Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

Thank you Covid19 April 14, 2021
Social and political justice hit by UK aid cuts. Dajani R, Flowe HD, Warwick B.Nature. 2021 Apr;592(7854):353. doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00955-7.
How did Jordan combat COVID-19: Lessons learned for scaling. Al-Kazwini AT, Al-Zyoud W, Al-Nasser S, Alswaiti SA, Khankan DS, Dajani R.Med (N Y). 2021 Apr 9;2(4):348-349. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2021.03.016.
For scientists failure is a motivating force
Why the World Urgently Needs Interdisciplinary Research and Policy Making
Making Interdisciplinary Research Actually Happen
I Believe COVID-19 Will Make Stronger and More Well-Rounded Students
We can use COVID-19 as a catalyst for grassroots change. Here's how. WEF Nov 14, 2020
Jacobs foundation Bold Expert Blog: Now is the time to change how we approach education https://bold.expert/now-is-the-time-to-change-how-we-approach-education/
Jordan: where junior and senior scientists meet as equals. Dajani R. Nature. 2019 Nov;575(7784):596. doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-03663-5. No abstract available.
Clukay, C. J., Matarazzo, A., Dajani, R., Hadfield, K., Panter-Brick, C., & Mulligan, C. J. (2019). FAAH,SLC6A4, and BDNF variants are not associated with psychosocial stress and mental health outcomes in a population of Syrian refugee youth. bioRxiv, 685636. doi:10.1101/685636
Dajani R Using science to unlock the magic around us and get 'molecular' March 31, 2019 UNTD
Dajani R Promising Practises Pearson July 2017
Dajani R and Weichet R 6 steps to becoming a successful social entrepreneur World Economic Forum Aug 2018
Dajani R Why the right questions make the biggest impact Nature Middle east July 31, 2018 doi:10.1038/nmiddleeast.2018.88
Jacobs foundation Bold Expert Blog: The importance of storytelling https://bold.expert/the-importance-of-storytelling/
Dajani R Mentoring policy report July 2017
Dajani R Developing nations need more than just money. Nature. 2017 Oct 10;550(7675):159. doi: 10.1038/550159a
Starting to Stay - Advice to New NGOs and the Donors who will Support Them: How can we create a roadmap for NGOs to develop a sustainable financial model? by Rana Dajani; Amina Malih; Yamna Taltit; Jackie Lubeck; Anan Terhi; Abdullah Kharoub; Fayez Arafat PUBLISHERS SAANED Stars Foundation Mar 16, 2017
Dajani, Rana. 2017. “Role Models Who Walk Our Walk.” In Visions and Actions to Promote Gender Equality in the Mediterranean, 70–71. Union for the Mediterranean
Dajani R “How being a Muslim Female Scientist helped me do better science” Cultures Disparities Issue American Society for Microbiology 2017 http://asmcultures.org/3-4/10
Dajani R “Have you ever written a grant” (2016), MENASCI, Available from: http://www.menasci.net/have-you-ever-written-a-grant.html
Dajani, Rana, and Awad Abdullah. “We Love Reading- A Women’s Literacy Program in the Arab World,” Ohio ASCD Journal Nov 2016.
Dajani R Building Bridges, One Leader at a Time. This I Believe - Personal Essays by the Women and Men of Eisenhower Fellowships.
Dajani R “Valuing compassion why can’t we redefine success” the Fletcher forum October 2016 http://www.fletcherforum.org/home/2016/11/4/valuing-compassion-why-cant-...
Dajani R “Waste not want not” Science. 2015 Nov 27;350(6264):1043. doi: 10.1126/science.350.6264.1043-b
Dajani R, The power of reading aloud WISE Arabic and English https://www.wise-qatar.org/edreview/power-reading-aloud http://www.wise-qatar.org/power-reading-aloud-arabic
Bioinformatics Arabi Arabic May 2015 الحيوية ودورها الريادي المعلوماتية http://www.kfas.org/pdfs-forms/taqaddum-ilmi-pdfs/vol90.pdf
Dajani R “Why a teach evolution to Muslim Students” Nature 2015 Apr 23;520(7548):409
http://www.nature.com/news/why-i-teach-evolution-to-muslim-students-1.17364
Dajani R “A science education that matters” Nature Middle East doi:10.1038/nmiddleeast.2014.268 http://www.natureasia.com/en/nmiddleeast/article/10.1038/nmiddleeast.201...
Dajani R “Is Science education the real issue? Published on Muslimscience.com magazine http://muslim-science.com/science-education-real-issue/?shared=email&msg...
Dajani R and Bani-hani K “Female education and workforce trends in health-related disciplines in Jordan” Nature Middle East Dec 22, 2014 http://www.natureasia.com/en/nmiddleeast/article/10.1038/nmiddleeast.201...
Dajani, R Jordan's stem-cell law can guide the Middle East. Nature. 2014 Jun 12;510(7504):189. http://www.nature.com/news/jordan-s-stem-cell-law-can-guide-the-middle-e... http://arabicedition.nature.com/journal/2014/07/510189a
Dajani R “Universities must inspire students as well as teach” Nature 2013 Oct 24;502(7472):411. http://www.nature.com/news/universities-must-inspire-students-as-well-as... http://arabicedition.nature.com/journal/2013/11/502411a
Dajani, R First Person: A Fulbrighter at Yale, Yale News Oct 9, 2013 http://news.yale.edu/2013/10/09/first-person-fulbrighter-yale 12;510(7504)
Dajani, R Iowa City remembered in poetry Daily Iowan Dec 16, 2005
Dajani, R Evolution and Islam a chapter in a book published by ISESCO 2013
Dajani, R World View: How women scientists fare in the Arab world Nature. 2012 Nov 1;491:9 https://www.nature.com/news/how-women-scientists-fare-in-the-arab-world-1.11705 http://arabicedition.nature.com/journal/2012/11/491009a
Dajani R World view: The Arab spring offers hope but no quick fix Nature. 2011 Aug 31;477(7362):7 http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110831/full/477007a.html
Dajani, R Science in the Arab world. Nature blog June 30, 2011 http://blogs.nature.com/soapbox_science/2011/06/30/science-in-the-arab-w...
Dajani, R Undergraduate education in Jordan. Science. 2007 Aug 31;317(5842):11701.

Rana Dajani, PhD

Professor of Molecular Biology

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications