Information for Students

Students’ Resources 

• Academic Advising
• Academic Calendar
• Academic Catalog
• Class Schedules
• Financial Aid and Scholarships
• Internal Petition Form (Submit filled form to rana.shehab@lau.edu.lb)
• Low Credit Form (Submit filled form to rana.shehab@lau.edu.lb)
• Pharm.D. Student Manual
• Pharm.D. Student Mentoring
• Professional Technical Standards
• Student Awards
• Student Handbook
• Student Portal

LAU Resources and Services

• Student and Campus Experience
• Student Code of Conduct
• Counseling Services
• Career Guidance

Pharmacy Resources

• Professional Resources
• Oath of a Pharmacist
• ACPE Student Complaint Policy
• Pharmacy Licensure
• AACP’s Pharmacy School Locator
• ASHP Clinical Skills Competition

Student Societies and Organizations

• Student Societies of Health-system Pharmacy (SSHP)
• American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists
• Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA)
• International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation (IPSF)

Students’ Wellness Resources 

The LAU Counseling Services offer support to students’ mental health wellbeing. These services are strictly confidential and free of charge for all enrolled students. They are typically shecduled once a week and may extend over several weeks depending on the objectives set together with the counselor.

Types of counseling services offered:

• Short-term individual counseling
• General consultation
• Group counseling
• Guidance to develop academic skills
• Career and vocational counseling
• Crisis interventions
• On-and-Off-campus referrals. If the counselors believe that your concerns are beyond the scope of the services provided at LAU, they will provide you with a list of off-campus professionals (such as psychotherapists or psychiatrists).

Counselors:

Beirut campus: Tel: + 961 1 78 64 64 

Mr. Maher El Helou ext. 1705
Ms. Nour Wakim ext. 1635

Byblos campus: Tel: + 961 9 457 262

Ms. Anny Ghanem, ext. 2938 
Dr. Joumana Haddad, ext. 2413
Ms. Tala AlNoweisser, ext. 2057

Below are additional links/resources that are useful for health and wellbeing:

1. General Health:
   1. الخط الساخن للخدمات الصحية للنازحين اللبنانيين1787
   2. الخط الساخن لوزارة الصحّة العامة 1214
   3. https://internationalmedicalcorps.org/country/lebanon/
   4. https://www.lau.edu.lb/experience/health/health-services-office.php

2. Parents & Children:
   1. https://bold.expert/how-to-help-children-cope-with-war-trauma/
   2. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAVpkE6pZvs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

3. General Mental Health:

1. The National Mental Health Program: The National Mental Health Programme (moph.gov.lb)
   1. يقدم البرنامج الوطني للصحة النفسية في وزارة الصحة العامة في لبنان مجموعة من الخدمات والموارد النفسية التي يمكن الاستفادة منها. بعض هذه الخدمات:
   2. 1- خط الحياة 1564: الخط الوطني الساخن للدعم النفسي والوقاية من الانتحار، بالتعاون مع Embrace (متوفر 24/7).
   3. 2- برنامج خطوة خطوة: خطوة خطوة هو برنامج دعم نفسي سري ومجاني، يساعد في التعامل مع الاكتئاب والقلق. يمكنكم تحميل التطبيق من خلال هذا الرابط: http://step-by-step-program.com
   4. 3- بودكاست Self-Help +: خمس حلقات من التمارين العملية للتعامل مع الضغط النفسي. يمكنكم الاستماع الى البودكاست من خلال هذا الرابط : https://resources.nmhp-lb.com/podcasts
   5. 4- منصة 4Ws: قائمة بخدمات الصحة النفسية والدعم النفسي والاجتماعي المتاحة في لبنان. يمكن الوصول للقائمة من خلال هذا الرابط: https://mhis.nmhp-lb.com/#/guest/home
   6. تابعوا حسابات البرنامج الوطني للصحة النفسية على مواقع التواصل لمعرفة المزيد عن هذه الخدمات والموارد
   7. انستغرام: www.instagram.com/nmhplebanon/
   8. فايسبوك: www.facebook.com/nmhplebanon
   9. منصة اكس: www.x.com/NMHPLebanon
2. LOPSY (Lebanese Order of Psychologists) also have psychologist ready to support: Home | LOPSY
   1. https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaMHu_MaYH/?img_index=1
3. https://embracelebanon.org/ - Lifeline: 1564
4. https://www.idraac.org/idraac/homepage
5. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DATN6zjsnUG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
6. https://www.instagram.com/p/DAfpn8Qsmcm/?igsh=MXRzcHZ1Mm55cWZqdw==
7. https://www.instagram.com/p/DAjRcJAsDR0/?igsh=MTZhNDQxNXFod3BsNw==

4. Gender-Based Violence: https://www.abaadmena.org/resources/emergency-response-appeal/

The LAU Health Clinics provide health advice, personal wellbeing, medical consultations and resources for the health and wellness topics students care about the most.

Services students have access to:

• Acute illness evaluation and treatment
• Emergency assistance and first aid
• General medical/nursing care
• Medication supply of over-the-counter drugs for emergency relief
• Blood pressure checks
• Blood sugar level assessment
• Eating disorders and nutritional consultation
• Health counseling and education
• Health promotion programs and information
• Referrals to community healthcare providers or specialists
• Verification of absences to professors and release of a signed notification of extended absence due to medical reasons.
• Vaccination and follow up on immunization requirements
• Clinical clearance for health professional majors

Nurses:

Beirut 

Joceline Karkour
Tel: + 961 1 78 64 64
Mobile: 961 81 981633
Office hours: ext. 1040
After hours: ext. 1500

Byblos 

Maria Sargi El Ghoul
Tel: + 961 9 547 254
Mobile: 961 81 984 138
Office hours: ext. 2040
After hours: ext. 2500
 

All students at LAU are medically insured for emergencies and hospitalization. Insurance fees are paid once a year along with tuition fees. Students are exempted from some of these fees if you have medical insurance outside the LAU insurance plan. All consultations and medical records are dealt with strict confidentiality: student medical records are never discussed or released to anyone without the student’s consent; medical and academic records are not connected in any way.