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Dr Hamid Alhaj personal website موقع الدكتور حميد الحاج

Never frown, you never know who is falling in love with your smile

What there is to know about Me

Personal information

I am a Syrian doctor living in the United Kingdom. I work in the department of Psychiatry at the University of Newcastle.

 

Present Project

Event-related potential (ERP) investigation of the effects of adrenal steroids on the neural correlates of episodic memory in depressed patients and healthy volunteers.

 

Education

 

  • M.D. (Doctor of Medicine), Dept of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria.

 

      M.D. Thesis: The Healthy Basis of Child Nursing and Feeding

 

  • Bachelor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria.

Publications

1. Biol Psych New York, USA 2004
Presented at the Society of Biological Psychiatry, New York, USA 2004
An investigation of the neural correlates of episodic memory in drug-free depression
Authors: Dr Hamid A Alhaj and Dr RHMcAllister-Williams


2. CINP Paris, France 2004
Presented at the Collegium international Neuropsychopharmacologium (CINP) 2004 meeting in Paris, France DHEA Improves Mood and Recollection in Healthy Young Men
Authors Dr Hamid A Alhaj, Dr R Hamish McAllister-Williams

3. BAP Harrogate, UK 2004
Presented at the British Association of Psychopharmacology (BAP) 2004 meeting in Harrogate, UK
Effects of DHEA on Neuropsychological Function, Mood and Salivary Cortisol Levels in Healthy Young Men
Authors Dr Hamid A Alhaj, Dr R Hamish McAllister-Williams

4. BAP Cambridge, UK 2003
Presented at the British Association of Psychopharmacology (BAP) 2003 meeting in Cambridge, UK
ERP INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF CORTISOL ON THE NEURAL CORRELATES OF EPISODIC MEMORY
Authors: Dr Hamid A Alhaj, Ms AE Massey, Dr RH McAllister-Williams
5.Neuroscience North East Conference Durham 2003
Presented at the Neuroscience North East Meeting in Durham December, 2003
Effects of cortisol on the Neural Correlates of Episodic Memory in Healthy Male Volunteers. Authors: HA Alhaj, AE Massey and RH McAllister-Williams.

6. IPEG Antwerp, Belgium Sept 2004
Oral presentation at the International Pharmaco-EEG (IPEG) Society Meeting in Antwerp, Belgium September 2004
Effects of DHEA on the Neural Correlates of Episodic Memory
Authors: HA Alhaj, AE Massey and RH McAllister-Williams.



Personal Interests

I enjoy reading, surfing the Internet, walking and swimming. I like to take part in activities devoted for charity.

 

I have a special interest in writing poetry and short stories. Some of my stories have been published in several Arabic magazines in the UK, KSA and Syria. Also I won the BBC, Arabic Service competition prize for short stories in 1998.

My Stories
A link of some of my stories published in a major arabic story website.