Departmental Affiliations
Center & Institute Affiliations
Experiences & Accomplishments
Dr. Shatha Elnakib, PhD, MPH has over a decade of experience working at the intersection of sexual and reproductive health and humanitarian assistance. As an Assistant Scientist in the International Health Department at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, she leads several mixed-methods research projects focused on generating evidence to improve the quality of sexual and reproductive health services and policies in humanitarian settings. Prior to starting her faculty appointment, Shatha worked for the Population Council, UNFPA, UNICEF and the World Health Organization. She holds an MPH in Epidemiology from Columbia University and a PhD in International Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Honors & Awards
The Margaret McNamara Grant
The Delta Omega award
The Sidney Kark Award for Excellence in Epidemiology and Research in Global Health
The Aga Khan International Award
The Nadia Younes Award for Public and Humanitarian Service
Select Publications
Shatha Elnakib et al. Incidence of child marriage among refugees and internally displaced persons in the Middle East and South Asia: evidence from six cross-sectional surveys. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 15;13(6):e070056. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070056. PMID: 37321808; PMCID: PMC10277033.
Kelly Vantreek, Shatha Elnakib, Chandra-Mouli Venkatraman. “Flaws and Errors Identified in the Institute for Research and Evaluation Report That Challenges Non-United States, School-Based Comprehensive Sexuality Education Evidence Base. Journal of Adolescent Health. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2022.11.244
Shatha Elnakib, Janna Metzler. A scoping review of FGM in humanitarian settings: an overlooked phenomenon with lifelong consequences. Confl Health 16, 49 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-022-00479-5
Shatha Elnakib, Ghada Khoury et al. Investigating Incidence, Correlates, and Consequences of Child Marriage Among Syrian Refugees Residing in the South of Lebanon: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2022 Mar 1;70(3):S64-71.
Shatha Elnakib, May Elsallab, Maha Wanis, Elshiwy, Krishnapalan, Naja. Understanding the impacts of child marriage on the health and well-being of adolescent girls and young women residing in urban areas in Egypt. Reprod Health. 2022 Jan 15;19(1):8. doi: 10.1186/s12978-021-01315-4. PMID: 35033114; PMCID: PMC8761304.
Shatha Elnakib, Kara Hunersen, Janna Metzler, Hailu Bekele, W. Courtland Robinson. “Child marriage among Somali refugees in Ethiopia: a cross sectional survey of adolescent girls and adult women”. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jun 2;21(1):1051. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11080-5. PMID: 34078326; PMCID: PMC8173891.
Shatha Elnakib, Salma Abou Hussein, Sali Hafez. et al. Drivers and consequences of child marriage in a context of protracted displacement: a qualitative study among Syrian refugees in Egypt. BMC Public Health 21, 674. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10718-8
Shatha Elnakib, Sarah Elaraby, Fouad Othman, Huda BaSaleem Nagiba AlShawafi, Iman Al-Gawfi , et al. “Providing care under extreme adversity: The impact of the Yemen conflict on the personal and professional lives of health workers”. Soc Sci Med. 2021 Feb 6;113751.
Joan Kraft, Victoria Boydell, Ligia Paina, Shatha Elnakib, Andreas Sihotang, Angela Bailey, and Courtney Tolmie. Reporting on Studies on Social Accountability in the Literature: Social Accountability Reporting for Research (SAR4Research): Checklist to Strengthen reporting of Studies on Social Accountability in the literature. Int J Equity Health. 2022 Aug 30;21(Suppl 1):121. doi: 10.1186/s12939-022-01716-2. PMID: 36042426; PMCID: PMC9425941.
Shatha Elnakib, Andres I. Vecino-Ortiz, Yifan Zhu , Smisha Agarwal, Dustin G. Gibson, Antonio J. Trujillo, Alain Labrique. A Novel Score for mHealth Apps to Predict and Prevent Mortality: Further Validation and Adaptation to the US Population Using the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data Set. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Jun 14;24(6):e36787. doi: 10.2196/36787. PMID: 35483022; PMCID: PMC9240932.
Kara Hunersen, Bothaina Attal, Allison Jeffery, Janna Metzler, Tareq Alkibsi, Shatha Elnakib, W Courtland Robinson, Child marriage in Yemen: a mixed methods study in ongoing conflict and displacement, Journal of Refugee Studies, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feaa144
Anju Malhotra and Shatha Elnakib. “20 Years of the Evidence Base on What Works to Prevent Child Marriage: A Systematic Review.” Journal of Adolescent Health. 2021 Jan 11.
Elsie Akwara and Shatha Elnakib. “Taking stock of progress made in reducing adolescent motherhood in low-income and middle-income countries”. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2021 Jan;5(1):2-3. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30351-5. Epub 2020 Nov 24. PMID: 33245864.
Hannah Tappis, Sarah Elaraby, Shatha Elnakib, Nagiba AlShawafi, Huda BaSaleem, Iman Al-Gawfi, Fouad Othman, Fouzia Shafique, Eman Al-Kubati, Nuzhat Rafique and Paul Spiegel. “Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health service delivery during conflict in Yemen: a case study.” Confl Health 14, 30; 2020. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-020-00269-x
Shatha El Nakib, Nahla Tawab, Doaa Oraby and Nevine Hassanein. Medical and non-medical reasons for cesarean section delivery in Egypt: a hospital-based retrospective study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 19, 411. 2019. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-019-2558-2
Katherine E. Doyle, Shatha Elnakib et al. “Predictors and prevalence of pain and its management in four regional cancer hospitals in India’. Journal of Global Oncology. DOI: 10.1200/JGO.2016.006783 published online before print April 13, 2017