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magued_osman@idsc.net.eg magued_osman@hotmail.com FIELDS OF INTEREST: Development and Statistics. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Ph.D., Biostatistics - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. M.S., Biostatistics - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. M.Sc., Applied Statistics - Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. B.Sc., Statistics - Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. High School Diploma - Collège de la Sainte Famille (French Language School), Cairo, Egypt. CURRENT POSITION: Chairman, Information and Decision Support Center, DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES OF CURRENT JOB: The Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) is the think tank of the Egyptian Cabinet of Ministers. As the chairman of IDSC, my duties include: 1. To improve the Government's capacity to address long term and cross-cutting strategic issues 2. To promote innovation in policy development 3. To carry out strategy reviews and provide policy advice in accordance with the Cabinet's policy priorities 4. To identify and effectively disseminate thinking on emerging issues and challenges through seminars and workshops 5. To emphasis on analytical rigor and evidence-based approach when presenting options to policy makers 6. To ensure that a holistic and cross-cutting approach is taken and to lay the ground for effective implementation of developmental programs 7. Membership in the following national committees: • Committee for Transparency and Integrity. • Advisory Committee - Ministry of Higher Education. • National Committee for Information Development - Scientific Research Academy. • Research Council of Population and Social Sciences - Academy of Scientific Research. • Advisory Committee for Planning and Statistical Coordination - Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) • The Scientific Committee - National Council for Social and Criminal Research. • Board of Directors of the Center for Information and Computer Systems - Faculty of Economics and Political Science - Cairo University. 8. Providing leadership to experts, researchers and staff, emphasizing capacity building, creating a learning environment, motivating critical thinking and new ideas. ACHIEVEMENTS DURING CURRENT JOB: 1. Raising the profile of issues and re-framing the way in which they are considered such as: • The importance of future studies and strategic thinking throughout organizing an international conference on a future vision for Egypt, encouraging the production of working papers on future issues and promoting capacity building for junior researchers in the area of future studies; • Contributing in combating corruption by pioneering the design and production of the first Egyptian index for perceived corruption. The index was based on a large representative national survey (nearly 14 thousand interviews) and provided estimates on the local and sectoral levels. Dissemination of the index in the media (specially independent newspapers and TV) contributed significantly in opening an evidence based dialogue on the need for more transparency; • The role of public opinion polling in good governance throughout organizing conferences, TV interviews, and public lectures. • The importance of issuing a law for freedom of information throughout organizing a national conference with full partnership from civil society, TV and radio interviews and public lectures. 2. Positive impacts on economic and social outcomes: Suggesting, designing and implementing a number of surveys to fill the info gap to improve decision making and good governance in a number of developmental problems 3. Building strategic capabilities in IDSC and in different governmental agencies: Designing a training program on decision support for employees in ministries. 4. Stakeholder feedback: Communicating on a periodical basis results of public opinion polls on different issues to Prime Minister and senior decision makers. 5. Participating in international professional activities. EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION (previous positions): Professor, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. Research Professor, Social Research Center, American University in Cairo. Associate professor -Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Emirates University and Senior Researcher, National Research Project for Manpower Development and Education Planning, Emirates University, Emirates. Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Colleges of Medicine and Medical Sciences, King Faisal University, Dammam 31451, Saudi Arabia. Assistant professor, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. June 1982 - August 1987. On leave for graduate studies in USA Instructor, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt. Instructor, Department of Statistics and Mathematics, Faculty of Commerce, Zagazig University, Egypt Researcher, Office of the acting General Secretary of the League of Arab States, Cairo, Egypt. Researcher, Unit of Euro-Arab Dialogue, General Secretariat, League of Arab States, Cairo, Egypt. Statistician, Department of Economics, League of Arab States, Cairo, Egypt. PART TIME APPOINTMENTS, CONSULTATIONS AND FREE-LANCE ASSIGNMENTS: Advisor, United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA), Syria Advisor, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Syria Assessment for the establishment of a National Center for Decision Support National Director, Evidence based dialogue on population and development, United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA), Egypt Visiting Professor, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain Teaching Master of Science Program in Health Policy & Population Statistical and demographic consultant, Ministry of Urban and Rural Development, Saudi Arabia. Statistical advisor for household survey in Yanbo – Saudi Arabia. The Economic Research Forum (ERF). Consultant, Co-investigator, Survey of micro and small enterprises in Egypt. The Economic Research Forum (ERF). Consultant, Study on definition of micro, small, medium and large enterprises in Egypt. Visiting Professor, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain,. Review of a new Master of Science Program in Health Policy & Population Studies. UNICEF Consultant to help preparing the children situation analysis report of Saudi Arabia. Visiting Professor, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain, Review of a new Master of Science Program in Health Policy & Population Studies. UNICEF Consultant to help preparing the children situation analysis report of Saudi Arabia. Effect of Nicotine on cognitive abilities. The use of QCA and IVUS measurements correlations to perform optimal QCA-guided stenting. Spouse role in the problem of drug abuse. Central Statistical Office, Yemen (sponsored by the Netherlands Economic Institute). Consultant, reviewing sampling frames and statistical registers in Yemen The Canadian International Development Research Center. Consultant, Reviewing data bases on small and medium enterprises in Egypt. Ministry of Housing, Saudi Arabia Consultant, Preparing population projection for Medina, Saudi Arabia Consultant, Survey on the effect of loans to micro and small enterprises on job creation. Research design, sampling design, statistical analysis, and writing final report UNDP and Ministry of Health Member of the National Committee for revising the Egyptian population Policy. Ministry of Housing, Saudi Arabia Consultant, Analyzing and writing the preliminary report of the Socio- economic survey in Medina, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Housing, Saudi Arabia Sample design and questionnaire development for the Socio-economic survey in Medina, Saudi Arabia UNCTAD, Geneva, Switzerland. Statistical consultation for a study on the rate of protection for the textile and electronics industry in Egypt United Nations, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), Beirut, Lebanon. Assessment of population policies in Egypt, Jordan and Yemen USAID, Cairo office, Statistical consultation for evaluation Shorouk project . Statistical analysis for a survey on participation in Shorouk and non-Shorouk villages. Consultant, Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair & Partners), Medina Office, Saudi Arabia. Analyzing findings and writing final report for the socio-economic survey in Medina Consultant, Pfizer, Cairo, Egypt. Statistical analysis for the effect and safety of Sertraline Part time consultant, Surveillance for diarrhea caused morbidity and monitoring of pertinent risk factors, SPAAC, Cairo, Egypt. Sample design, questionnaire development and analysis of survey Consultant, Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair & Partners), Cairo Office, Egypt. Population and labor force projections for the area of Umm-Said in Qatar. Consultant, Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair & Partners), Medina Office, Saudi Arabia. Sample design and questionnaire development for the Socio-economic Consultant, General Authority for Physical planning, Egypt. Preparing population projections and demographic analysis of several cities and towns in Egypt (Mansoura, Menia, Ismailia, New Cairo, 10th of Ramadan). Consultant, Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair & Partners), Bahrain Office. Up-dating population and labor force projections for Bahrain. Visiting expert to the Institute for Resource Development, Macro Systems, Inc., Columbia, Maryland, USA. Writing the final report for Egypt's Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Assistant director, Egypt Demographic and Health Survey, National Population Council, Egypt Part time research assistant, Metropolitan General Hospital of Cleveland, Part time research assistant, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Medical School, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA Part time research assistant, Planning Department, Population and Family planning Board, Cairo, Egypt Committee for Transparency and Integrity (2007). Executive Committee of the National Population Council (2007). Board of trustees - Egypt's Future University (2007). Ministerial Group for Human Development (2004). Advisory Committee – Ministry of Higher Education (2004-present). Fund of the Civil Affairs System – Sector of the Civil Affairs Authority – Ministry of Board of Directors of the National Authority for Remote Sensing (2005-present). Board of Directors of the Authority of Standardization and Production Quality Board of trustees - Egypt's International University (2005-present). National Committee for Information Development – Scientific Research Academy Research Council of Population and Social Sciences – Academy of Scientific Research Advisory Council of the Post Graduate Education Department – Cairo's Arab Academy of Financial and Banking Sciences Advisory Committee for Planning and Statistical Coordination – Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) The Permanent Scientific Committee – National Council for Social and Criminal Board of Directors of the Center for Information and Computer Systems – Faculty of Economics and Political Science – Cairo University (2005-present). Information and Communication Committee of the National Committee of Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO – ELISCO - ESISCO) (2005-present). MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: • World Future Society • International Union for Scientific Studies in Population. • American Statistical Association. • International Association for Statistical Education. • American Public Health Association. • Population Association of America. • Egyptian Association of Health Research for Development. • Saudi Association for Family and Community Medicine. TRAINING EXPERIENCE: Designing short courses and participating in teaching in the following activities: Training course for interviewers, Demographic and Health Survey, Cairo, Egypt. Second workshop on the evaluation of outcomes of maternal and child health programs with special reference to diarrhea disease, sponsored by Institute of Statistical Studies & Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and UNICEF, Egypt. Training course for interviewers, Socio-Economic Household Survey, Medina, Saudi Arabia Training course for interviewers, Surveillance for Diarrhea morbidity and monitoring of pertinent risk factors survey, Asyut, Egypt. International Workshop on Research Methodology, sponsored by WHO and the Medical School at Suez Canal University, Ismailia, , Egypt. Workshop on Health Statistics and Planning, sponsored by the Ministry of Health, United Arab Emirates Workshop on Educational Sector Assessment in Emirates, Emirates Workshop on New Trends in Education and Manpower Planning, sponsored by the Arab Institute of Planning, Kuwait Workshop on Health Statistics, sponsored by the Ministry of Health, United Arab Emirates Workshop on Medical Statistics, sponsored by the Ministry of Health, United Arab Emirates Workshop on Sustained Human Development: Concepts and Structure, sponsored by the UNDP , United Arab Emirates. Workshop on Reproductive Health, sponsored by the Mellon Foundation and organized by the American University in Cairo. Workshop on Survey Methodology, sponsored by the Government of Netherlands, Central Office of Statistics, Yemen. Workshop on Medical Statistics, sponsored by the Saudi Family and Community Medicine Joint Program, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Workshop on Medical Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Workshop on Reproductive Health, sponsored by the Mellon Foundation and organized by the American University in Cairo. Training course on Statistical Analysis using SPSS, sponsored by the Government of Netherlands, Central Office of Statistics, Yemen. Coordinator, Training Program on Research Methods for Policy Formulation & Evaluation, sponsored by The Wellcome Trust and Hwellet Foundation and organized by the American University in Cairo with technical support from the World Bank and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Workshop on Reproductive Health, sponsored by the Mellon Foundation and organized by the American University in Cairo. Research methodology Workshop, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,. Coordinator, Training Program on Research Methods for Policy Formulation & Evaluation, sponsored by The Wellcome Trust and Hwellet Foundation and organized by the American University in Cairo. Coordinator, Training Program on Research Methods for Policy Formulation & Evaluation, sponsored by The Wellcome Trust and Hwellet Foundation and organized by the American University in Cairo. Research methodology and biostatistics workshop, Ministry of Health, Program for continuing medical education, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Coordinator, Training Program on Research Methods for Policy Formulation & Evaluation, sponsored by The Wellcome Trust and Hwellet Foundation and organized by the American University in Cairo. COMPUTER EXPERIENCE: Statistical packages: SPSS, BMDP, EPI, MINITAB, STATISTCA, NCSS. EXCEL, MICROSOFT WORD, ACCESS, POWER POINT. LANGUAGES: Arabic, English and French. CONFERENCES: American Statistical Association Annual Meetings: Toronto 1983, Philadelphia 1984, Las Vegas 1985, Chicago 1986, and Washington DC 1989. First National Seminar on the Methodology and Results of the Health Interview and Annual Conferences of the Cairo Demographic Center: 1988, 1989, 1990. First Conference on Computer Modeling System in Human and Social Sciences, Center for Information and Computer Systems, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Cairo 1989. Second Conference on Computer Modeling System in Human and Social Sciences, Center for Information and Computer Systems, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Cairo 1990. Demographic and Health Survey: Policy Implications, sponsored by the National Oral Contraceptive Use in Egypt, sponsored by the National Population Council, March Demographic and Health Surveys World Conference, Washington DC, August 1991. First Conference on Public Health in Emirates, Al-Ain, Emirates, May 1993. First International Conference on Teaching Statistics in the Arab Countries, Cairo, July The 20th International Conference on Statistics, Computer Science and Applications, The Fifth Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences, Malang, Indonesia, The Arab Regional Conference, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Cairo, Egypt, December 1996. New Strategic Directions for Arab Business Education Conference, November 1997, New Demography of the Arab Region, November 1997, Cairo, Egypt. Second Meeting of Heads of National Population Councils in the Arab Countries on Population Policies and Sustainable Development: Current Situation and Requirements of Future Development, Amman, December 1997. New Demography of the Arab Region, July 1998, Cairo, Egypt. Working Group on Nuptiality, New Demography of the Arab Region, July 1999, Cairo, The Annual Cairo Paper Conference, American University in Cairo, May 2000. The 7th International Association of Middle Eastern Studies Congress, Berlin, October Distance learning strategies to advance population research in LDC’s. First Annual Meeting of the Mellon Foundation, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, November 2000. Research policy and priorities for micro, small and medium enterprises development, The Annual Cairo Paper Conference, American University in Cairo, May 2002. Third Meeting of the Consultative Committee on Scientific and Technological Development and Technological Innovation (ESTIC) Beirut, March 2006 International conference on "The Mediterranean and the Balkans: a common History" organized by the Brindisi International Institute for the Mediterranean and the Balkans. Brindisi, Italy March 2006. Weak Governance and Fragile States: A Development Policy Challenge. International Policy Forum organized by Inwent. Bonn, Germany November 2006. The 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Governments: Building Trust in Government, The 5th Arab Reform Conference: Media, Democracy and Social Responsibility, • Osman, M. A note on: the human sex ratio and factors influencing family size in Japan. • Luria, M., Debanne, S., and Osman, M. Long-term follow-up after recovery from acute myocardial infarction: observations on survival, ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. Archives of Internal Medicine 1985; 145: 1592-1595. • Osman, M. and Yamashita, T. A model for evaluating the effect of son or daughter preference on population size. Journal of Heredity 1987; 78: 377-382. • Osman, M. Pattern of family sex composition preference in Egypt. Studies in African and Asian Demography, Research Monograph Series 1988; 18: 87-96. • Osman, M. Differentials of sex preference in Egypt. Studies in African and Asian Demography, Research Monograph Series 1989; 19: 335-345. • Osman, M. Birth spacing and nutritional status of child, in Egypt, 1988. Studies in African and Asian Demography, Research Monograph Series 1990; 20: 87-96. • Gawad, M. and Osman, M. Effect and safety of Sertraline. The Egyptian Journal of • Ashoor, A., Osman, M., and Parashar, S. Head and neck and oesophagus cancers in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Medical Journal 1993;14:209-212. • Osman, M., Magbool, G., and Kaul, K. Hegira adaptation of the NCHS weight and height charts. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1993; 13:170-171. • Magbool, G., Kaul, K., Corea, J., Osman, M., and Al-Arfaj, A. Weight and height of Saudi children 6-16 years from the eastern province. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1993; 13:344-349. • Sebai, Z. and Osman, M. Teaching medicine in Arabic. Journal of Family and Community • Abdel Shafy, M. and Osman, M. The compound Gompertz as a lifetime distribution. The Egyptian Statistical Journal 1995; 39:89-105. • Osman, M. Teaching biostatistics using Epi Info. Journal of Family and Community • Osman, M. Exploring mixture of distributions using Minitab. Computers in Biology and • Al-Hussaini, E. and Osman, M. On median of finite mixture. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 1997; 58: 121-142. • Mangoud, A. et al. Utilization pattern of health care facilities in a selected Thana in Bangladesh. Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine 1997; 16:87-91. • El-Bassiouni, M., Zayed, A. and Osman, M. An empirical study of the UAE job market expectations from business education. Arab Journal of Administrative Sciences 1999; 6: 295-311. • Rashad, H., Osman, M., and Roudi, N. Marriage in the Arab World. Population Reference • Osman, Magued and Shahd, Laila (2003) "Age-discrepant marriages in Egypt". In Nicholas Hopkins (eds) The New Arab Family. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, pp. 51-61. • Rashad, Hoda and Osman, Magued (2003) "Nuptiality in Arab countries: Changes and implications". In Nicholas Hopkins (eds) The New Arab Family. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, pp. 20-50. II. Publications in conference proceedings: • Osman, M. and McClish, D. Survival analysis for heterogeneous populations. American Statistical Association proceedings 1985, Social Statistics, 1985; 235-240. • Osman, M. and McClish, D. A model for survival in the presence of heterogeneity. American Statistical Association proceedings 1986, Social Statistics, 1986; 234-236. • Osman, M. Simulation experiment of a family building model. Proceedings of the First Conference on Computer Modeling System in Human Social Sciences 1989; 83-108. Center for Information and Computer Systems, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. • Osman, M. Sensitivity of fertility parameters used in population projection using ESCAP/POP. Proceedings of the Second Conference on Statistics and Computer Modeling in Human and Social Sciences 1990; Center for Information and Computer Systems, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. • Osman, M. The mixture of distributions as a model for analyzing anthropometric data. In: IRD/Macro International, Inc. Proceedings of the Demographic and Health Surveys World Conference, Washington, D.C. 1991, Vol 2, Columbia, Maryland, USA 1991:1101-1113. • Osman, M. Modeling height-for-age data in Egypt: compound vs. finite mixture normal distributions. Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Statistics, Computer Science and Applications. 1994. • El-Bassiouni, M. and Osman, M. Using Minitab in teaching statistical distributions. Proceedings of the International Conference for Teaching Statistics and Information Sciences. July 1994, pp. 219-232, 1994. • Osman, M. Modeling height for age data in developing countries. Paper presented in the Fifth Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences, Malang, Indonesia, August 1996. • Osman, M. Nutritional status in Egypt: Results from the 1992 Egypt Demographic and Health Survey. Paper presented in the Arab Regional Meeting of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Cairo, December 1996. • Osman, M. Population policies in Egypt, Jordan and Yemen. Paper presented in the Second ESCWA (UN) Meeting of Heads of National Population Councils in The Arab Countries on Population Policies and Sustainable Development, Amman, December 1997. • Al Segeny, M., Ismaeil, S., and Osman, M. Egyptian 2000 Growth Reference Centiles for Weight, and Height Fitted by LMS Method. Proceedings of the Conference on Statistics and Computer Modeling in Human and Social Sciences 2005; Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. • Osman, M. et al. Targeting the poor in Egypt: A ROC Approach. Selected paper during ERF 13th Annual Conference, Kuwait, December 2006. • Osman, M. A Governmental Poll Center: Towards Good Governance in Egypt. The 7th Global Forum on Reinventing Governments: Building Trust in Government, Vienna, June 2007. • Sayed, H. and Osman, M. Pregnancy, Fertility and Family Planning Practice. Ministry of Health, The Health Profile of Egypt, 1987 Cairo. • Sayed, H., Osman, M., El-Zenaty, F. and Way, A. Egypt Demographic and Health Survey 1988. Columbia, Maryland: Institute for Resource Development, Macro System, Inc., 1989. • Osman M. Health surveys - error in data analysis. Case Studies in Community Medicine. • Osman M. Population and Labor Force in Egypt. Cairo, Egypt: Merit Publishing, 2002. • Osman M. Demographic Profile of the United Arab Emirates. National Research Project for Manpower Development and Education Planning, United Arab Emirates University, Emirates, 1991. • El-Shamsy, M., Hegazi, M. and Osman, M. Women and Employment in Emirates. United Arab Emirates University, Emirates, 1996. • Osman, M. Stunting among Egyptian children: Differentials and risk factors. In: Perspectives on the Population and Health Situation in Egypt. Ed. Mahran, M. et al. pp. 95-112. Demographic and Health surveys, Macro International Inc. Maryland, USA. • Co-Author of Egypt Human Development Report 2004, UNDP. • Co-Author, Egypt Human Development Report 2005, UNDP. • Lead Author, Status of Population in Egypt 2006, UNFPA. • Osman M. Sex preference in Egypt. Working Paper # 18, Cairo Demographic Center, • El-Bassiouni, M. and Osman, M. Using computers in teaching survey methodology course. Occasional Paper # 9, Cairo Demographic Center, 1997. Letters to Editor: • Osman, M. Obesity and osteoarthrosis. Letter to the editor, Saudi Medical Journal 1992; • Osman, M. Prevalence of psychiatric disorder in an academic primary care department in Riyadh. Letter to the editor, Saudi Medical Journal 1993;14:84-85. • Osman, M. The area between curves (ABC)- Measure in nutritional anthropometry. Letter to the Editor, Statistics in Medicine 1993; 12: 2247. Public Lectures: • Public poll opinion and reform in Egypt. Egypt International Economic Forum. February • Population problems and challenges. Bibliotheca Alexandrina. March 2008. 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