Service Project

Curriculum Vitae

Yosra Ben Halima

Adress : ** Rue de Baghded Cité Enozha Fouchena, Ben Arous, Tunisia. Email : ***************@*****.***

Tel : +216-********

Sex Female Date of birth 06th October 1990 Status Married Nationality Tunisian Education:

September 2012- September 2014: Master in Physiology and Physiopathology, College of Sciences, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunisia.

September 2009-June 2012: Bachelor in Applied Sciences of Human Nutrition, École Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de la santé Tunis, Tunisia. Professional Experiences :

August 2012- January 2018: Cardiac dietitian at “Centre de Réadaptation Cardiaque de Tunis”.

January 2013-November 2016: Clinical dietitian at “Institut National de la Nutrition et des Technologies Alimentaires”.

Trainings :

2th May – 13th June 2015; Host Laboratory: Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Centre for Genome Biology, Department of Biological, Ecological and Geological Sciences, section of Biology, University of Bologna, Italy; Task: Analyses of Lactase Persistence phenotype in the Tunisian population and comparison with worldwide Human populations.

17th November to 16th December 2014; Host Laboratory: Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology and Centre for Genome Biology, Department of Biological, Ecological and Geological Sciences, section of Biology, University of Bologna, Italy; Task: The study of the Lactase persistence in the Tunisian population.

16th January 2012-16th February 2012; Hospital: Medically assisted procreation unit-Aziza Othmana’s hospital; Task: Graduation Project.

20th February 2012-5th April 2012; Hospital: Endocrinology Service -Institut National de la Nutrition et des Technologies Alimentaires; Task: Clinical Dietetics.

10th April 2012-10th May 2012; Institution: University restaurant-Montfleury; Task: Dietetics.

3 th October-8th November 2011; Hospital: Gastroenterology Service - Charles Nicolle Hospital; Task: Clinical Dietetics.

10th November 2011-15th December 2011; Hospital: Pediatric Service - El Bechir Hamza Hospital; Task: Pediatric Dietetics.

1 th January- 1 th May 2010; Hospital: Internal Medicine service - Charles Nicolle Hospital; Task: Nursing.

Scientific events

10-11 Avril 2015: Poster presentation entitled “Role of nutrition in the development and susceptibility of metabolic syndrome and the genetic landscape of the FTO gene in the Tunisian population. XXIIIIè National Endocrinology Congress, Tunis, Tunisia.

07-09 December 2016: Oral communication entitled “Lactase Persistence in Tunisia: Result of natural selection or admixture?”. Young researchers’ symposium, Tunis, Tunisia.

16-18 November 2017. Poster presentation entitled “Lactase Persistence in Tunisia as result of admixture with other Mediterranean populations”. 10th Conference of the African Society of Human Genetics, Cairo, Egypt.

NGO Member at:

o Tunisian Association of Nutrition Specialists

o Tunisian Association for Health Promotion

o Tunisian Association of Nutrition Education

o Tunisian Red Crescent

Other experience:

2014-2016

Team Member of MEDIGENE project: FP7 era-wide project entitled “Genetic and environmental factors of insulin resistance syndrome and its long-term complications in immigrant Mediterranean populations” (FP7-INCO.2011-6.2, acronym MEDIGENE (www.medigene-fp7.eu)). Skills

Therapeutic Dietetics

Microsoft word, Excel, power point...

Biostatistics: SPSS, R, Bilnut, Food Process

Classical molecular biology techniques

Genotyping: KasPar technique, MassArray Sequenom. Languages

Arabic: Native tongue

French: Native tongue

English: Bilingual

Deutsch: Basic

Extra-professional activities: Reading, Travel, Music

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