A number of students from the Public Health Department at Qatar University’s (QU) College of Health Sciences presented their research graduation projects. Most of those students will graduate in Spring 2024, which is the ninth cohort of Public Health undergraduate students.

Ms. Aisha Al-Naimi, Ms. Fatma Al-Obaidli, and Ms. Reem Al-Rashdi presented their research project entitled “Sociodemographic Characteristics and Vaping Motives as Potential Correlates of Early Initiation of Vaping,” which was supervised by Dr. Mohammed Al-Hamdani and Ms. Fatima Chokr.

Dr. Al-Hamdani also supervised another project that aimed to assess the differences in social unacceptability perceptions among e-cigarette users in a sample from three Middle Eastern countries which was presented by Ms. Hissa Al-Muraikhi.

The third project supervised by Dr. Mujahed Shraim and Ms. Fatima Chokr, was presented by Ms. Bashaer Alyafei, Ms. Fatma Al-Sulaiti, Ms. Hedfa Al-Marri, and Ms. Khulood Mohamed Ahmed Ali who were interested in investigating the factors mediating the relationship between problematic social networking sites use and depressive symptoms among university students through a cross-sectional study.

The fourth group consisting of Ms. Maryam Al-Sulaiti, Ms. Moudhi Al-Kuwari and Ms. Rahaf Al-Kuwari studied, under the supervision of Dr. Ghadir Al Jayyousi, were interested in exploring the role of health literacy in managing mental health issues and seeking mental health support and services among QU student through a qualitative study.

Dr. Diana Alsayed Hasan and Ms. Lamees Ali supervised the last project on the role of generative AI in mental health interventions, a systematic review (and meta-analysis). The project was presented by Ms. Badour Al-Nabit, Ms. Marwa Alharoon and Ms. Maryam Abuhaliqa.