Farhan Mohammad Naim

Sidra Medicine

Farhan read Human Biology at King’s College London, graduating with a BSc honors degree in 2001. Upon graduation he joined the phase I clinical research organization industry holding multiple Clinical Trial Associate posts including at the world’s largest CRO, IQVIA. Having gained a solid foundation in the principles of clinical trial conduct, management, regulation and delivery, he crossed over into the NHS as a Clinical Trials Practitioner in Oncology at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust in 2003. Here he worked alongside world-renowned investigators, supporting them in the delivery of late phase clinical trials in breast, lung, colorectal and urological cancers. In 2010 Farhan was appointed as Oncology Clinical Trials Portfolio Manager at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. He obtained an MSc in Clinical Oncology at the University of Birmingham in 2011 with a thesis entitled ‘Breast cancer patient perceptions in undergoing additional biopsies for research’. He was subsequently appointed as Deputy Director of Clinical Research and Development in 2013 and then as Director of Clinical Research and Development in 2018 where he led a directorate of over 200 staff and budget of £20M to deliver the Trust’s research priorities.

Farhan has been at Sidra Medicine since relocating to Qatar in 2024, where he leads the research project management office.