Emad Awad

Emad Awad, PHD

Languages spoken: English, Arabic

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Emergency Medicine

Academic Office Information

emad.awad@utah.edu

Dr. Awad completed his PhD in Experimental Medicine with honors from the University of British Columbia, Canada, in 2021. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the director of the Emergency Medicine Undergraduate Research Associates program at the University of Utah. Additionally, he is a scientist at the BC Resuscitation Research Collaborative (RESURECT) in British Columbia, Canada.

Dr. Awad brings over two decades of academic, clinical, and research experience in emergency medicine. His primary research interests include prehospital and in-hospital emergency care and outcomes, cardiovascular emergencies, cardiac arrest, and sex differences in emergency interventions and outcomes. He is currently working on integrating technology, innovation, and AI into emergency medicine research. He also supervises medical students, emergency medicine residents, and graduate students involved in clinical research within emergency medicine.

Dr. Awad has made significant contributions to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and resuscitation research and is the primary author of numerous studies in this field. His outstanding contributions to emergency medicine research have been recognized with multiple national and international awards.

Education History

Undergraduate Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan
 BSc (Hons)
Graduate Training University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus
 MA
Doctoral Training University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine
 PhD (Hons)

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Awad EM, Humphries KH, Grunau BE, Norris CM, Christenson JM (2022). Predictors of neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: sex-based analysis: do males derive greater benefit from hypothermia management than females? Int J Emerg Med, 15(1), 43.
  2. Awad EM, Humphries KH, Grunau BE, Christenson JM (2021). Premenopausal-aged females have no neurological outcome advantage after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A multilevel analysis of North American populations. Resuscitation, 166, 58-65.
  3. Awad E, Humphries K, Grunau B, Besserer F, Christenson J (2021). The effect of sex and age on return of spontaneous circulation and survival to hospital discharge in patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest: A retrospective analysis of a Canadian population. Resusc Plus, 5, 100084.
  4. Awad E, Christenson J, Grunau B, Tallon J, Humphries K (2020). Sex differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest interventions within the province of British Columbia, Canada. Resuscitation, 148, 128-134.
  5. Grunau B, Humphries K, Stenstrom R, Pennington S, Scheuermeyer F, van Diepen S, Awad E, Al Assil R, Kawano T, Brooks S, Gu B, Christenson J (2020). Public access defibrillators: Gender-based inequities in access and application. Resuscitation, 150, 17-22.
  6. Alquraini M, Awad E, Hijazi R (2015). Reliability of Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) in Saudi Arabia. Int J Emerg Med, 8(1), 80.
  7. Awad E, Fordyce CB, Grunau B, Christenson J, Helmer J, Humphries (2023). One-year survival after out-of- hospital cardiac arrest: Sex-based survival analysis in a Canadian population. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 4(3), e12957.
  8. Awad E, Alinier G, Farhat H, Rumbolt N, Azizurrahman A, Mortada B, Shami (2023). Provision of bystander CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Middle East: a retrospective gender-based analysis. International journal of emergency medicine, 16(1), 63.
  9. Awad E, Al Kurdi D, Austin Johnson M, Druck J, Hopkins C, Youngquist S (2024). Examining the association between ethnicity and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest interventions in Salt Lake City, Utah. Resuscitation plus, 19, 100684.
  10. Awad E, Klapthor B, Morgan MH, Youngquist S (2024). The impact of time to defibrillation on return of spontaneous circulation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with recurrent shockable rhythms. Resuscitation, 201, 110286.
  11. Awad E, Hopkins C, Palatinus H, Hunt-Smith TT, Ryba C, Youngquist (2024). Epidemiology and outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Salt Lake City: Sex-based investigations. Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open, 5(3), e13189.
  12. Yap J, Hutton J, Del Rios M, Scheuermeyer F, Nair M, Khan L, Awad E, Kawano T, Mok V, Christenson J, Grunau (2024). The relationship between race and emergency medical services resuscitation intensity for those in refractory-arrest. Resuscitation plus, 20, 100806.
  13. Awad E, Farhat H, Shami R, Gholami N, Mortada B, Rumbolt N, Azizurrahman A, Arabi AR, Alinier (2024). Incidence, characteristics, and prehospital outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Qatar: a nationwide gender-based investigation. International journal of emergency medicine, 17(1), 105.
  14. McWilliams HA, Fell L, Wheeler AM, Awad E, Wheeler AR 3rd, Smith WR, McIntosh S (2024). Sublingual sufentanil tablet for analgesia in emergency medical services and search and rescue agencies. Prehospital emergency care, 1-10.
  15. Mariorenzi A, Beaulieu A, Lotterman S, Karalius V, Awad E, Chung A, Jordan (2025). A descriptive analysis of emergency medicine residency scholarly tracks faculty workforce. AEM education and training, 9(1), e70002.
  16. Petelinsek S, Zhang P, Colbert-Getz J, Hartridge T, Furman N, Awad E, Kelner R, Hughes P (2025). Getting lost to find insights - a quasi-experimental evaluation of outdoor experiential learning as a method to teach clinical decision-making and decision science concepts. BMC medical education, 25(1), 1163.
  17. Smith M, Zhang B, Willick S, Abushanab H, Awad E, Jones (2025). Association of Temperature and Cloud Conditions with Skiing and Snowboarding Injuries. Wilderness Environ Med. 2025 Oct 17:10806032251382446. doi: 10.1177/10806032251382446. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41105799. Wilderness & environmental medicine,
  18. Druck J, Brant-Zawadzki G, Morgan M, Jones J, Raju S, Wagstaff H, Awad (2026). Interdepartmental Commensality: A Strategy for Increased Interdepartmental Collaboration. The western journal of emergency medicine,
  19. Awad E, Abushanab H, Darwish R, Hunt-Smith T, Shubair M, Druck (2025). Age and gender disparities in administration of opioid for cardiac chest pain in the emergency department. PloS one, 20(12), e0339037.
  20. Issa R, Hamad S, Grau-Crespo R, Awad E, Sparks (2026). Sample-efficient active learning for materials informatics using integrated posterior variance. Computational materials science, 267,
  21. Quilter WE, Hartridge TJ, Katz J, Wheeler AR 3rd, Swanson ER, Awad E, McIntosh S (2026). Manual vs Automated Ventilation with an i-gel® Airway During Short-Haul Helicopter Operations. Prehospital emergency care, 1-10.
  22. Hartridge TT, McIntosh S, Awad E, Torre M, Milliner B, Brickley (2025). Inhaled Epoprostenol Augments Cold-Induced Vasodilation: A Double-Blind Crossover Trial. Wilderness & environmental medicine, 10806032251387526.
  23. Prasongsukarn AA, Mok V, Hsu J, Hutton J, Scheuermeyer F, Awad E, Moe J, Cartwright C, Hundal R, Jenneson S, Christenson J, Grunau (2026). Sex-based disparities in bystander CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest related to non-prescription drug use. Resuscitation plus, 28, 101222.
  24. Laughter C, Alsayyed A, Shubair M, Johnson A, Awad (2026). Comparing physician and advanced care provider use of opioids for treatment of acute chest pain in the emergency department. The American journal of emergency medicine, 99, 110-113.
  25. Raju S, Ownbey M, Cotton J, Jones J, Abraham J, Hopkins C, Awad (2025). Impact of Twice-weekly Scheduled Dialysis Through the Emergency Department for Patients with End-stage Renal Disease. The western journal of emergency medicine, 26(4), 1047-1054.
  26. Awad E, Raju S, Alsayyed H, Issa R, Druck (2026). Racial Disparities in Door-to-Clinician Time for Cardiac Chest Pain in the Emergency Department. The western journal of emergency medicine, 27(1), 18-24.

Abstract

  1. Grunau B, Awad E*, Kawano T, Humphries K, Pennington S, Gu B, Al Assil R, Christenson J, et a (2019). Public access defibrillators: Sex-based inequities in access and application. Circulation, 140(Supp 2),
  2. Beaulieu A, Mariorenzi A, Regina A, Lotterman S, Karalius V, Porter E, Jordan J, Awad E*, Chung A (2024). Analysis of gender, efforts, and compensation in emergency medicine residency scholarly tracks faculty workforce. . 25(3.1),
  3. Mariorenzi A, Beaulieu A, Regina A, Lotterman S, Karalius V, Porter E; Awad E, Chung Arlene, Jordan (2024). A descriptive analysis of emergency medicine residency scholarly tracks faculty workforce. 25(3.1),
  4. Awad E, Azizurrahman A, Mortada B, Gholami N, Bukhari A, Farhat H, Henri G, Rumbolt N, Morris T, Shami (2023). Gender differences in OHCA intervention and prehospital outcome in Qatar [ Abstract]. Circulation.148 (Suppl_1). . 148(suppl_1),
  5. Awad E*, Druck J, Johnson M, Hopkins C, Awad A, Al Kurdi D, Youngquist (2024). Investigating racial disparities in out-of- hospital cardiac arrest intreventions in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA . 150(Number Suppl_1),
  6. Awad E*, Klapthor B, Morgan M, Youngquist (2023). The effect of time to DC shock on return of spontaneous circulation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with recurrent shoackable rythm . 150(suppl_1),
  7. Awad (2024). Launching Master of Science in Clinical Research with a Specialization in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care (MSCR-EMCC) at the University of Utah.
  8. Awad E, PhD, Grunau B, Christenson J, Humphries K, Helmer (2025). Lower survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in older females: The joint effect of age and sex. 152,