Principal Investigators and Directors

Ammira Al-Shabeeb Akil, PhD, EMBA

Principal Investigator – Associate Level | Director of Metabolic and Mendelian Disorders - Translational Research Program

Precision Genomics and Translational Omics

Annalisa Terranegra, PhD

Principal Investigator – Assistant Level

Laboratory of Precision Nutrition - Mother and Child Health Division

Bernice Lo, PhD

Principal Investigator | Director of Immune Dysregulation - Translational Research Program

Laboratory of Immunoregulation

Chiara Cugno, MD

Director - Advanced Cell Therapy Core | Translational Research Program Clinical Lead - Sidra Pediatric Oncology Qatar

Advanced Cell Therapy Core

Dr. Abubakr Imam

Division Chief | Translational Research Program Clinical Lead - Congenital Malformation

Dr. Hala Abdullahi

Senior Attending Physician | Translational Research Program Clinical Lead - Reproductive and Perinatal Health

Dr. Ibrahim Janahi

CMO | IRC Member

Dr. Johnny Awwad

Executive Chair, Women’s Services | Division Chief, Reproductive Medicine | IRC member

Dr. Khalid Hussain

Division Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology | IRC member

Dr. Mohammed Yousuf Karim

Division Chief of Hematopathology | Translational Research Program Clinical Lead - Immune Dysregulation

Dr. Ruba Benini

Attending Physician | Translational Research Program Clinical Lead - Neuroscience

Dr. Tariq Abbas

Attending Physician | IRC member

Dr. Tawfeg Ben Omran

Division Chief | Translational Research Program Clinical Lead - Metabolic and Mendelian Disorders

Essam M. Abdelalim, PhD

Principal Investigator – Associate Level

Laboratory of Pluripotent Stem Cell Disease Modeling

Khalid A. Fakhro, PhD

Chief Research Officer and Chair of the Precision Medicine Program, Sidra Medicine | IRC Member

Professor of Genomics, College of Health and Life Sciences, HBKU

Luis R. Saraiva, PhD

Principal Investigator – Associate Level | Director of Congenital Malformations - Translational Research Program

Laboratory of Disease Modeling and Therapeutics

Marla Beerens, PhD

Director - Research Operations, Innovation and Strategy

Matteo A Avella, PhD

Principal Investigator – Assistant Level

Laboratory of Reproductive Biology

Muhammad Ali Hameed, CLSSBB , CPA , MBA , P.Eng , PMP

Executive Director, Research Core Facilities | IRC Member

Sara Deola, MD, PhD

Investigator Cell and Gene Therapy Specialist

Advanced Cell Therapy Core

Sara Tomei, PhD

A/Director – Advanced Research Cores | IRC Member

Sonia Davila, PhD

Executive Director – Translational Medicine | IRC Member

Souhaila Al Khodor, MSc, PhD

Principal Investigator – Full Level | Director of Reproductive and Perinatal Health - Translational Research Program

Laboratory of Microbiome and Biomarkers Discovery

Wouter Hendrickx, PhD

Principal Investigator – Associate Level | Director of Sidra Pediatric Oncology Qatar - Translational Research Program

Tumor Biology and Immunology Laboratory

Younes Mokrab, PhD

Principal Investigator - Associate level | Director of Neuroscience - Translational Research Program

Medical and Population Genomics Lab