Dr. Mirna A. Fawaz is a Professor of Nursing and Head of the Nursing Department at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon. She also coordinates the master’s Program in Infection Prevention and Control, Critical Care Nursing Program and the BAU Life Support American Heart Association International Training Center.

Nursing education and simulation-based learning; clinical judgment and competency development; infection prevention and control; critical care nursing; healthcare quality and accreditation; patient safety; nursing leadership and workforce well-being; educational innovation.

PhD in Nursing, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan (2016); MSc in Medical-Surgical Nursing, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon (2011); and BSc in Nursing, Lebanese University, Lebanon (2003). Her doctoral thesis on high-fidelity simulation and the development of clinical judgment and motivation among nursing students received recognition as the best PhD thesis among Arab nursing faculties in 2017.

Nursing fundamentals and clinical skills; Medical-Surgical Nursing; maternal and child health nursing; Pathophysiology; Nursing Research; Quality Control; Infection prevention and control; Health Education; Psychology; and Well-being in the Workplace.

Listed among the world’s top 2% of scientists in Stanford University’s ranking; Awarded Best PhD Thesis among Arab Nursing Faculties by the Scientific Society of Arab Nursing Faculties (2017); and first-prize winner at the 4th Annual Dubai International Nursing & Midwifery Congress (January 2020).