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Melek Somai, MD, MPH

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Melek Somai, MD, MPH

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Dr. Somai's expertise is in health informatics and data engineering. Melek is trained in medicine, data scientist, and public health. He was formerly a research fellow at the Neuro-Epidemiology and Ageing Research at Imperial College and the Associate Director of the Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering exploring the deployment of Blockchain Technology in Healthcare and Life Sciences. He is a former Fulbright scholar. Dr Somai has a special interest in the impact of information technology and data in shaping the provision of care. He is also interested in the development of new approaches to public and global health using data science. As part of his global health activities, Dr Somai is the founder and the current president of the Tunisian Center for Public Health.

Clinical trials of neurointervention : 2007-2018.

(Saber H, Jadhav AP, Rajah GB, Narayanan S, Sheth SA, Liebeskind DS, Somai M.) J Neurointerv Surg. 2019 Dec;11(12):1277-1282.
Predictive analytics and machine learning in stroke and neurovascular medicine.

(Saber H, Somai M, Rajah GB, Scalzo F, Liebeskind DS.) Neurol Res. 2019 Aug;41(8):681-690.
Most UK scientists who publish extremely highly-cited papers do not secure funding from major public and charity funders: A descriptive analysis.

(Stavropoulou C, Somai M, Ioannidis JPA.) PLoS One. 2019;14(2):e0211460.
Mobile teledermatology for a prompter and more efficient dermatological care in rural Mongolia.

(Byamba K, Syed-Abdul S, García-Romero M, Huang CW, Nergyi S, Nyamdorj A, Nguyen PA, Iqbal U, Paik K, Celi L, Nikore V, Somai M, Jian WS, Li YC.) Br J Dermatol. 2015 Jul;173(1):265-7.
From Pharmacovigilance to Clinical Care Optimization.

(Celi LA, Moseley E, Moses C, Ryan P, Somai M, Stone D, Tang KO.) Big Data. 2014 Sep 01;2(3):134-141.
A cannonball through the chest: disseminated tuberculosis, threatening the aortic arch.

(Feldman HJ, Somai M, Dweck E.) Tunis Med. 2014 Jan;92(1):34-7.
[Ectopic pregnancy under Implanon contraception: a case of encysted haematocele].

(Mbarki C, Hsayaoui N, Ben Abdelaziz A, Khediri Z, Najjar M, Souai A, Somai M, Mezghenni S, Oueslati H.) Tunis Med. 2013 Aug-Sep;91(8-9):561-2.