Dr. Reem Hasnah

Master of Ceremonies (MC)

Sidra Medicine, Qatar

Reem Hasnah is a Research Specialist II in Dr. Luis Saraiva’s lab at Sidra Medicine. She completed her Ph.D. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in 2025. She previously earned her M.Sc. in Biological and Biomedical Sciences from Hamad Bin Khalifa University in 2023 and her B.Sc. in Biological Sciences from Carnegie Mellon University.

After joining Sidra Medicine, Reem has been leading the characterization of nutrient-sensing gut cells across the intestine and is responsible for RNA-seq analysis across multiple lab projects. She has published 8 original research articles and was a co-host of the Gastronauts podcast along with Peter Wang in 2020–2021.