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Abdallah S. Daar

Abdallah S. Daar

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
50
Citations
13429
World Ranking
2711
National Ranking
153

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Abdallah S. Daar is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and has made contributions primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research spans several subfields including Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions, Periodontics, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Dental Health and Care Utilization
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Biotechnology and Related Fields
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Delphi Technique in Research

Abdallah S. Daar has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including:

  • Fabio Salamanca-Buentello
  • Andrew Macnab
  • Habib Benzian
  • Sudeshni Naidoo
  • Mary V. Seeman

The scientist has published articles in various journals and venues such as:

  • The Lancet Public Health
  • Nature Nanotechnology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics

Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Nanotechnology, equity and global health," 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • "Redefining the non-communicable disease framework to a 6 × 6 approach: incorporating oral diseases and sugars," 2023, The Lancet Public Health
  • "The ethical, social, and cultural dimensions of screening for mental health in children and adolescents of the developing world," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Regarding Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Vaccination Status Among Nursing Staff at Shaafi Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia," 2025, Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics

Throughout their career, Abdallah S. Daar has received recognition such as being named a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2007 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2006 in the Academy of Social Sciences category.

Best Publications

  • Grand challenges in global mental health

    Pamela Y. Collins;Vikram Patel;Vikram Patel;Sarah S. Joestl;Dana March;Dana March

  • Grand challenges in chronic non-communicable diseases

    Abdallah S. Daar;Peter A. Singer;Deepa Leah Persad;Stig K. Pramming

  • 'Mind the gap': science and ethics in nanotechnology

    Anisa Mnyusiwalla;Abdallah S Daar;Peter A Singer

  • Grand challenges in global health : community engagement in research in developing countries.

    Paulina O. Tindana;Jerome Amir. Singh;C. Shawn. Tracy;Ross E. G. Upshur

  • Nanotechnology and the developing world

    Fabio Salamanca-Buentello;Deepa L Persad;Erin B Court;Douglas K Martin

  • Top ten biotechnologies for improving health in developing countries

    Abdallah S. Daar;Halla Thorsteinsdóttir;Douglas K. Martin;Alyna C. Smith

  • Grand challenges in global health

    Harold Varmus;Richard Klausner;Elias Zerhouni;Tara Acharya

  • Global health ethics: the rationale for mutual caring

    Solomon R. Benatar;Abdallah S. Daar;Peter A. Singer

  • State of academic knowledge on toxicity and biological fate of quantum dots.

    Jennifer L. Pelley;Abdallah S. Daar;Marc A. Saner

  • Ethics and SARS: lessons from Toronto

    Peter A Singer;Solomon R Benatar;Mark Bernstein;Mark Bernstein;Abdallah S Daar

  • Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health: Integration in Research, Policy, and Practice

    Pamela Y. Collins;Thomas R. Insel;Arun Chockalingam;Abdallah Daar;Abdallah Daar

  • Grand challenges: Integrating mental health care into the non-communicable disease agenda.

    Victoria K. Ngo;Adolfo Rubinstein;Vijay Ganju;Pamela Kanellis

  • A proposed definition of regenerative medicine.

    Abdallah S. Daar;Heather L. Greenwood

  • Harnessing genomics and biotechnology to improve global health equity.

    Peter A. Singer;Abdallah S. Daar

  • DNA databanks and consent: A suggested policy option involving an authorization model

    Timothy Caulfield;Ross Eg Upshur;Abdallah S. Daar

  • Innovative health service delivery models in low and middle income countries - what can we learn from the private sector?

    Onil Bhattacharyya;Sara Khor;Anita McGahan;David Dunne

  • Bioethics for clinicians: 21. Islamic bioethics

    Abdallah S. Daar;A. Khitamy

  • Race and ancestry in biomedical research: exploring the challenges

    Timothy Caulfield;Stephanie M. Fullerton;Sarah E. Ali-Khan;Laura Arbour

  • Chinese health biotech and the billion-patient market

    Sarah E Frew;Stephen M Sammut;Alysha F Shore;Joshua K Ramjist

  • Pharmacogenetics and geographical ancestry: implications for drug development and global health.

    Abdallah S. Daar;Peter A. Singer

  • Global Health and Global Health Ethics: Global health ethics: the rationale for mutual caring

    Solomon Benatar;Abdallah S. Daar;Peter A. Singer

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Singer
Peter A. Singer National University of Singapore
Ross E. G. Upshur
Ross E. G. Upshur University of Toronto
Douglas K. Martin
Douglas K. Martin University of Toronto
Stephen W. Scherer
Stephen W. Scherer University of Toronto
Solomon R. Benatar
Solomon R. Benatar University of Cape Town
Richard Smith
Richard Smith University of Exeter
Bartha Maria Knoppers
Bartha Maria Knoppers McGill University Health Centre
Timothy Caulfield
Timothy Caulfield University of Alberta
Peter N. Ray
Peter N. Ray University of Toronto
John I. Bell
John I. Bell Ellison Institute of Technology

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