Conference Speakers   Rowaida al-Ma'aitah Member of the Jordanian Senate

Dr. Rowaida Al-Ma'aitah is a Senator in the Upper House of the Jordanian Parliament. She is Vice President and Secretary General of the National Council for Family Affairs, which is headed by Her Majesty Queen Rania of Jordan, and she serves as a consultant on health and social development for Her Royal Highness Princess Muna Al-Hussein.

An expert in public health systems, Dr. Al-Ma'aitah received her Doctorate of Public Health from Tulane University in 1989, and completed a postgraduate fellowship in the Administration of Health Systems also at Tulane University. In 1996, Dr. Al-Ma'aitah was presented with the Abdul Hameed Shoman Medical Sciences Award for Young Arab Scientists, and in 2000 she was selected as the Unique Outstanding Jordanian Woman.

Her areas of interest and research include education, health administration, public health, quality of life and work, women's health, and community health and social development. Dr. Al-Ma'aitah has authored a number of articles on public health, nursing, child development and other subjects that have appeared in leading scientific journals around the world.