Team Profiles
Dr. Hiba Alblooshi
Director of UAEU Genomic Laboratory
Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Genomic, College of Medicine and Health Science, United Arab Emirates University.
Dr. Alblooshi is currently an assistant professor in the Genetic and Genomics department in the United Arab Emirates University. Dr Alblooshi is the director of the UAEU genomic Laboratory. She holds a PhD degree in Medical and Forensic Sciences from the University of Western Australia. She completed her Master degree and Postgraduate Diploma in Forensic Science from the University of Western Australia. Dr. Alblooshi Completed her Bachelor degree in Science majoring in Genetic and Anatomy from The University of Melbourne, Australia. Her research area includes the molecular basis of Mendelian Disorders and Neuropsychiatric Genetic. With her research work she hopes to provide new insights for the pathophysiology of the disorder and improve the application of genetic technology in understating the underling biology of the disease.
Anas Al Aidaros
Medical Research Specialist (Biochemical Genetics)
Anas Al Aidaros joined the Genetic and Genomic department in 2020. He obtained his BSc. in Chemistry from the UAE University, College of Science in 2015. He worked as quality control analyst at Ministry of Climate Change and Environment laboratories. He joined UAEU chemistry department as research assistance in 2016. Al Aidaros also worked in the Metabolic laboratory, College of Medicine and Health Sciences in UAEU. His expertise spans mass spectrometry, development of analytical methods for detection and determination of designer drugs of abuse, quality improvement of screening and diagnostic methods and determination of human derived chemicals in ground water.
Ibrahim Baydoun
Medical Research Specialist (Molecular Genomics)
Ibrahim Baydoun, have recently joined CMHS staff as a Senior Specialist in Next Generation sequencing . He has worked as a Lab supervisor in Jordan's University of science And Technology -Princess Haya Biotechnology Center (Irbid Jordan) , and King Fahad specialist Hospital (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) As Senior Research Technologist for their Genomics Unit in the Biomedical Research Facility. His past experience involves both Molecular Genetics Research and Diagnostics. with research focusing mainly on Oncogenetics , Neurogenetics , Metagenomics , Cardiovascular Genetics and Whole Genome sequencing as part of the Saudi Genome project. He finished his M.Sc in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering , minoring in Human Molecular Genetics from Yarmouk University (irbid, Jordan).
Praseetha Kizhakkedath, PhD,
Senior Specialist
Praseetha Kizhakkedath joined the UAEU Genomics team in May 2020. She is primarily responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the genomics lab and involved in the analysis and interpretation of clinical genomic data from whole exomes and genomes. Praseetha obtained her Ph.D in Biotechnology from the University of Madras, India. After her PhD she joined the biopharmaceutical industry at Syngene International, Bangalore as an Associate Scientific Manager for Syngene-Abbot Nutrition research collaboration and led various molecular biology and functional genomics research projects. Praseetha has completed her postdoctoral training on molecular mechanisms underlying human rare genetic disorders, in Dept. of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAEU and later worked as a clinical genomics scientist at Al Jalila Genome center, Al Jalila Children s Hospital, Dubai. She has authored several peer reviewed scientific publications and presented her research at international scientific conferences.
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