Dr. Wael Al Delaimy

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Biography

Wael Al-Delaimy is a multidisciplinary epidemiologist with a medical background and a research focus on epidemiology, chronic diseases, tobacco, and diet. He practiced medicine in Iraq and Jordan from 1991 to 1995 and completed his Ph.D. at Otago University in New Zealand in 2000. Al-Delaimy has held prestigious positions such as Research Fellow and Research Associate at Harvard School of Public Health between 2000 and 2004, and has been a scientist at the International Agency for Research on Cancer since 2003. He joined the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 2004 and has served as an Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor. His global research activities encompass tobacco, cancer, respiratory diseases, ethics, and public health advocacy, with a special emphasis on refugee health. He is actively involved in academic research development within the Middle East and has a significant focus on global environmental health, particularly concerning pesticide biomarkers and soil and water contamination in the US/Mexico border area. Al-Delaimy is also pursuing collaborative projects with the Scripps Institute of Oceanography regarding the impact of indoor air pollution on the health of women in low-income countries, especially in India.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
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  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).