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School: Allied Health, Midwifery and Social Care
Job Title: Associate Professor
Email: A.Younis@sgul.kingston.ac.uk
Phone: 020 725 0972
Location: St. George's, University of London
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.
Hathiramani, S., Pettengell, R., Moir, H. and Younis, A. (2020) Relaxation versus exercise for improved quality of life in lymphoma survivors : a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, ISSN (print) 1932-2259 (Epub Ahead of Print)
Hathiramani, Suchita, Pettengell, Ruth, Moir, Hannah and Younis, Ahmed (2019) Relaxation and exercise in lymphoma survivors (REIL study) : a randomised clinical trial protocol. BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 11, p. 17. ISSN (online) 2052-1847
Hathiramani, Suchita, Pettengell, R., Moir, H. and Younis, A. (2019) Lymphoma survivors' experience of participation in a home-based intervention post-chemotherapy. Quality of Life Research, 28(11), pp. 2951-2955. ISSN (print) 0962-9343
Rees, David, Younis, Ahmed and MacRae, Sian (2019) Is there a correlation in frontal plane knee kinematics between running and performing a single leg squat in runners with patellofemoral pain syndrome and asymptomatic runners? Clinical Biomechanics, 61, pp. 227-232. ISSN (print) 0268-0033
Hathiramani, Suchita, Pettengell, Ruth, Moir, Hannah and Younis, Ahmed (2018) Relaxation and exercise in lymphoma survivors (REIL Study). In: 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress; 15-17 Oct 2018, London, U.K.. (Unpublished)
Hathiramani, Suchita, Pettengell, Ruth, Moir, Hannah and Younis, Ahmed (2018) Experience of participation in the REIL (Relaxation and Exercise In Lymphoma) Study. In: 17th Acta Oncologica Symposium; 10-11 Sep 2018, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Unpublished)
Younis, Ahmed (2014) History and Islamic overview of cupping. In: 3rd Complementary Medicine Conference: Abu Dhabi Cupping Conference: Prevention & Therapy; 24 Nov 2014, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.. (Unpublished)
Younis, Ahmed (2014) Mechanisms and theories of cupping. In: 3rd Complementary Medicine Conference: Abu Dhabi Cupping Conference: Prevention & Therapy; 24 Nov 2014, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.. (Unpublished)
Younis, Ahmed (2014) The impact of cupping on migraine. In: 3rd Complementary Medicine Conference: Abu Dhabi Cupping Conference: Prevention & Therapy; 24 Nov 2014, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.. (Unpublished)
Al Tamimi, M., Hussain, A., Younis, A., Abdulahad, N. and Nikoletou, D. (2014) Perceptions about exercise and pulmonary rehabilitation in two Arabic Gulf countries (Iraq and State of Qatar); a qualitative study in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and their health care providers. In: ERS International Congress 2014; 06-10 Sep 2014, Munich, Germany. (Unpublished)
Al-Tamimi, Mouath, Hussain, Aisha, Younis, Ahmed, Abdulahad, Nameer and Nikoletou, Dimitra (2014) COPD patients' satisfaction with the quality and methods of current information delivery by health care providers at Hamad Medical Corporation; focused insight into patients' voice to improve quality of services. In: Middle East Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare 2014: Empowering Patient Care Improvement; 25-27 Apr 2014, Doha, Qatar. (Unpublished)
Al-Tamimi, M., Hussain, A., Younis, A., Abdulahad, N. and Nikoletou, D. (2014) Perceptions about exercise and pulmonary rehabilitation programmes in Qatar; a qualitative study in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients and their respiratory clinicians. In: GulfThoracic Congress 2014: The 5th Annual Congress of the Saudi Thoracic Society & the Emirates Allergy and Respiratory Society; 13-15 Mar 2014, Dubai, U.A.E.. (Unpublished)