Ola Omar Shahin, M.D. is a Professor of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University in Egypt. She is a Consultant of Child Psychiatry, the Quality Management Coordinator of Health Care, and the Director of the Psychiatric Addiction Unit. Dr. Shahin received her medical degree at Cairo University, Egypt, and completed her training there before becoming a faculty member of the University.

Dr. Shahin’s research interests include family and childhood psychiatric disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorders, Conduct Disorder, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. She has taught numerous training courses throughout the world (e.g., Intervention of Drug Addiction, adult group therapy and individual psychotherapy therapy as part of Residency training at Cairo University, as well as several courses in quality management at the American University in Cairo School of Business, Economics and Communication.

Dr. Shahin is an active member of many medical and professional associations including the Egyptian Psychiatric Association, the Egyptian Association for Drug and Alcohol Combat, the Egyptian Society of Child Neuropsychiatry, the Association of Friends of the National Cancer Institute, the Love to Care association for Breast Cancer, the African Neuropsychiatric Association, the Arab Network for Autism (ANA), the Egyptian Society of Child Neuropsychiatric Association, and the Egyptian Red Crescent association

She has been an active supervisor as well as an author of numerous scientific articles. Dr. Shahin is the Principal Investigator or Investigator on several international collaborative grants and community service projects, with a primary research focus on mental health in children and families and child neuropsychiatry.

Dr. Shahin’s current activities also involve significant teaching, lecturing and training to undergraduate, graduate and medical students within diverse specialties of Cairo University, including, Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Art, and Pharmacy. Her mentor and advisor roles have led to her students’ participation across the globe in scientific conferences.

Dr. Shahin remains internationally known for her dedication to clinical research and training physicians as part of the National Council of Maternity and Childhood, and she is a dynamic lecturer and presenter in national and international congresses and workshops.

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