Prof. Heyam Dalky, is a Full Professor at Jordan University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Nursing .Currently assigned the Dean of Scientific Research at JUST started Sep.1st.2025 until current.
Sabbatical vacation: Assistant Professor - Faculty of Health Sciences-Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah Women-UAE/August 2019 until July/2022.
She got a bachelor's degree in nursing science from Jordan University of Science and Technology (1997). Both her master's (2004) and doctoral (2009) degrees in nursing were from the USA. She specialized in psychiatric mental health nursing, with a focus on stigma and family caregivers’ research. She has done work on stigma perceptions, instrument translation, and cultural modifications. Currently, she is teaching psychiatric mental health nursing, community health nursing, and ethics issues in nursing, at the Faculty of Health Sciences-Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah Women-UAE.
Special Certificates:
- Clinical Nurse Specialist/Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing-Jordan Nursing Council.
- Fellowship in Responsible Conduct of Research program on ‘Research Ethics’, led by the University of California San Diego in collaboration with Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) Aug. 2016-2017.
- Train-the-trainer (TTT). Certified Professional Trainer.
Special Interest & Researches Done:
- Stigma of Mental Health
- Quality of Life
- Caregiver burden
- Stress
- Perception and attitudes toward mental health
- utilization of Mental health Services
- Resiliency and mental health coping among refugees
No. of Publications: >30