Dr. Samer Koutoubi

Dr. Samer Koutoubi is currently the program director of Public Health at American Public University. He earned his Ph.D. in dietetics and nutrition from Florida International University in 2001 and his M.D. degree in 1988 from Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Dr. Koutoubi's research focuses on coronary heart disease among tri-ethnic groups, including African-Americans, Caucasians and Hispanics. His interest is in disease prevention and wellness, epidemiological research, cardiovascular disease and nutrition, homocysteine metabolism, lipoprotein metabolism, and cultural food and health. Dr. Koutoubi has also authored a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals. He served as editor-in-chief for The Internet Journal of Alternative Medicine and reviewed manuscripts for The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, Ethnicity and Disease Journal, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and The Journal of The National Medical Association.

Articles by Dr. Samer Koutoubi

• Racial diversity matters in public health

  Friday, July 22, 2016

  Every day, our nation is becoming more diverse — in classrooms, workplaces, neighborhoods and communities. According to a 2010 study from the United States Census Bureau, "The Two or More Races Population: 2010," the number of biracial Americans (reporting themselves as both black and white) grew by more than 1 million people between 2000 and 2010, a 134 percent increase. Similarly, people who reported their race as both white and Asian grew by about three-quarters of a million people, an 87 percent increase.

• Battling dementia: A global health crisis

  Thursday, January 21, 2016

  As we start 2016, our elderly population in the United States continues to steadily increase. The number of people 65 years old and older is expected to rise by 101 percent between 2000 and 2030, at a rate of 2.3 percent each year.