Expertise
- Epidemiology
- Population health
- Tobacco Control
- Addiction
About
Dr. Rehab Ouf is a physician, epidemiologist, and public health educator with nearly 25 years of experience spanning clinical medicine, academia, population health, and community engagement. Initially trained as a physician, she later specialized in community medicine and public health, where she has led community- and population-based initiatives, contributed to academic program development, and collaborated across healthcare, academic, and public health institutions.
She served as the lead epidemiologist on an NIH R01-funded project, conducted in collaboration with Georgetown University and the University of Maryland, to build tobacco prevention capacity in Egypt. She also led numerous community- and population-based public health initiatives and directed a graduate program in Hospital Administration for several years.
Most recently, she served with the CDC, where she led a team within the COVID-19 Task Force, reviewed major grant applications, and chaired more than 30 CDC scientific grant review panels that evaluated applications for multimillion-dollar public health funding. In 2025, she joined Augustana College as an Associate Professor of Public Health, where she continues her commitment to educating and mentoring the next generation of public health professionals. She has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and a World Health Organization monograph spanning epidemiology, infectious diseases, tobacco control, and health disparities.
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