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Dana Halawani

Summary

Dana Halawani is an environmental health specialist with over five years of experience in the environmental services industry and environmental and public health research. Dana holds a master’s degree in environmental sciences and a bachelor’s degree in environmental health with a minor in Public Health from the American University of Beirut (AUB). She is currently working as Assistant Project Manager at ECODIT Liban.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Project Manager

ECODIT Liban SARL
02.2023 - Current
  • CSP Wastewater Treatment Incentive Rebate Program for Chemonics International funded by USAID. The tasks involve conducting water audits and offering technical support to industries for treating and managing their industrial wastewater.
  • USAID Lebanon Architecture and Engineering Mission Support Program (A&E MSP) / QA Oversight of Engineering and Construction Activities Undertaken by Mission Implementing Partners - CDM Smith for USAID.
  • Diverting Waste by Encouraging Reuse and Recycling (DAWERR), for ECODIT LLC funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
  • Updating the Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) of the Updated National Water Sector Strategy – MoEW, for CDR funded by the World Bank.
  • The Assessment and Reporting of Climate Adaptation Measures and Stakeholders in Lebanon.
  • Comprehensive Review and Enhancement of the Legal, Regulatory, Institutional, and Governance Framework for the Establishment and Management of Terrestrial, Coastal and Marine Protected Areas in Lebanon.
  • Provision of Services for the Design, Development, and Delivery for the Assessment of a Neighborhood-based Sustainable Energy Solution for Karantina - United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
  • Method(s) and Roadmap for the Collection of Energy Data from Lebanese Industries, for ALI funded by UNDP.
  • Industrial Wastewater Treatment Project (IWT), for ALI funded by USAID.
  • Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) for Reforestation Sites, for Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI) supported by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
  • Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Hammana and Ras El Matn – Society for the Protection of Nature in Lebanon (SPNL).
  • EU Contribution to Lebanon Reform, Recovery and Reconstruction following the Beirut Explosion – Private Sector Component - European Commission (EC) & United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
  • IEE for beverage-manufacturing company.

Project Coordinator

ECODIT Liban SARL
04.2021 - 01.2023

Research Assistant

American University of Beirut
07.2019 - 03.2021
  • Massoud MA, Mokbel, Halawani D, El Khayat M. Health Implications of Solid Waste Management. Chapter published in the Annual Report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED): Health and The Environment in Arab Countries. Beirut, Lebanon: AFED, November 2020. ISBN: 978-9953-437-64-4. Available at: https://bit.ly/2Miy5wW
  • Halwani DA, Jurdi M, Salem FK, Jaffa MA, Amacha N, Habib RR, Dhaini HR. Cadmium Health Risk Assessment and Anthropogenic Sources of Pollution in Mount-Lebanon Springs. Exposure and Health 2019. doi: 10.1007/s12403019-00301-3
  • Habib RR, Halwani DA, Mikati D, Hneiny L. Sex and Gender in Research on Healthcare Workers in Conflict Settings: A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020;17(12):4331. doi:10.3390/ijerph17124331
  • Habib RR, El-Haddad NW, Halwani DA, Elzein K, Hojeij S. Heat stress-related symptoms among bakery workers in Lebanon: a national cross-sectional study. INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2021; 58. Doi: 10.1177/0046958021990517
  • Abouzeid, M. Halwani, D.A. Mokdad, A.H. and Habib R.R. (2021). A generation at risk: the impacts of Lebanon’s escalating humanitarian crisis on children. Frontiers in Public Health (Accepted – In Press). doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.704678
  • Habib, R.R. Halwani, D.A. Mikati, D. Hneiny, L. Gender in the Literature of Healthcare Workers Operating in War Settings. Pp 442-449. In: Black N.L., Neumann W.P., Noy I. (eds) Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021). IEA, June 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 220. Springer, Cham. Available at: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-74605-6_55
  • El Khayat, M. Halwani, D.A. Hneiny, L. Alameddine, I. Haidar, M.A. and Habib, R.R. (2022). Impacts of climate change and heat stress on farmworkers' health: A scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, 10.

Freelancer

National Strategy on Health and the Environment
07.2020 - 10.2020

Environmental Consultant

American University of Beirut
10.2018 - 03.2019

Office Manager Assistant (Part-time position)

Promed / Technodent SAL
12.2015 - 03.2019

Graduate Assistant

American University of Beirut
09.2015 - 12.2016

Education

MSc - Environmental Sciences, Major: Environmental Health

American University of Beirut
Beirut
01.2018

BS - Environmental Health, Minor: Public Health

American University of Beirut
Beirut
01.2015

Languages

Arabic
English
French

Publications

  • Health Implications of Solid Waste Management, Massoud MA, Mokbel, Halawani D, El Khayat M, Annual Report of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED), 11/20, Beirut, Lebanon, https://bit.ly/2Miy5wW
  • Cadmium Health Risk Assessment and Anthropogenic Sources of Pollution in Mount-Lebanon Springs, Halwani DA, Jurdi M, Salem FK, Jaffa MA, Amacha N, Habib RR, Dhaini HR, Exposure and Health, 2019
  • Sex and Gender in Research on Healthcare Workers in Conflict Settings: A Scoping Review, Habib RR, Halwani DA, Mikati D, Hneiny L, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17, 12, 4331
  • Heat stress-related symptoms among bakery workers in Lebanon: a national cross-sectional study, Habib RR, El-Haddad NW, Halwani DA, Elzein K, Hojeij S, INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2021, 58
  • A generation at risk: the impacts of Lebanon’s escalating humanitarian crisis on children, Abouzeid, M. Halwani, D.A. Mokdad, A.H. and Habib R.R., Frontiers in Public Health, 2021, Accepted – In Press
  • Gender in the Literature of Healthcare Workers Operating in War Settings, Habib, R.R. Halwani, D.A. Mikati, D. Hneiny, L., Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021), 06/21, 442-449
  • Impacts of climate change and heat stress on farmworkers' health: A scoping review, El Khayat, M. Halwani, D.A. Hneiny, L. Alameddine, I. Haidar, M.A. and Habib, R.R., Frontiers in Public Health, 2022

Key Qualifications

Prior to joining ECODIT, she was a research assistant at the American University of Beirut (AUB) where she participated in and co-authored various peer-reviewed scientific papers on environmental, public, and occupational health issues. Currently at ECODIT, Dana has supported with the implementation of a wide range of environmental studies including IEEs, EIAs, EAs, SEAs, environmental strategies, workshop, training, and technical assistance to Clients. She is currently involved in and coordinating several projects related to water resources and wastewater management, solid waste management, environmental compliance of construction activities and industries and others.

Timeline

Assistant Project Manager

ECODIT Liban SARL
02.2023 - Current

Project Coordinator

ECODIT Liban SARL
04.2021 - 01.2023

Freelancer

National Strategy on Health and the Environment
07.2020 - 10.2020

Research Assistant

American University of Beirut
07.2019 - 03.2021

Environmental Consultant

American University of Beirut
10.2018 - 03.2019

Office Manager Assistant (Part-time position)

Promed / Technodent SAL
12.2015 - 03.2019

Graduate Assistant

American University of Beirut
09.2015 - 12.2016

MSc - Environmental Sciences, Major: Environmental Health

American University of Beirut

BS - Environmental Health, Minor: Public Health

American University of Beirut
Dana Halawani