SPEAKERS

Guest of Honor

Dr. Asma Al Mannaei

Executive Director, Research and Innovation Center, Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Keynote Speakers

H.E. Dr. Nora Berra

Former French Minister of Health

Former MEP

President at Union for Global Health, France

Dr. Mohamed Sayegh

Senior Scientific Advisor to the Director, NIAID/NIH, USA

Prof. Kamal F. Badr

Professor of Medicine, Deputy Vice President for Medical Affairs, and Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Professor of Medicine (Adj.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

President and CEO, Teucer Biotech Inc.

International Speakers

Ahmed Hamouda

Clinical Research Director, RAY CRO, Cairo, Egypt

Dr. Dany Habr

Head of Medical Affairs, North America & International Markets, BeiGene, USA

Dr. Hady Khoury

Chief Development Officer, Medable Inc, Polo Alto, CA, USA

Dr. Jay D. Kranzler

Biotech CEO/Adjunct Professor, NYU STERN & NYU Langone Medical School, New York, USA

Col. Prof. Manaf Alqahtani

Professor of Medicine; Senior Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology; Founding Head, Microbiology Department, RCSI

Chief of Medical Staff (Clinical & Diagnostics) and Allied Staff, Bahrain Oncology Center

Head of Medical Laboratories & Infectious Disease Services, RMS Military Healthcare network, Muharraq, Bahrain

Member, Regional Technical Advisory Groups on Immunization and International Travel and Health Editorial Peer Review Group, WHO

Prof. Ali Taher

Associate VP for Academic Centers, Development and External Affairs; Director, Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute; Professor of Internal Medicine – Hematology Oncology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Prof. Fowzan Alkuraya

Chief Medical & Genomics Officer, Lifera Omics, Riyadh
Professor of Human Genetics, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh
Adjunct Principal Scientist, Centre for Genomic Medicine, KFSHRC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Hani Tamim

Professor and Director of Biostatistics Unit, Clinical Research Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Professor, College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Khaled Machaca

Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Research, Innovation, & Commercialization,

Weill Cornell Medicine, Doha, Qatar

Prof. Waleed Alhazzani

Professor, Critical Care Department, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam

Honorary Professor, King Saud University, Riyadh

CEO of the Scientific Research Center at MODHS, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Assaad A. Eid

Professor and Chairperson, Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiological Sciences; Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Dr. Georges Labaki

CEO, Phoenix Clinical Research, Beirut, Lebanon

Co-Founder, Balsam Clinical Research, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Hikmat Abdel-Razeq

Professor and Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine; Head, Breast Cancer Service; Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director General, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan

Prof. Khalid Fakhro

Chief Research Officer and Chair of the Precision Medicine Program, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar

UAE-based Speakers

Prof. Abdishakur Abdulle

Associate Research Professor & Senior Research Scientist; Associate Director, Public Health Research Center, NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Prof. Andreas Bender

Professor of Machine Learning in Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Visiting Professor for Molecular Informatics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Prof. Bassam Ali

Professor in Molecular & Genetic Medicine and Leader of the Genetics & Development Research Priority Group, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE

Dr. Eva Turgonyi

Medical Director GCC & Pakistan, AstraZeneca, Dubai, UAE

Dr. Mariam Saleh Al Harbi

Consultant Pediatrician, Advisor/Director of Research in Abu Dhabi Public Health Center (DOH), Abu Dhabi
Adj Assistant Professor, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi
Adj faculty at CMHS, UAEU, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Mohammad Yaqub

Associate Professor, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Rana Abu Khadra

Co-founder of CureSCG and Mother of Child with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Shaikha Almazrouei

Co-Founder, Cell Lab 7, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Wasim El Nekidy

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Senior Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi (CCAD), UAE

Dr. Ahmed Yosry

GCC Medical Director, MSD, Dubai, UAE

Ashwin Joshi

Director, startAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Bindhya Cariappa

Executive Director Research, PureHealth, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Islam Eltantawy

General Manager, IROS M42, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Mohamed Abuhaleeqa

Consultant in Hematology, Leukemia, and Bone Marrow Transplant; Chair of Academic Affairs, Abu Dhabi Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Prof. Montasir Qasymeh

Professor and Associate Provost for Research, Innovation, and Academic Development, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Prof. Saleh Ibrahim

Professor of Immunology; Chair of Medical Sciences Department; Associate Dean for Research, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Shamyla Siddique

Director of Research Operations, Burjeel Holdings, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Yasser Ghoneim

Director of Clinical Projects, PDC-CRO, Dubai, UAE

Dr. Alaa Assem

Managing Director, CTI EMEA, Dubai, UAE

Prof. Ayman El-Hattab

Director and Consultant Clinical Genetics, Genetics and Rare Disease Center, Burjeel Medical City, Abu Dhabi
Professor, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah
Founder and President, MENA Organization for Rare Diseases, UAE

Essamelden Mohammed

GCC Regional Manager & Africa Regulatory Manager, MCT-CRO, Dubai, UAE

Prof. Khaled Musallam

Group Chief Research Officer, Burjeel Holdings, Abu Dhabi
Adj Professor, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Adj Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA

Dr. Mohamed Alameri

Acting Director of Genome and Biobank Division, Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dr. Noël Malod-Dognin

Research Scientist, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence‌, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Visiting Research Scientist, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Barcelona, Spain

Prof. Shahrukh Hashmi

Director of Research, Research and Innovation Center, Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Dr. Walid Abbas Zaher

Founder, REWIND, Dubai

Co-Founder, Our Longevity, Abu Dhabi, UAE