Name: Prof. Dr. Mohammed Saad Hamid Academic Degree: Professor - Mental Health and Special Education
Current position: Professor - Mental Health and counseling at Ain shams University.
He received a PhD in Mental Health & Counseling from Ain-Shams University in Cairo (Egypt) in 2010, followed by a Postdoctoral Mission at the University of Pennsylvania (USA) in 2011. He worked as an assistant professor at King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia. He worked at Department of Psychological Sciences and Head of learning support in Qatar University until 2023. In 2023, he was promoted to Professor at Ain Shams University.
Previously, he held several administrative positions including Vice President of the Center for Psychological Counseling at Ain Shams University. He has taught many undergraduate and postgraduate courses and supervised many masters and doctoral theses. He has published many Arabic and international papers and received some research grants and scientific awards, he is also a trainer in the field of education and special needs education. He is an internship supervisor in many inclusive schools and special education in many Arab countries.

Latest scholarships, publications, and Prizes
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Distinctive Academic Performance. The best educational research in the Arab world 2022.
HSREP03-1220-200012 (2021) Developing and validating a clinical scale to diagnose the symptoms of illness anxiety disorder After the spread of the COVID- 19 pandemic among Qatari school students and their families. 5000$, 9months.
HSREP 1 grant no. 0427-190070 (2020). QNRF. LPI, Internet Gaming Disorder among schools students at Qatar state: Fortnite Game is an example. 5000$, 9months.
UREP23-146-5-034(2019). QNRF LPI, Effectiveness of Augmented reality applications for developing some of basic skills among preschool children with autism spectrum disorder in Qatar. 23.500$, 1 year.
Warren, S. L., Reid, E., Whitfield, P., Helal, A. M., Abo Hamza, E. G., Tindle, R., Moustafa, A. A., & Hamid, M. S. (2024). Cognitive and behavioral abnormalities in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, and subjective memory complaints. Current Psychology: A Journal for Diverse Perspectives on Diverse Psychological Issues, 43(1), 800–810. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04281-1
Hamza, E. A., Moustafa, A. A., Tindle, R., Karki, R., Nalla, S., Hamid, M. S., & El Haj, M. (2023). Effect of APOE4 Allele and Gender on the Rate of Atrophy in the Hippocampus, Entorhinal Cortex, and Fusiform Gyrus in Alzheimer's Disease. Current Alzheimer research, 10.2174/1567205020666230309113749. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.2174/1567205020666230309113749
Hamid, M.S., Abo Hamza, E., Rivera, R.M. et al. Addiction to medical websites post COVID-19 pandemic: a predictor of illness anxiety disorder among Arabian youth. Discov Psychol 3, 9 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-023-00067-5
Richard, Y., Tazi, N., Frydecka, D., Hamid, M. S., & Moustafa, A. A. (2022). A systematic review of neural, cognitive, and clinical studies of anger and aggression. Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.), 1–13. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03143-6
Hamid, M. S., Abo Hamza, E., Hussain, Z., & AlAhmadi, A. (2022). The Association Between Internet Gaming Disorder and Sensation Seeking Among Arab Adolescents. Frontiers in psychiatry, 13, 905553. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.905553
Hamid, M. S., Hamza, E. A., & Mohamed, N. I. A. (2021). The psychometric properties of the addiction to medical website scale (amws). Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.51758/agjsr-s1-2021-0005
A. Bedewy, Dalia; G. Abo Hamza, Eid; S. Hamid, Mohamed; and A. Moustafa, Ahmed (2022) "A CrossCultural Systematic Review of Vitamin D Deficiency in Women," Information Sciences Letters: Vol. 11 : Iss. 4 , PP -.: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/isl/vol11/iss4/21
Hamid, M. S., & Mohamed, N. I. A., (2021). Empirical investigation into teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education: A study of future faculty of Qatari schools. Cypriot Journal of Educational Science. 16(2), 580-593. https://doi.org/10.18844/cjes.v16i2.5636
Osman, M. S. Hamid, Abdelmonaem, N. I. (2021). Validation of Psychometric properties of an Arabic version of the Multidimensional Inventory of Hypochondriacal Traits (MIHT). Multicultural Education. 7(2), 127-134. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4499180
Ashraf, S. ., Jahan, M. ., & Saad, M. . (2021). Educating Students With Hearing Impairment During Covid-19 Pandemic : A Case of Inclusive and Special Schools. Review of Applied Management and Social Sciences, 4(4), 783-794. https://doi.org/10.47067/ramss.v4i4.183
Hamid, M.S., Mohamed, N.A. (2021). OVERVIEW OF INTERNET GAMING DISORDER (IGD). Academia Letters, Article 729. https://doi.org/10.20935/AL729.
Elsadek, A. M., Osman, M. S. Hamid, Allison, K. C. (2014). Psychometric characteristics of the night eating questionnaire in a middle east population. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47(6), 660-665. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eat.22285.

Teaching Experience
The most recent courses I've taugh:
EDUC 203, Family Relationships, 2 courses.
EDUC 317, Inclusive Classrooms, 20 courses.
EDUC 501, Human Development & Learning, 2 courses.
EDUC 503, Introduction to Special Edu, 1 course.
SPED 301, Found. of Special Education, 1 course.
SPED 303, Behavior Mang. in Special Edu., 3 courses.
SPED 305, Inclusive Prac. thro.Spec.Edu., 2 courses.
SPED 308, Prom.of Mental Health. in Children & Youth, 1 course.
SPED 412, Cu. & Met. in Early Ch. Sp. Ed, 1 course.
SPED 424, Prev.&Early Inter. in Schools, 1 course.
SPED 425, Spec. Edu. Supp. for Gen. Edu., 3 courses.
SPED 520, Assess Stu Learning Difficult, 1 course.
SPED 521, Mthds & Matrl in Spec Edu, 1 course.
SPED 580, Internship, 3 courses.