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Khraisha, Q., Put, S. M., Volta, B., Wadhwa, A., Lee, M., Dos Santos Ribeiro, E., Flynn, E. C., Sweeney, S., Farrington, K., Sulowska, M., El Kharouf, A., von Stumm, S., Vining, R., Mareschal, I., Dajani, R., & Hadfield, K. (2026). Evaluating child-caregiver attachment beyond infancy when language barriers exist: Longitudinal study in a protracted crisis. Child development, aacaf025. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/chidev/aacaf025

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Sharma N, Dajani R, Tofail F, Black C, Tutlam N, Bhutta Z A et al. Long term effects of childhood exposure to violence in fragile and conflict affected settings BMJ 2026; 392 :e086040 doi:10.1136/bmj-2025-086040

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BioVault: A privacy-first data visitation platform for equitable global collaboration in biomedicine

Manaswitha Edupalli, Tivadar Péter Török, Madhava Jay, Keelan Jordan, Zeynab Abdirahman, Devy Frederick, Carika Weldon, Rana Dajani, Xi Dawn Chen

bioRxiv 2026.02.12.705603; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.12.705603

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Glass DJ, Godwin J, Koehn J, Dajani R, Hadfield K, Panter-Brick C, Martin M. Mixed evidence for stress effects on cortisol-testosterone coupling in Syrian refugee and Jordanian non-refugee adolescents. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2026 Apr;186:107757. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2026.107757. Epub 2026 Jan 16. PMID: 41564710.

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Glass, D. J., J. Godwin, J. Koehn, Dajani R et al. 2025. “ Positive Cortisol–Testosterone Hormonal Coupling Among Adolescents in Argentina and Jordan.” American Journal of Biological Anthropology 188, no. 2: e70134. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70134.

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Dajani, R., Glass, D., & Fuentes, A. (2025). Doing Science With Our Grandmother's WISDOM: A Worldview Integrating Sociality, Diversity, and Observant Meaning-Making. American journal of human Biology Council, 37(10), e70138. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70138

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Chen YD, Qtaishat L, Lisi M, et al. Trust perception in Syrian refugee children. Development and Psychopathology. Published online 2025:1-12. doi:10.1017/S0954579425100606

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von Suchodoletz, A., Dimova, A., Ali, R., Qtaishat, L., & Dajani, R. (2025). Profiles of Child Internalizing and Externalizing Problems During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan and Differences in Mothers’ Psychosocial Functioning. Gulf Education and Social Policy Review (GESPR), 6(2), 256–276. https://doi.org/10.18502/gespr.v6i2.17589

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Editorial: Toward Inclusive and Equitable Models of Science Diplomacy in Public Health

Rasha Bayoumi * , Tania Bosqui , Abdullah Awad and Rana Dajani

Editorial, Front. Public Health - Public Health Education and Promotion

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Lisi, M., Michalek, J., Hadfield, K., Dajani, R., & Mareschal, I. (2025). Effects of Early Adversity and War Trauma on Learning Under Uncertainty. Developmental science, 28(5), e70049. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.70049

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Follis, M., Quinn, E., Hamadmad, D., Dajani, R., Mulligan, C., & Panter-Brick, C. (2025, March). Telomere length and intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees. In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (Vol. 186, pp. 53-53). 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA: WILEY.

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Qnais, E., Barakat, M., Alnajjar, R., Alzaghari, L. F., Alqudah, A., Dajani, R., & Hakooz, N. (2025). Awareness, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding OTC Drugs in Circassian and Chechen Communities in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study. Patient Preference and Adherence, 19, 1661–1672. https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S525522

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Mulligan, C.J., Quinn, E.B., Hamadmad, D. et al. Epigenetic signatures of intergenerational exposure to violence in three generations of Syrian refugees. Sci Rep 15, 5945 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-89818-z

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Mapping the perceived impacts of a social innovation program on women's agency and life satisfaction

Tbaishat Dina , Qtaishat Lina , Eggerman Jannik Joseph , Panter-Brick Catherine , Dajani Rana

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Sociology

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2025

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1527841

DOI=10.3389/fsoc.2025.1527841

ISSN=2297-7775

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Al-Zyoud, W., Abu Ismail, H., Althawbih, H., Odeh, B., Saket, M., Al-Kazwini, A., Al-Hammouri, F., & Dajani, R. (2025). Insights for a Next Pandemic: An Assessment of Laboratory COVID-19 Safety. Safety, 11(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety11010013

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Merrill S, Konwar C, Fraihat Z, Parent J, Dajani R Molecular Insights into Trauma: A Framework of Epigenetic Pathways to Resilience through Intervention Accepted in Cell Med MED-D-24-00316R3

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Al-Abbadi, H., Beniermann, A., Dajani, R., & Malkawi, A. (2025). Understanding and acceptance of evolution and its teaching among biology teachers in an Arab context. International Journal of Science Education, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2025.2488397

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Dajani R, Bayoumi R, Flowe H, Rockowitz S, Stevens L and Awad A (2024) Neocolonialism and science diplomacy: lessons learned from the field and the way forward. Front. Public Health. 12:1472421. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1472421

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Shaheen A, Dajani R, Zinszer K, Ashour Y and

Abuzerr S (2024) The war on the Gaza Strip

and its consequences on global warming.

Front. Hum. Dyn. 6:1463902.

doi: 10.3389/fhumd.2024.1463902

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Bakhti, R., Mareschal, I., El Kharouf, A., Dajani, R., Qtaishat, L., von Stumm, S., & Hadfield, K. (2024). Exploring Factors Related to the Development and Implementation of a Local Intervention Program for Syrian Refugee Children. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2024.2428305

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Alsamman S, Dajani R, Al-Delaimy WK (2024) Self-compassion and association with distress, depression, and anxiety among displaced Syrians: A population-based study. PLoS ONE 19(9): e0309051. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309051

Hadfield, K., Al-Hamad, M., Dajani, R. et al. Effectiveness of a community-led shared book reading intervention in Syrian refugee children: a randomised controlled trial. Sci Rep 14, 17822 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68903-9

Panter-Brick C, Qtaishat L, Eggerman JJ, Thomas H, Kumar P and Dajani R (2024) Volunteer programs, empowerment, and life satisfaction in Jordan: mapping local knowledge and systems change to inform public policy and science diplomacy. Front. Sociol. 9:1371760. doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1371760

Catherine Panter-Brick, Jannik J. Eggerman , Philip Jefferies, Lina Qtaishat, Rana Dajani, Praveen Kumar

Does volunteering impact refugee women’s life satisfaction, empowerment, and wellbeing? Experimental evidence, local knowledge, and causal reasoning March 2024Social Science & Medicine

DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116735

Michalek, J.E., Qtaishat, L., von Stumm, S. et al. Maternal Trauma and Psychopathology Symptoms Affect Refugee Children’s Mental Health But Not Their Emotion Processing. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01182-0

Hadfield, K., Al-Soleiti, M., Dajani, R. et al. Father Involvement and Child Development: A Prospective Study of Syrian Refugee Families. J Child Fam Stud (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02809-y

Bridi, L., Kaki, D.A., Behnam, R. et al. Attitudes toward dementia and cognitive aging among Syrian refugees resettled in Jordan: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 23, 2307 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17183-5

Abudahab S, Hakooz N, Al-Etian L, Shishani K, Bashqawi A, Connolly J, Glessner JT, Qu HQ, Qu J, Hakonarson H, Dajani R. The Circassians and the Chechens in Jordan: results of a decade of epidemiological and genetic studies. J Community Genet. 2023 Dec;14(6):505-517. doi: 10.1007/s12687-023-00668-6. Epub 2023 Sep 13. PMID: 37700208; PMCID: PMC10725377.

Khraisha Q, Sawalha L, Hadfield K, Al-Soleiti M, Dajani R, Panter-Brick C. Coparenting, mental health, and the pursuit of dignity: A systems-level analysis of refugee father-mother narratives. Soc Sci Med. 2024 Jan;340:116452. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116452. Epub 2023 Nov 26. PMID: 38171170..

Jazlyn Nketia, Alya Al Sager, Rana Dajani, Diego Placido & Dima Amso (2023) Executive Functions in Jordanian Children: What Can the Hearts and Flowers Task Tell Us About Development in a Non-Western Context, Journal of Cognition and Development, DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2023.2248698

Al Bawab, Abeer; Dajani, Rana; Akroush, Lubna; Jaber, Rania Ahmad; Dababneh, Abeer Bashier; Hindiyeh, Muna Yacoub; Al-Dmour, Fairouz; Alkam, Sabha; Muqbel, Zaina; and Al-Ajlouni, Yazan A. (2024) "Jordanian Women in Academia: Barriers and Motivators in Scientific Research and Promotion," Journal of International Women's Studies: Vol. 26: Iss. 1, Article 14.

Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol26/iss1/14

Dajani, R. ., Tabbaa, Z. ., Hakooz, N. ., Al-Nadaf, A. . ., Al-Halaiqa, F. ., & Alqatawneh, S. . (2023). Three Circles of Alemat: Growth and Sustainability through Mentoring. Dirasat: Human and Social Sciences, 50(2), 92–102. https://doi.org/10.35516/hum.v50i2.4922

Michalek J, Lisi M, Dajani R, Hadfield K, Mareschal I. Facial emotion recognition in refugee children with a history of war trauma. Emotion. 2023 Aug 3. doi: 10.1037/emo0001264. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37535569.

Jannik J. Eggerman, Rana Dajani, Praveen Kumar, Susannah Chui, Lina Qtaishat, Amal El Kharouf, Catherine Panter-Brick, Social networks, empowerment, and wellbeing among Syrian refugee and Jordanian women: Implications for development and social inclusion, World Development, Volume 170, 2023, 106324, ISSN 0305-750X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106324

Al-Daghastani T, Safarine Z, Abudahab S, Dajani R, Alshhab M, Al-Eitan L, Zihlif M, Hakooz N: Genetic variants of vascular endothelial growth factor-634 and vascular endothelial growth factor-936 in Circassians and Chechens subpopulations in Jordan. Arabian Journal of Chemistry. 2023 Volume 16, Issue 6, 2023, 104762, ISSN 1878-5352, doi: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2023.104762.

Dajani R, Coetsee M, Al-Tabba A, Al-Hussaini M. Correction: Religion, Islam, and Compliance with COVID-19 Best Practices. J Relig Health. 2023 Mar 17:1–2. doi: 10.1007/s10943-023-01769-9. Epub ahead of print. Erratum for: J Relig Health. 2022 Oct;61(5):4155-4168. PMID: 36932226; PMCID: PMC10022933.

Dajani R, Mbarek H, Ismail SI, Mohammad A, Somai M. Overcoming Eurocentric bias makes for better science. Med. 2022 Dec 9;3(12):813-814. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2022.11.007. PMID: 36495859.

de Vasconcellos JF, Abedalthagafi M, Calo S, Dajani R, Dlamini Z, Hidalgo B, Le Goff C, Vasanthakumar A. Editorial: Women in science: Genetics. Front Genet. 2022 Oct 3;13:1038317. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1038317. PMID: 36263431; PMCID: PMC9574392.

Dajani R, Coetsee M, Al-Tabba A, Al-Hussaini M. Religion, Islam, and Compliance with COVID-19 Best Practices. J Relig Health. 2022 Oct;61(5):4155-4168. doi: 10.1007/s10943-022-01621-6. Epub 2022 Aug 27. Erratum in: J Relig Health. 2023 Mar 17;: PMID: 36030310; PMCID: PMC9419643.

Abudahab S, Hakooz N, Tobeh N, Gogazeh E, Gharaibeh M, Al-Eitan L, Zihlif M, Dajani R. Variability of CYP2C8 Polymorphisms in Three Jordanian Populations: Circassians, Chechens and Jordanian-Arabs. J Immigr Minor Health. 2022 Oct;24(5):1167-1176. doi: 10.1007/s10903-021-01264-x. Epub 2021 Aug 26. PMID: 34448113.

Hadfield K, Al-Hamad M, Bakhti R, Dajani R, El Kharouf A, Michalek J, Mukunzi J, Qtaishat L, Sethi T, von Stumm S, Mareschal I. Predictors of Literacy and Attitudes Toward Reading Among Syrian Refugee Children in Jordan. Int J Early Child. 2022 Sep 9:1-21. doi: 10.1007/s13158-022-00334-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36105520; PMCID: PMC9461418.

Dajani R. Subsidize low-income scientists' travel and fees. Nature. 2022 Sep;609(7928):676. doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-02980-6. PMID: 36127441.

Qaqish A, Al-Omari M, Dajani R. Obstacles in the road of biomedical research on COVID-19 in Jordan: Poor funding and beyond. J Glob Health. 2022 Jul 16;12:03052. doi: 10.7189/jogh.12.03052. PMID: 35841621; PMCID: PMC9288256.

Michalek J, Lisi M, Binetti N, Ozkaya S, Hadfield K, Dajani R, Mareschal I. War-related trauma linked to increased sustained attention to threat in children. Child Dev. 2022 Jul;93(4):900-909. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13739. Epub 2022 Feb 11. PMID: 35147214; PMCID: PMC9542223.

Dajani R, Jiwani B, Nanji A, Zoloth L, Ghaly M, İlkılıç İ, Raya Á, Patrão Neves M, de Melo H, Carvalho AS, Caulfield T, Carter R, Rendas A, Surani A, Rossant J, Kriegstein A, Lalani EN. Diversifying stem cell debates: Including Muslim contexts and perspectives. Stem Cell Reports. 2022 May 10;17(5):1019-1022. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2022.03.008. Epub 2022 Apr 7. PMID: 35395176; PMCID: PMC9133579.

Mulligan CJ, Clukay CJ, Matarazzo A, Hadfield K, Nevell L, Dajani R, Panter-Brick C. Novel GxE effects and resilience: A case:control longitudinal study of psychosocial stress with war-affected youth. PLoS One. 2022 Apr 4;17(4):e0266509. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266509. PMID: 35377919; PMCID: PMC8979449.

Dajani R. Exploring the epigenetics of resilience. Nat Genet. 2022 Apr;54(4):363. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01050-x. PMID: 35379993.

Dajani R, Kateeb E, Saifi Y, Samman M, Dutt R, Qaiser F. Female scientists in Occupied Palestinian Territories call for global support. Nature. 2022 Feb;602(7896):211. doi: 10.1038/d41586-022-00314-0. PMID: 35136220.

Hastings PD, Partington LC, Dajani R, von Suchodoletz A. Adrenocortical and psychosocial responses of families in Jordan to the COVID-19 pandemic. Child Dev. 2021 Sep;92(5):e798-e816. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13662. Epub 2021 Sep 6. PMID: 34486110; PMCID: PMC8653243.

Messaoud, O., & Dajani, R. Women in Science: What Are the Barriers for Women in Senior Career Positions. Advances in Applied Sociology. 2021 11, 492-499 Doi:10.4236/aasoci.2021.1110043

Dajani R, Tabbaa Z, Al-Rawashdeh A, Gretzel U, Bowser G. Peer mentoring women in STEM: an explanatory case study on reflections from a program in Jordan, Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. 2021 29:3, 284-304, doi: 10.1080/13611267.2021.1927429

Panter-Brick C, Dajani R, Hamadmad D, Hadfield K. Comparing online and in-person surveys: Assessing a measure of resilience with Syrian refugee youth. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 2021 Doi: 10.1080/13645579.2021.1919789

Odeh M, Kharbat FF, Yousef R, Odeh Y, Tbaishat D, Hakooz N, Dajani R, Mansour A. iOntoBioethics: A Framework for the Agile Development of Bioethics Ontologies in Pandemics, Applied to COVID-19. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 May 21;8:619978. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.619978. PMID: 34095160; PMCID: PMC8175792.

Al-Kazwini AT, Al-Zyoud W, Al-Nasser S, Alswaiti SA, Khankan DS, Dajani R. How did Jordan combat COVID-19: Lessons learned for scaling. Med. 2021 Apr 9;2(4):348-349. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2021.03.016. PMID: 33870244; PMCID: PMC8040651.

Dajani, R Hamadmad, D, Abudeyyah, G Terror and Hope: The Science of Resilience

Publications and films Reports Anthropology of the middle east Volume 16, Issue 1 Pages: 111–120

Dajani R, Flowe HD, Warwick B. Social and political justice hit by UK aid cuts. Nature. 2021 Apr;592(7854):353. doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00955-7. PMID: 33846624.

Michalek JE, Lisi M, Awad D, Hadfield K, Mareschal I, Dajani R. The Effects of a Reading-Based Intervention on Emotion Processing in Children Who Have Suffered Early Adversity and War Related Trauma. Front Psychol. 2021 Mar 24;12:613754. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.613754. PMID: 33841247; PMCID: PMC8024483.

Al-Tabba' A, Dajani R, Al-Hussaini M. Stem Cell Statute in Jordan: Leading the Way. Front Genet. 2020 Jul 17;11:657. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00657. PMID: 32765577; PMCID: PMC7379862.

Al-Eitan LN, Rababa'h DM, Hakooz NM, Alghamdi MA, Dajani RB. Analysis of Comprehensive Pharmacogenomic Profiling of VIP Variants Among the Genetically Isolated Chechen Subpopulation from Jordan. Pharmgenomics Pers Med. 2020 Jul 14;13:199-215. doi: 10.2147/PGPM.S254677. PMID: 32765042; PMCID: PMC7368587.

Mahasneh, Randa & Suchodoletz, Antje & Larsen, Ross & Dajani, Rana. (2020). Reading for pleasure among Jordanian children: a community‐based reading intervention. Journal of Research in Reading. 44. 10.1111/1467-9817.12342.

Panter-Brick C, Wiley K, Sancilio A, Dajani R, Hadfield K. C-reactive protein, Epstein-Barr virus, and cortisol trajectories in refugee and non-refugee youth: Links with stress, mental health, and cognitive function during a randomized controlled trial. Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Jul;87:207-217. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2019.02.015. Epub 2019 Feb 20. PMID: 30797045; PMCID: PMC7327518.

Panter-Brick C, Eggerman M, Ager A, Hadfield K, Dajani R. Measuring the psychosocial, biological, and cognitive signatures of profound stress in humanitarian settings: impacts, challenges, and strategies in the field. Confl Health. 2020 Jun 23;14:40. doi: 10.1186/s13031-020-00286-w. PMID: 32582366; PMCID: PMC7310257.

Dajani R, Dhawan S, Awad S. The Increasing Prevalence of Girls in stem Education in the Arab World: What Can We Learn? Sociology of Islam May 2020 Volume 8 issue 2 Page 159-174 DOI: 10.1163/22131418-00802002

Al-Balas QAE, Dajani R, Al-Delaimy WK. The Ethics of Gene Editing from an Islamic Perspective: A Focus on the Recent Gene Editing of the Chinese Twins. Sci Eng Ethics. 2020 Jun;26(3):1851-1860. doi: 10.1007/s11948-020-00205-5. Epub 2020 Mar 3. PMID: 32125604.

Hajjej A, Saldhana FL, Dajani R, Almawi WY. HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1 and -DQB1 allele and haplotype frequencies and phylogenetic analysis of Bahraini population. Gene. 2020 Apr 20;735:144399. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.144399. Epub 2020 Jan 27. PMID: 32001374.

Al-Eitan LN, Darwish NN, Hakooz NM, Dajani RB. Investigation of the forensic GlobalFiler loci in the genetically isolated Circassian subpopulation in Jordan. Gene. 2020 Apr 5;733:144269. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.144269. Epub 2019 Dec 3. PMID: 31809845.

Al-Eitan L, Saadeh H, Alnaamneh A, Darabseh S, Al-Sarhan N, Alzihlif M, Hakooz N, Ivanova E, Kelsey G, Dajani R. The genetic landscape of Arab Population, Chechens and Circassians subpopulations from Jordan through HV1 and HV2 regions of mtDNA. Gene. 2020 Mar 1;729:144314. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.144314. Epub 2019 Dec 26. PMID: 31884104.

Ververis A, Dajani R, Koutsou P, Aloqaily A, Nelson-Williams C, Loring E, Arafat A, Mubaidin AF, Horany K, Bader MB, Al-Baho Y, Ali B, Muhtaseb A, DeSpenza T Jr, Al-Qudah AA, Middleton LT, Zamba-Papanicolaou E, Lifton R, Christodoulou K. Distal hereditary motor neuronopathy of the Jerash type is caused by a novel SIGMAR1 c.500A>T missense mutation. J Med Genet. 2020 Mar;57(3):178-186. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2019-106108. Epub 2019 Sep 11. PMID: 31511340; PMCID: PMC7042970.

Al-Eitan LN, Rababa'h DM, Hakooz NM, Alghamdi MA, Dajani RB. Genetic Polymorphisms of Pharmacogenes among the Genetically Isolated Circassian Subpopulation from Jordan. J Pers Med. 2020 Jan 6;10(1):2. doi: 10.3390/jpm10010002. PMID: 31935801; PMCID: PMC7151588.

Al-Eitan LN, Al-Maqableh HW, Mohammad NN, Hakooz NM, Dajani RB. Genetic Analysis of Pharmacogenomic VIP Variants of ABCB1, VDR and TPMT Genes in an Ethnically Isolated Population from the North Caucasus Living in Jordan. Curr Drug Metab. 2020;21(4):307-317. doi: 10.2174/1389200221666200505081139. PMID: 32368972.

Al-Eitan LN, Darwish NN, Hakooz NM, Dajani RB. Assessing the forensic efficiency of the GlobalFiler STR loci among the genetically isolated Chechen subpopulation in Jordan. Gene. 2019 Dec 15;720:144078. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.144078. Epub 2019 Aug 29. PMID: 31473321.

Dajani R. Jordan: where junior and senior scientists meet as equals. Nature. 2019 Nov;575(7784):596. doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-03663-5. PMID: 31772368.

Chen A, Panter-Brick C, Hadfield K, Dajani R, Hamoudi A, Sheridan M. Minds Under Siege: Cognitive Signatures of Poverty and Trauma in Refugee and Non-Refugee Adolescents. Child Dev. 2019 Nov;90(6):1856-1865. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13320. Epub 2019 Oct 24. PMID: 31646618; PMCID: PMC6900191.

Clukay CJ, Dajani R, Hadfield K, Quinlan J, Panter-Brick C, Mulligan CJ. Association of MAOA genetic variants and resilience with psychosocial stress: A longitudinal study of Syrian refugees. PLoS One. 2019 Jul 17;14(7):e0219385. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219385. PMID: 31314763; PMCID: PMC6636744.

Al-Balas QA, Dajani R, Al-Delaimy WK. Traditional Islamic approach can enrich CRISPR twins debate. Nature. 2019 Feb;566(7745):455. doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00665-1. PMID: 30809066.

Al-Eitan LN, Mohammad NN, Al-Maqableh HW, Hakooz NM, Dajani RB. Genetic Polymorphisms of Pharmacogenomic VIP Variants in the Circassian Subpopulation from Jordan. Curr Drug Metab. 2019;20(8):674-681. doi: 10.2174/1389200220666190729124000. PMID: 31362667.

Abudahab S, Hakooz N, Jarrar Y, Al Shahhab M, Saleh A, Zihlif M, Dajani R. Interethnic Variations of UGT1A1 and UGT1A7 Polymorphisms in the Jordanian Population. Curr Drug Metab. 2019;20(5):399-410. doi: 10.2174/1389200220666190528085151. PMID: 31132973.

Dajani R, Al Sager A, Placido D, Amso D. The Value of the We Love Reading Program for Executive Functions In Jordanian Children Proceedings of the MIT LINC 2019 Conference, vol 3, pages 61—71. Doi: 10.29007/t1p1

Dajani R. What do we mean when we talk about gender and science? An interview with Professor Emerita Evelyn Fox Keller (MIT), author of Reflections on gender and science, Interdisciplinary Science Reviews. 2019 44:2, 221-226, DOI: 10.1080/03080188.2019.1607048

de Barros Damgaard P, Marchi N, Rasmussen S, Peyrot M, Renaud G, Korneliussen T, Moreno-Mayar JV, Pedersen MW, Goldberg A, Usmanova E, Baimukhanov N, Loman V, Hedeager L, Pedersen AG, Nielsen K, Afanasiev G, Akmatov K, Aldashev A, Alpaslan A, Baimbetov G, Bazaliiskii VI, Beisenov A, Boldbaatar B, Boldgiv B, Dorzhu C, Ellingvag S, Erdenebaatar D, Dajani R, Dmitriev E, Evdokimov V, Frei KM, Gromov A, Goryachev A, Hakonarson H, Hegay T, Khachatryan Z, Khaskhanov R, Kitov E, Kolbina A, Kubatbek T, Kukushkin A, Kukushkin I, Lau N, Margaryan A, Merkyte I, Mertz IV, Mertz VK, Mijiddorj E, Moiyesev V, Mukhtarova G, Nurmukhanbetov B, Orozbekova Z, Panyushkina I, Pieta K, Smrčka V, Shevnina I, Logvin A, Sjogren KG, Štolcova T, Taravella AM, Tashbaeva K, Tkachev A, Tulegenov T, Voyakin D, Yepiskoposyan L, Undrakhbold S, Varfolomeev V, Weber A, Wilson Sayres MA, Kradin N, Allentoft ME, Orlando L, Nielsen R, Sikora M, Heyer E, Kristiansen K, Willerslev E. Author Correction: 137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes. Nature. 2018 Nov;563(7729):E16. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0488-1. Erratum for: Nature. 2018 May;557(7705):369-374. PMID: 30166629.

Panter-Brick C, Hadfield K, Dajani R, Eggerman M, Ager A, Ungar M. Resilience in Context: A Brief and Culturally Grounded Measure for Syrian Refugee and Jordanian Host-Community Adolescents. Child Dev. 2018 Sep;89(5):1803-1820. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12868. Epub 2017 Jun 15. PMID: 28617937; PMCID: PMC6208286.

Matsumoto MM, Dajani R, Matthews KRW. Public-private divide: cultural and social factors in women's attitudes toward cord blood banking in Jordan. Transfusion. 2018 Aug;58(8):1958-1963. doi: 10.1111/trf.14787. Epub 2018 Sep 1. PMID: 30171824.

Kim KY, Tanaka Y, Su J, Cakir B, Xiang Y, Patterson B, Ding J, Jung YW, Kim JH, Hysolli E, Lee H, Dajani R, Kim J, Zhong M, Lee JH, Skalnik D, Lim JM, Sullivan GJ, Wang J, Park IH. Uhrf1 regulates active transcriptional marks at bivalent domains in pluripotent stem cells through Setd1a. Nat Commun. 2018 Jul 3;9(1):2583. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04818-0. PMID: 29968706; PMCID: PMC6030064.

Panter-Brick C, Dajani R, Eggerman M, Hermosilla S, Sancilio A, Ager A. Insecurity, distress and mental health: experimental and randomized controlled trials of a psychosocial intervention for youth affected by the Syrian crisis. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2018 May;59(5):523-541. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12832. Epub 2017 Oct 2. PMID: 28967980; PMCID: PMC5972454.

M Odeh, R Dajani et al iLLL.CancerCare: A Vision for an intelligent LifeLong Learning Framework for Cancer Care accepted IEEE 2018 1st International Conference on Cancer Care Informatics (CCI) DOI: 10.1109/CANCERCARE.2018.8618230

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Ajeilat H, Dajani R. The Management of Conflict of Interest in Scientific Research at Jordanian Universities. 2018. Engineering Publication House. doi:10.53555/ephijer.v3i3.61

C. Panter-Brick, J. Kurtz, R. Dajani (2018) What strong partnerships achieve: innovations in research and practice (2018) ‘What strong partnerships achieve: innovations in research and practice’ in Humanitarian Exchange No 72 July 2018, p15-19. London: Humanitarian Practice Network (HPN) Overseas Development Institute

Dajani, R., Shbailat, S. J., Arafat, A., Sobar, S., Bitar, H., Tayyem, R., Wei, Z., & Hakonarson, H. Association of genetic variants with macronutrient intake in Circassian and Chechan populations in relation to diabetes.2018. Meta Gene, 16, 199-207. Doi:10.1016/j.mgene.2018.03.003

Dajani R et al Genes associated with diabetes in Circassians and Chechans accepted Jordan medical Journal January 2018; 52(1):59-75

Dajani R, Hadfield K, van Uum S, Greff M, Panter-Brick C. Hair cortisol concentrations in war-affected adolescents: A prospective intervention trial. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2018 Mar;89:138-146. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.12.012. Epub 2017 Dec 26. PMID: 29358120.

Dajani R. Developing nations need more than just money. Nature. 2017 Oct 10;550(7675):159. doi: 10.1038/550159a. PMID: 29022939.

Dajani R, Li J, Wei Z, March ME, Xia Q, Khader Y, Hakooz N, Fatahallah R, El-Khateeb M, Arafat A, Saleh T, Dajani AR, Al-Abbadi Z, Abdul Qader M, Shiyab AH, Bateiha A, Ajlouni K, Hakonarson H. Genome-wide association study identifies novel type II diabetes risk loci in Jordan subpopulations. PeerJ. 2017 Aug 17;5:e3618. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3618. PMID: 28828242; PMCID: PMC5563445.

Al-Eitan LN, Nassar AM, Dajani RB, Almomani BA, Saadeh NA. Diabetes mellitus in two genetically distinct populations in Jordan. A Comparison between Arabs and Circassians/Chechens Living with Diabetes. Saudi Med J. 2017 Feb;38(2):163-169. doi: 10.15537/smj.2017.2.17910. PMID: 28133689; PMCID: PMC5329628.

Mahasneh R, Romanowski M, Dajani R. Reading social stories in the community: A promising intervention for promoting children's environmental knowledge and behavior in Jordan. The Journal of Environmental Education. 2018. 48:5, 334-346, DOI: 10.1080/00958964.2017.1319789

Matsumoto MM, Dajani R, Khader Y, Matthews KR. Assessing women's knowledge and attitudes toward cord blood banking: policy and ethical implications for Jordan. Transfusion. 2016 Aug;56(8):2052-61. doi: 10.1111/trf.13650. Epub 2016 May 20. PMID: 27197803.

Dajani R. Waste not, want not: Recycled science art. Science. 2015 Nov 27;350(6264):1043. doi: 10.1126/science.350.6264.1043-b. PMID: 26612944.

Dajani R, Li J, Wei Z, Glessner JT, Chang X, Cardinale CJ, Pellegrino R, Wang T, Hakooz N, Khader Y, Sheshani A, Zandaki D, Hakonarson H. CNV Analysis Associates AKNAD1 with Type-2 Diabetes in Jordan Subpopulations. Sci Rep. 2015 Aug 21;5:13391. doi: 10.1038/srep13391. PMID: 26292654; PMCID: PMC4543987.

Matsumoto MM, Dajani R, Matthews KR. Cord Blood Banking in the Arab World: Current Status and Future Developments. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2015 Jul;21(7):1188-94. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2015.01.012. Epub 2015 Feb 14. PMID: 25687797.

Dajani R. Why I teach evolution to Muslim students. Nature. 2015 Apr 23;520(7548):409. doi: 10.1038/520409a. PMID: 25903591.

Dajani R. Jordan's stem-cell law can guide the Middle East. Nature. 2014 Jun 12;510(7504):189. doi: 10.1038/510189a. PMID: 24919888.

Tayyem RF, Dajani R, Khader YS, Abu-Mweis SS, Fatahallah R, Bawadi HA. Nutrient intake and lifestyle factors by diabetes status of Circassians and Chechans in Jordan. Ethn Dis. 2014 Spring;24(2):200-6. PMID: 24804367.

Dajani R, Koo SE, Sullivan GJ, Park IH. Investigation of Rett syndrome using pluripotent stem cells. J Cell Biochem. 2013 Nov;114(11):2446-53. doi: 10.1002/jcb.24597. PMID: 23744605; PMCID: PMC3773984.

Dajani R. Universities must inspire students as well as teach. Nature. 2013 Oct 24;502(7472):411. doi: 10.1038/502411a. PMID: 24153256.

Dajani, R., A. Arafat, N. Hakooz, Z. Al-Abbadi, Al-Motassem Yousef, M. El Khateeb, and F. Quadan. “Polymorphisms in Factor II and Factor V Thrombophilia Genes among Circassians in Jordan.2013 ” Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis 35, no. 1 (January 2013): 83–89. Doi:10.1007/s11239-012-0772-0.

Dajani R, Fathallah R, Arafat A, AbdulQader ME, Hakooz N, Al-Motassem Y, El-Khateeb M. Prevalence of MTHFR C677T single nucleotide polymorphism in genetically isolated populations in Jordan. Biochem Genet. 2013 Oct;51(9-10):780-8. doi: 10.1007/s10528-013-9606-9. Epub 2013 Jun 8. PMID: 23749065.

Dajani R, Khader YS, Hakooz N, Fatahalla R, Quadan F. Metabolic syndrome between two ethnic minority groups (Circassians and Chechens) and the original inhabitants of Jordan. Endocrine. 2013 Feb;43(1):112-9. doi: 10.1007/s12020-012-9723-y. Epub 2012 Jun 28. PMID: 22740093.

Shishani K, Dajani R, Khader Y. Hypertension risk assessment in the largest ethnic groups in Jordan. J Immigr Minor Health. 2013 Feb;15(1):43-8. doi: 10.1007/s10903-011-9533-y. PMID: 21959712.

Fathallah RM, Dajani R. Comparison of population based cancer incidence rates among Circassians, Chechans and Arabs in Jordan (1996-2005). Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2013;14(10):6035-40. doi: 10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.10.6035. PMID: 24289621.

Dajani R. How women scientists fare in the Arab world. Nature. 2012 Nov 1;491(7422):9. doi: 10.1038/491009a. PMID: 23128188.

Dajani R, Fatahallah R, Dajani A, Al-Shboul M, Khader Y. Prevalence of coagulation factor II G20210A and factor V G1691A Leiden polymorphisms in Chechans, a genetically isolated population in Jordan. Mol Biol Rep. 2012 Sep;39(9):9133-8. doi: 10.1007/s11033-012-1785-7. Epub 2012 Jun 29. PMID: 22744422.

Hakooz N, Alzubiedi S, Yousef AM, Arafat T, Dajani R, Ababneh N, Ismail S. UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A4 (UGT1A4) polymorphisms in a Jordanian population. Mol Biol Rep. 2012 Jul;39(7):7763-8. doi: 10.1007/s11033-012-1615-y. Epub 2012 Feb 25. PMID: 22367373.

Dajani R, Khader YS, Fatahallah R, El-Khateeb M, Shiyab AH, Hakooz N. Diabetes mellitus in genetically isolated populations in Jordan: prevalence, awareness, glycemic control, and associated factors. J Diabetes Complications. 2012 May-Jun;26(3):175-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2012.03.009. Epub 2012 Apr 12. PMID: 22502937.

Dajani R: “Evolution and Islam’s Quantum Question.” Zygon® 2012 47, no. 2 (June 2012): 343–53. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2012.01259.x

Mahasneh R, Tawalbeh A, Al-Smadi R, Ghaith S, Dajani R. “Integrating Service Learning in Jordanian Higher Education” Innovations in Education and Teaching International. 2012 49, no. 4 (October 12, 2012): 415–25 doi: 10.1080/14703297.2012.728874

Muhannad M, Sabra F, Dajani R, Arafat A. “Purification of Lipase Enzyme Produced by Bacillus Stearothermophilus HU1.” Penang, Malaysia, 2012.

Dajani R, Al-Haj Ali E, Dajani B. Macrophage colony stimulating factor and monocyte chemoattractant protein 2 are elevated in intrinsic asthmatics. Cytokine. 2011 Dec;56(3):641-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2011.08.040. Epub 2011 Sep 25. PMID: 21945122.

Dajani R. The Arab Spring offers hope but no quick fix. Nature. 2011 Aug 31;477(7362):7. doi: 10.1038/477007a. PMID: 21886121.

Dajani R. Undergraduate education in Jordan. Science. 2007 Aug 31;317(5842):1170-1. doi: 10.1126/science.317.5842.1170c. PMID: 17761866.

Dajani R, Sanlioglu S, Zhang Y, Li Q, Monick MM, Lazartigues E, Eggleston T, Davisson RL, Hunninghake GW, Engelhardt JF. Pleiotropic functions of TNF-alpha determine distinct IKKbeta-dependent hepatocellular fates in response to LPS. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2007 Jan;292(1):G242-52. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00043.2006. Epub 2006 Aug 24. PMID: 16935850.

Dajani R, Zhang Y, Taft PJ, Travis SM, Starner TD, Olsen A, Zabner J, Welsh MJ, Engelhardt JF. Lysozyme secretion by submucosal glands protects the airway from bacterial infection. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2005 Jun;32(6):548-52. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2005-0059OC. Epub 2005 Mar 3. PMID: 15746432; PMCID: PMC2715323.

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