Academic Credentials
B.S.N., M.P.H., The High Institute of Nursing, Alexandria University
D.N.Sc., The Catholic University of America
Biography
Other Information
Teaching Area
- Community Health Nursing
- Health care research
- Nursing research
- Nursing theories
- Psychiatric Nursing
Research Interests
- Global health
- Women’s health
- Immigrants, and International health
- Quality of Life issues
Dr. Fatma Youssef has more than 40 years of teaching, practice, publishing and consulting experience in the areas of public health, psychiatric nursing, and nursing research.
Dr. Youssef joined Marymount University in 1986. She retired from the full-time faculty in 2011 and became professor emerita of Nursing; she continues to teach and serve in an advisory capacity for the School. During her career, she received several grants, reviewed grants, and published numerous articles in the areas of women’s health and patient compliance with treatment regimens. She served on the board of Andromeda Transcultural Center for more than 10 years. She is a member of CARRA (National Cancer Institute Advocacy Center).
She has been a member of International Council on Women’s Health Issues, a nonprofit association dedicated to the goal of promoting health, health care, and the well-being of women throughout the world, through participation in empowerment, advocacy, education, and research.
She conducted several health fairs and volunteers as a health educator at the Arlington Free Clinic and interfaith organizations. She was instrumental in establishing the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at Marymount University.
She mentors faculty and students in the areas of teaching and scholarship activities at Marymount and The Catholic University, School of Nursing.
Publications
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“When you educate a girl, you transform a community.” Those words form the foundation of “Kakenya’s Dream,” an international nonprofit organization based in Kenya that aims to educate girls, end harmful traditional practices like child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM) and uplift communities. On Thursday, its Founder and President – Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya […]
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From the time Bishop Ireton requested the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary establish a school in Virginia to present time – God has directed Marymount through challenging and joyful times. As Marymount University celebrates its 70th anniversary, we thank each and every one of you for the role you have played in […]
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The Bisson Lecture in the Humanities was established in 2009 in honor of Professor Lillian Bisson. A scholar of medieval literature, former director of the graduate program in Humanities, and chair of the Department of Literature and Languages, Professor Bisson retired from Marymount University in 2010 after forty-one years of service. To recognize Professor Bisson’s […]
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Nationally Recognized After gaining national recognition for the first time by U.S. News & World Report in Fall 2022, Marymount continues to climb in multiple national categories in the latest Best Colleges Rankings! Marymount ranked third overall among all Virginia private institutions that are classified as national universities. The University also jumped 38 spots as […]
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Marymount’s proximity to our nation’s capital enables the University to bring notable leaders to speak at University-wide lectures, give in-class presentations, talk with students at informal gatherings, or address Commencement ceremonies. The Most Reverend Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, General Colin Powell (USA, Ret.), and White House journalist Helen Thomas are […]
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Irma Becerra, Ph.D. President, Marymount University Arlington, Virginia Dr. Irma Becerra took office on July 1, 2018 as the seventh President of Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia, the first and only four-year Hispanic-Serving Institution in the state. During her first six months in the role, she launched the University’s new Strategic Plan, “Momentum,” which […]
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Founded: 1950 Marymount is a private, comprehensive Catholic university located in Arlington, Va., just outside Washington, D.C. Founded in 1950 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM), Marymount welcomes people of all backgrounds and faiths and provides an educational environment that promotes dialogue, understanding, and service, as well as intellectual and personal […]
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Marymount University graduate student Lexie Stuivenvolt Allen has been awarded a prestigious Boren Fellowship to travel to Jordan, where she will begin studying Modern Standard Arabic in January 2020. Allen, who is currently enrolled in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, will be living in the capital city of Amman for close to seven months […]
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