Mira Hleyhel is a pharmacist and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Public Health of the Lebanese University and at the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Balamand. Broadly, her research focuses on infectious diseases including HIV, urinary tract infections, and on rational use of drugs. Her teaching experience covers epidemiology, biostatistics, research methodology and public health. Mira earned a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology from Pierre et Marie Curie – Sorbonne University, a MSc in health and environment research from Joseph Fourier University, and a PharmD from the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Lebanese University.