Samar Helou, PhD
Interdisciplinary researcher, data analyst, and educator with 8 years of experience conducting qualitative and quantitative research.
Highly skilled at designing experiments and research studies, collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, and visualizing, reporting, and communicating research results.
Experience
Oct 2019 - Jan 2023 | Assistant Professor
Global Center for Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Japan
Apr 2018 - Jan 2023 | Lecturer
The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics, Kyoto, Japan
Dec 2016 - Apr 2018 | Research Assistant
Collaborative Graduate Program in Design, Kyoto University, Japan
Jan 2011 - Apr 2014 | EMR System Developer
Freelance developer of customized EMR systems for physicians practicing in Lebanon.
Education
Oct 2016 - Aug 2019 | Ph.D. in Informatics
Graduate School of Informatics, Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
Oct 2016 - Aug 2019 | Collaborative Graduate Program in Design
Design School, Kyoto University, Japan
Oct 2014 - Aug 2016 | M.Sc. in Informatics
Graduate School of Informatics, Department of Social Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan
Sep 2008 - Jul 2013 | Diplome D'ingenieur in Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon
Research Grants
2020 - JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early Career Research
(3.500.000 JPY)
Automatic Classification of Doctor-Patient-Computer Interactions
2019 - The Design Innovation Consortium Research Grant
(500.000 JPY)
Methods for Redesigning Complex Socio-Technical Systems
2018 - Collaborative Graduate Program in Design Research Grant
(500.000 JPY)
Redesign of Electronic Medical Record Systems
2017 - The NEC C&C Foundation Research Grant
(150.000 JPY)
Graph Databases for openEHR Clinical Repositories
Awards and Scholarships
2019 - Best Paper Award - Third Place
17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO19
2016 - Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship
Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2013 - Fulbright Scholarship Nominee
United States Department of State
2013 - Monbukagakusho (MEXT) Scholarship
Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2012 - Excellence Prize
Faculty of Engineering, Saint Joseph University, Lebanon
2008 - Scholarship for Excellence
The Philippe Jabre Foundation, Lebanon