Emad Awad

Emad Awad, PHD

Languages spoken: Arabic, English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Emergency Medicine

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

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. McWilliams, H A, Fell, L, Wheeler, A M, Awad, E, Wheeler, A R, Smith, W R, McIntosh, S E (2024). Sublingual sufentanil tablet for analgesia in emergency medical services and search and rescue agencies. Prehosp Emerg Care, 1(10).
  2. Yap J, Hutton J, Del Rios M, Scheuermeyer F, Nair M, Khan L, Awad E, Kawano T, Mok V, Christenson J, Grunau B (2024). The relationship between race and emergency medical services resuscitation intensity for those in refractory-arrest. Resusc Plus, 20, 100806. (Read full article)
  3. Awad E, Farhat H, Shami R, Gholami N, Mortada B, Rumbolt N, Azizurrahman A, Arabi AR, Alinier G (2024). Incidence, characteristics, and prehospital outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Qatar: a nationwide gender-based investigation. Int J Emerg Med, 17(1), 105. (Read full article)
  4. Awad E, Klapthor B, Morgan MH, Youngquist ST (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. (Read full article)
  5. Awad E, Al Kurdi D, Austin Johnson M, Druck J, Hopkins C, Youngquist ST (2024). Examining the association between ethnicity and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest interventions in Salt Lake City, Utah. Resusc Plus, 19, 100684. (Read full article)
  6. Awad E, Hopkins C, Palatinus H, Hunt-Smith TT, Ryba C, Youngquist S (2024). Epidemiology and outcome of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Salt Lake City: Sex-based investigations. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open, 5(3), e13189. (Read full article)
  7. Awad E, Alinier G, Farhat H, Rumbolt N, Azizurrahman A, Mortada B, Shami R (2023). Provision of bystander CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the Middle East: a retrospective gender-based analysis. Int J Emerg Med, 16(1), 63. (Read full article)
  8. Awad E, Fordyce CB, Grunau B, Christenson J, Helmer J, Humphries K (2023). One-year survival after out-of- hospital cardiac arrest: Sex-based survival analysis in a Canadian population. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open, 4(3), e12957. (Read full article)
  9. 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. (Read full article)
  10. 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. (Read full article)
  11. 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. (Read full article)
  12. 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. (Read full article)
  13. 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. (Read full article)
  14. 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. (Read full article)

Conference Proceedings

  1. Awad E, Azizurrahman A, Mortada B, Gholami N, Bukhari A, Farhat H, Henri G, Rumbolt N, Morris T, Shami R (2023). Gender differences in OHCA intervention and prehospital outcome in Qatar [ Abstract]. Circulation.148 (Suppl_1). . 148(suppl_1).
  2. Awad E (2014). Barriers encountered by new immigrants when seeking health care in the city of Kelowna, Canada. Conference Proceedings, Analysis & Investigation of Graduate Research Projects: Proseminar Series 2014, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada: Centre for Social, Spatial and Economic Justice Press.

Abstract

  1. Emad Awad, Jeff Druck, Michael Johnson, Christy Hopkins, Ahmed Z Awad, Dilan Al Kurdi, Scott Youngquist (2024). Investigating racial disparities in out-of- hospital cardiac arrest intreventions in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA   [Abstract]. 150(Number Suppl_1).
  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.  [Abstract]. 25(3.1).
  3. Mariorenzi A, Beaulieu A, Regina A, Lotterman S, Karalius V, Porter E Awad E, Chung Arlene, Jordan J (2024). A descriptive analysis of emergency medicine residency scholarly tracks faculty workforce [Abstract]. 25(3.1).
  4. Emad Awad, Brent Klapthor, Michael Morgan, Scott Youngquist (2023). the effect of time to DC shock on return of spontaneous circulation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with recurrent shoackable rythm   [Abstract]. 150(suppl_1).
  5. Grunau B, Awad E, Kawano T, Humphries K, Pennington S, Gu B, Al Assil R, Christenson J, et al (2019). Public access defibrillators: Sex-based inequities in access and application [Abstract]. Circulation, 140(Supp 2).

Report

  1. Kiraly A, Stedford A, Awad E, Adam G, Besserer F (2020). Evaluation of portable ultrasound machine contamination in a community emergency department.