam, A., Bashour, H., Cheikha, S., et al. (2004). Routine care of normal deliveries as applied in Syrian maternity wards. Journal of the Arab Board of Medical Specializations, 6, 134-140.

Bashour, H., & Maamari, F. (2003). Gender differences and tuberculosis in the Syrian Arab Republic: Patients’ attitudes, compliance and outcomes. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 9(4), 757-768.

Abdulsalam, A.A., Bashour, H., Monem, F.S., & Hamadeh, F.M. (2003). Pregnancy outcomes among Palestinian Refugees women with sickle cell trait in Damascus. Saudi Medical Journal, 24(9), 986-990.