• Enabling Meaningful Impact On Healthcare: Fatima Alshamsi

    Enabling Meaningful Impact On Healthcare: Fatima Alshamsi

    Tell us about yourself, where you are from, and a bit about your childhood that led you to choose your career and educational path.  I’m Fatima Alshamsi, an Emirati scientist pursuing a PhD in biomedical sciences. Growing up, I had an insatiable curiosity about how things work, especially when...
  • Pushing Boundaries: Samara Iqbal

    Pushing Boundaries: Samara Iqbal

    Tell us about your journey that led you to where you are today. My journey has been one of persistence, resilience, and continuous learning. I have always believed in pushing boundaries, challenging stereotypes, and creating opportunities, not just for myself but for others as well. Along the way, I...
  • Game On: Sue Holt, Executive Director, ES Sport

    Game On: Sue Holt, Executive Director, ES Sport

    Sue Holt is the Executive Director, ES Sport. Sue holds a master’s degree in strategic marketing management from Kingston University London and has completed executive programs at Harvard Business School, Yale School of Management, and London Business School. Talking about her journey and how her childhood played a pivotal...
  • Driving Scientific Innovation

    Driving Scientific Innovation

    Autism and Brain Neurons: Discovering Genes Behind Hypersensitivity Dr. Leena Ali Ibrahim is a Palestinian-Bulgarian Assistant Professor of Bioscience at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and a rising star in the field of sensory processing and brain development. Currently leading a research lab at KAUST, her...
  • Enabling Impact Via Broader Understanding of Disease Prevention, Management

    Enabling Impact Via Broader Understanding of Disease Prevention, Management

    Study of Respiratory Infections and The Effectiveness of Treatments Dr.Hiam Chemaitelly is a Lebanese Assistant Professor of Research in Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, whose research has had a significant global impact, particularly in the study of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus, and influenza. Her...
  • Combining Scientific Rigor With Tangible Real-world Impact And Delivering Justice

    Combining Scientific Rigor With Tangible Real-world Impact And Delivering Justice

    Tell us about yourself, where you are from and a bit about your childhood that led you to choose your career and educational path. My name is Entesar Al-Hetlani, and I am a professor at Kuwait University. From a young age, I was captivated by the wonders of the...
  • Ensuring Gender Equitable, Disability Inclusive Eye Health Services

    1.Tell us about yourself. My name is Baby Naznin, and I proudly hold the position of Project Officer at The Fred Hollows Foundation, an organization dedicated to transforming lives through accessible eye care. Before assuming my current role, I was fortunate to work as a temporary staff member at...
  • Ensuring a Future Where None Suffers the Burden of Avoidable Blindness 

    Ensuring a Future Where None Suffers the Burden of Avoidable Blindness 

    Tell us about yourself.  My name is Roksana Kamal and I currently serve as a Project Officer at the Fred Hollows Foundation. Prior to joining the Fred Hollows Foundation, I served in the capacity of a Program Support Officer for Gender-Based Violence and Mental Health Support at Médecins du...
  • And That’s A W.R.A.P!

    And That’s A W.R.A.P! 

    I am usually not one to ink reams of paper in the first person and that too while sharing an anecdote. But this is another story.    I was first, personally introduced to Saba Karim Khan (SKK for interview purposes) through a mutual friend of ours. This was back...
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