Bio
Dr. Nawal Nour actively researches the health and policy issues regarding female genital cutting (FGC). She has spoken at numerous academic and national conferences regarding the medical management of women who have undergone this practice. Committed to the eradication of FGC, she travels throughout the country conducting workshops to educate African refugees and immigrants on the medical complications and legal issues of this practice. She served on a FGC task force for the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and was the primary author of Female Genital Cutting, Clinical Management of Circumcised Women, published by ACOG. This slide-lecture kit aims to educate obstetricians-gynecologists on the medical management of circumcised women in the United States and Canada. A board certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist, Dr. Nour is the Director of the Obstetric Ambulatory Practice at the Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. She is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. She also established the African Women’s Health Center which provides appropriate health and outreach programs to the African community in Boston. Dr. Nour was honored as a 2003 MacArthur Foundation Fellow for creating the country’s only center of its kind that focuses on both the physical and emotional needs of women who have had undergone FGC. Her work has been covered extensively by the media.
Born in the Sudan and raised in Egypt and England, Dr. Nour came to the United States to attend Brown University. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1994 and completed a chief residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA in 1998. She received the CFHU Fellowship and obtained her M.P.H. at the Harvard School of Public Health in 1999. She was subsequently awarded the H. Richard Nesson Fellowship from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital for her community work and outreach.
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Keywords
Disparities
Minority Health
Health Policy
Research
Public Policy
Cultural Competence
Human Rights
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Clinical Interests
Obstetrics/Gynecology
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Networking
Contacts/Connections
MacArthur Foundation
DHHS - Office of Women's Health
American College of Ob/Gyn
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Academic Acheivement
Publications
Nour, N. Defibulation to treat female genital cutting: Effect on health and sexual function. Obstet and Gynecol 2006:108, 55-60. (Original article)
Nour, N. Health consequences of child marriages. Emerg Infect Dis 2006;11:1644-49.
(Review)
Nour, N. Female Genital Cutting: Sexual Health and Tradition. In Tepper M, Owens A, eds. Sexual Health. Vol. 3. 1 ed. Westport, CT; Praeger: 297-313, 2006. (Chapter)
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Presentations
Lectures:
2006
Lecture: Education: The Strongest Weapon that Changes the World. Bowdoin Commencement. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.
Lecture: MacArthur Funding: Impact and Use. MacArthur Fellows Conference. Racine, Wisconsin.
Lawrence Lader Lectureship: Female Genital Cutting: Health, Ethics and Rights. Division of Medical Ethics. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Lecture: Child Marriages and Impact on Reproductive Health. Harvard School of Public Health. Reproductive Health in Developing Nations. Boston, MA.
Lecture: Female Genital Cutting: Rights and Laws. Northeastern University School of Law. Human Rights Seminar, Boston, MA.
Lecture: Clinical Care of Circumcised Women. Women and Children’s Midweek Session. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Simon Lectureship: Female Genital Cutting: Social, Health and Ethics. Brown Medical School, Providence, RI.
Lecture: Clinical Care of Circumcised Women. Women and Children’s Midweek Session, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
2007
Lecture: Primary Prevention of Obstetric Fistula. Maternal Birth Trauma in the Developing World: International Workshop on Ethical Issues in Obstetric Fistula. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
Lecture: Female Circumcision: Sensitivity to the Issue and Management. Annual Update in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Course, Boston, MA
Lecture: Female Genital Cutting: Sexual Health. Human Sexuality in Medicine. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Lecture: Translating Community-Based Service into Academic Activity that Counts. 2007 Faculty Leadership and Faculty Development Conference. Harvard Medical School. Boston, MA.
Lecture: African Women’s Health: Eradicating FGC. UNICEF: Reebok Human Rights Foundation Women’s Luncheon Series. Boston, MA.
Lecture: Caring for Circumcised Women. Women and Children’s Midweek Session. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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Announcements
Awards:
2006 Lee F. Jackson Award, Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts for humanitarian work
2006 Doctor of Science Honorary Degree. Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2006 William Rogers Award, Brown University Alumni Association for humanitarian work
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Contact Information
Preferred Method of Contact
Phone: Either
E-mail: Work
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Date Updated: 08-17-2007
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