Research Group: Informing a Realistic Group Health Program
with Annett El Hachem

 

 

 

Overview

What you'll achieve

Contribute insight into what types of health support are realistic and sustainable across different real-life settings

Share experiences, perspectives, and unmet needs to help inform the development of future group health programmes

Take part in a structured, low-pressure research process where input is heard, respected, and meaningfully considered

Who this is for

Individuals with lived experience of complex or long-term health challenges who are willing to share perspectives and unmet needs

People with insight into specific populations or contexts (for example, education, high-stress professions, or organisational settings) who want to contribute informed input

Those interested in helping ensure future group health programmes are realistic, relevant, and grounded in real-world experience

What's included

Access to a small research group space for sharing perspectives and experiences

Opportunities to provide feedback on themes, priorities, and challenges relevant to future group programmes

Program structure

1. Onboarding

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Participants join the research group space and receive a brief orientation

2. Insight gathering

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Participants are invited to share perspectives through guided questions that explore real-world health needs, challenges, and priorities.

3. Reflection and feedback

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From time to time, participants may be invited to comment on emerging themes or areas of focus to ensure perspectives are accurately represented.

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Annett El Hachem

Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach & Public Health Strategist

Location

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Experience

5 years experience

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Hi, I’m Annett. I’m a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach with an MSc in Public Health and more than 15 years of experience in senior leadership roles at Cerner Corporation (now Oracle Health) across Germany, the UK, the US, and the Middle East. In my years leading global technology, integration, and innovation teams, I became known for guiding large-scale EMR implementations, building high-performing teams, and shaping strategies that placed patient wellbeing, safety, and quality of care at the centre of healthcare delivery.

 

Partnering with hospitals, health ministries, and national health systems such as the NHS gave me a deep understanding of how healthcare operates and how easily patients’ needs can be overshadowed. My own experience of being passed between specialists in a fragmented system, only to find answers through functional medicine, deepened this perspective. It motivated me to study functional medicine and commit to bringing prevention and whole-person care back to the centre of health.

 

Today I bring together systems thinking, a holistic approach that examines the connections between physical, emotional, and environmental factors, with behaviour science and positive psychology. I partner with functional medicine physicians and integrative health clinics to help individuals create practical lifestyle interventions and achieve lasting change. I also work with organisations and schools to create evidence-based wellness initiatives, educational programs, and workshops that promote healthier workplaces and communities. My approach blends evidence, empathy, and strategy to make health transformation both effective and sustainable.

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