Biography

Dr Ahmed Younis is an associate professor and director of the prescribing programme.

Dr Younis originally graduated from Cairo University Medical School's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Following graduation he gained clinical experience in Cairo, Egypt, then Saudi Arabia and Gaza, Palestine, before being offered a post as lecturer and later director of the physiotherapy and rehabilitation degree programme at Bethlehem University, Palestine. While in that post, Dr Younis carried out research towards his doctorate entitled 'Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injured People in Palestine', and set up the Palestinian Physiotherapy Association, becoming its first president. He moved to the UK to complete his studies with the University of Ulster, accepting a post as lecturer and later acting course director in the School of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, where he remained until his present post.

His main teaching areas include: neurology; research methods and evidence-based practice; medical statistics and data analysis; and the development of blended and online learning (including courses in neurology and clinical skills for medical, physiotherapy and paramedic students).

Research interests include interdisciplinary education; traumatic brain injury; stroke; prescribing; investigative research techniques (including identity structure analysis with Ipseus software); complementary medicine particularly cupping, including founding and presiding over the British Cupping Society; and supervising a PhD research examining its efficacy. He is currently completing a book on data analysis and interpretation of results using SPSS.

Dr Younis is currently also Arab Vice-Chair of the Arab Jewish Forum, a House of Lords dialogue group, and a visiting professor at Bezmialem Vakif University in Istanbul, Turkey.

Links

• Dr Ahmed Younis President of British Cupping Society
• An investigation into the effect of cupping therapy as a treatment for anterior knee pain

Academic and professional qualifications

• Certificate, First Line management and leadership, Goodman Wilkinson Associates limited. 189 Queens Road, Leicester, LE2 3FN
• Certificate in Tertiary Level Teaching, Robert Gordon University, Scotland
• DPhil: "Social Reintegration of Spinal Cord Injured People in Palestine", University of Ulster, N. Ireland
• Diploma in Education (Physiotherapy), Bethlehem University
• Internship, Hospitals of Cairo University
• BSc, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Professional experience

• 2014 - present
  Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George's, University of London
• 1996 - present
  President, Palestinian Physiotherapy Association,
• 1996 - present
  Consultant, The Society for Physically Handicapped People, Gaza Strip,
• 2005 - 2014
  Principal Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George's, University of London
• 2000 - 2005
  Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University and St George's, University of London
• 1999 - 2000
  Acting Course Leader, Physiotherapy Department, School of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University,
• 1998 - 2000
  Lecturer, Physiotherapy Department, Robert Gordon University,
• 1995 - 1997
  Director, Physiotherapy BSc Programmes, Bethlehem University,
• 1994 - 1996
  Consultant, Rehabilitation to the Society for Austro-Arab Relations, Jerusalem,
• 1995 - 1995
  Visiting Lecturer, Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, University of Ulster,
• 1989 - 1995
  Lecturer, Physiotherapy BSc Programmes, Bethlehem University,
• 1993 - 1993
  Visiting Lecturer, Dept of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, University of Ulster,
• 1988 - 1989
  Physiotherapist, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Health Centre, Rafah, Gaza Strip,
• 1983 - 1987
  Physiotherapist, Head of Department, Talat Harb Hospital, Cairo,
• 1983 - 1983
  Physiotherapist, El-Damam El Muwasa Hospital, Saudi Arabia,

Grants and funding

• 2010 - 2011
  Enterprise Fund to develop SPSS Multimedia Course £10,000 Learning and Teaching Committee. Enterprise Department. Kingston University.
• 2010 - 2011
  Development of Bespoke Course in statistics for clinicians from local trusts:£2500. Enterprise Department. Kingston University.
• 2009 - 2010
  Develop SPSS online teaching £4000 Learning and Teaching Committee, Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St. George's, University of London and Kingston University.
• 2007 - 2008
  The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC): £200,000 Problem based learning in Second Life.

Publications