Omar Dewachi

Associate Professor, SAS, Medical Anthropology, Rutgers University

In 2008, Omar Dewachi graduated from Harvard University with a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology. Dewachi has worked on Iraqi medical doctors, their role in the formation of the Iraqi state, migration to the UK and integration in the British National Health Service (NHS). Dewachi’s current research is on war injuries and patients seeking healthcare outside Iraq. SEE PAPER > Insecurity, Displacement, and Public Health Impacts of the American Invasion of Iraq + Iraqi Refugees in Arab States (2011) War and the Costs of Medical Travel for Iraqis in Lebanon (2013)

Areas of Interest: Iraq, refugees, public health, displacement