Organizing Committee Member
Khalid Fakhro
Director
Sidra Medical and Research Center
Qatar
Biography
Dr Khalid A. Fakhro is a Principal Investigator in Translational Medicine at Sidra Medical and Research Center in Qatar and Assistant Professor of Genetic Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree with Honors in Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics from the University of Chicago and subsequently a Ph.D. in Human Genetics at Yale University, where he was part of a highly selective Howard Hughes Medical Scholars program focused on studying the molecular underpinnings of human disease. Dr. Fakhro has been pioneering research in human genomics and personalized medicine in Qatar, bringing along a decade of first-hand experience in high-throughput data generating platforms including a range of high-density genotyping microarrays and next-generation sequencing platforms, as well the use of multiple model organisms to study human disease. Currently, his work focuses on employing new genomics technologies to discover genes responsible for Mendelian disease and previously un-described congenital syndromes in the Qatari population. Dr Fakhro’s lab has also been awarded several large national grants for their work on human disease and population genomics in Qatar, where they focus on using new bioinformatics tools to analyze large-scale genomics data to describe variation, population structure and predisposition to disease from thousands of Qatari genomes and exomes. His work positions him at the intersection of basic science and clinical investigation, collaborating with many local stakeholders in Qatar to achieve the national health goals in personalized medicine.
Research Area
Genomics technologies to discover genes responsible for Mendelian disease and previously un-described congenital syndromes,human disease and population genomics. Bioinformatics tools to analyze large-scale genomics data to describe variation, population structure and predisposition to disease.