Hiba B Wehbe-Alamah

Hiba B. Wehbe-Alamah, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, 'CTN-A, is Associate Professor, Department'of Nursing, School of Health Professions'and Studies, at the University of Michigan-Flint. Dr. Wehbe-Alamah earned her PhD'and post-master's certificate in Transcultural'Nursing from Duquesne University in'Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; she also earned'her Master of Science in Nursing (Family'Nurse Practitioner) and Bachelor of Science'in Nursing from Saginaw Valley State'University in Saginaw, Michigan. She holds'an...See more

Hiba B. Wehbe-Alamah, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, 'CTN-A, is Associate Professor, Department'of Nursing, School of Health Professions'and Studies, at the University of Michigan-Flint. Dr. Wehbe-Alamah earned her PhD'and post-master's certificate in Transcultural'Nursing from Duquesne University in'Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; she also earned'her Master of Science in Nursing (Family'Nurse Practitioner) and Bachelor of Science'in Nursing from Saginaw Valley State'University in Saginaw, Michigan. She holds'an advanced-level certification in transcultural'nursing and was recognized by the Transcultural Nursing Society'(TCNS) as a Transcultural Nursing Scholar in 2011.A member of the Transcultural Nursing Society (TCNS), National'American Arab Nurses' Association, National Organization of Nurse'Practitioner Faculties, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 'Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners, Michigan Nurses' Association, 'and a career-long member of Sigma Theta Tau International, Dr. Wehbe-Alamah has presented, guest-lectured, and/or published in the United'States, Australia, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Dr. Wehbe-Alamah'was actively involved in the planning and implementation of a three-year'federally funded Nurse Education, Practice, and Retention project at the'University of Michigan-Flint entitled Developing Nurses' Cultural Competencies: 'Evidence-Based and Best Practices. Through this project, she played a key role'in providing cultural competence training to registered nurses, advanced'practice nurses, nursing faculty, nursing students, and diverse healthcare'providers in 35 states across the United States.Dr. Wehbe-Alamah led an interdisciplinary project involving faculty and'students from the Nursing, Computer Science, and Art departments at the'University of Michigan-Flint that created the first transcultural computerbased'simulation game, CultureCopia. As a member of the Transcultural'Nursing Society's Transcultural Nursing Certification Commission, she'co-developed an international online certification exam for advanced transcultural'nurses and contributed test questions to the basic transcultural'nursing certification exam for registered nurses. She teaches nursing at the'undergraduate, master's and doctoral levels focusing on women's health'and transcultural health care; conducts and chairs doctoral dissertations'and capstone projects with graduate nursing students; and advises students'enrolled in undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. Her clinical'practice centers on women's health and the underinsured at a local community'health department.Dr. Wehbe-Alamah's scholarly and research interests include obesity;'women's health; mental health; primary care; creative teaching methodologies;'computer simulation games; technology use in the academic setting;'Asian, African American, and Middle Eastern health and wellbeing; health'disparities; cultural healers and generic/folk beliefs and practices; and cultural'competence for diverse healthcare providers, nursing students, practicing'nurses, and nursing faculty. See less