• 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...
  • Lila Ali Aldakheel: Rising Above and Beyond Challenges

    Lila Ali Aldakheel: Rising Above and Beyond Challenges

    The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program, in partnership with Khalifa University of Science and Technology, earlier celebrated a decade of empowering female scientists from the GCC in the fields of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, who have blazed trails and...
  • Dr. Fatma H. Al-Awadhi: Leveraging Potential for Biomedical Development

    Dr. Fatma H. Al-Awadhi: Leveraging Potential for Biomedical Development

    The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program, in partnership with Khalifa University of Science and Technology, earlier celebrated a decade of empowering female scientists from the GCC in the fields of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science, who have blazed trails and...
  • Women in Science: Will the Future Still Be Female?

    Women in Science: Will the Future Still Be Female?

    An Ananke's Empower Program Project   When you hear the word ‘scientist’ the image that pops into your mind first is most likely that of a man, right? It takes a bit of a second for you to rewire your thoughts (if at all you do) and think that...
  • Upskilling Talent For Better Health, Eye Care Services

    Upskilling Talent For Better Health, Eye Care Services

    This interview is part of Ananke’s special spotlight edition on The Fred Hollows Foundation‘s 30 years of change-making in the fields of development and eye care health especially across the Global South.   Tell us about yourself and your journey as a doctor? What was the aspiration behind choosing...
  • Challenging Cancer Resistance to Improve Patient Outcomes

    Challenging Cancer Resistance to Improve Patient Outcomes

    Tell us about yourself and what inspired you to pursue your field of expertise? Well science was always a big part of my life. It gave me space to be myself, to be this curious, stubborn person who wants to find answers and this passionate person with big dreams....
  • Dr. Maha Al-Riyami : Exploring Pathway to Understanding Diabetes

    Dr. Maha Al-Riyami : Exploring Pathway to Understanding Diabetes

    Tell us about yourself and what inspired you to pursue your field of expertise? I was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Experimental Medicine from McGill University in Canada, and I am currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan...
  • Hessa Alfalahi: Optimizing Brain Health

    Hessa Alfalahi: Optimizing Brain Health

    Tell us about yourself and what inspired you to pursue your field of expertise?  My name is Hessa Alfalahi, an Emirati Ph.D. candidate in the Biomedical Engineering department of Khalifa University. Since my childhood, I have been passionate about physical, computer and biological sciences. This passion and dedication to...
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