Marina Gharibian Adra
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Biography
Marina Gharibian is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Hariri School of Nursing, American University of Beirut (AUB). She holds a BS degree in Nursing, a Master’s degree in Physiology from AUB, and a PhD from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. She is a member of the “Center for Studies on Aging” in Lebanon and her area of expertise is quality of life of older people, specifically older people residing in nursing homes. She is the first nurse in the Lebanon to conduct a qualitative study involving contribution and active participation of older residents. She has more than 25 years of experience in teaching nursing care of adults and older adults, pathophysiology, and critical care nursing. She incorporated gerontology within the nursing curriculum at AUB in view of the growing proportion of the aging population which impels the provision of health care services and various levels of nursing care.