Razan AL Fakir
University of Florida
USA
Biography
Razan Al Fakir has more than 15 years of Clinical Experience in Clinical Otolaryngology and Audiologic Rehabilitation. She is a PhD candidate at the Department of Speech Language and Hearing Science-University of Florida. Her research is geared toward optimization of audiologic rehabilitation programs. She has received two awards for her Outstanding Achievement in Academic, University and Community Service from the International Center University of Florida Alec Courtelis Award in 2014 and the Graduate Students Council Award in 2015. She has published two papers in reputed journals and highly involved in teaching, mentoring and community education. Her career plans are to continue her research in audiologic rehabilitation to make a difference in the lives of persons both domestically in the US and globally. She eventually plans to return to the Middle East as either a consultant or as a permanently and bring a new prospective to hearing heath care to the region.