Dr. Abdelali Haoudi is The Vice President for Research at The Qatar Foundation (Qatar) Dr. Haoudi holds a Doctorate degree in Cellular and Molecular Genetics, and a Master of Science (Honors) degree in Human, Quantitative and Population Genetics, from Pierre & Marie Curie University and Orsay University (Paris, France). Prior to joining Qatar Foundation, Dr. Haoudi held a Research Professor position in Cancer Biology and Virology at Eastern Virginia Medical School (USA). He also served as a Visiting Professor, Visiting Fellow and has held other academic positions in some of the leading biomedical research institutes including the Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Institute of Proteomics (USA), the National Institutes of Health (USA), The University of Virginia Medical School (USA), Old Dominion University (USA) and Pasteur Institute (France). Dr. Haoudi is also the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology He is also a fellow of the National Royal Academy of Sciences & Technology. He has been actively involved in various Science advisory activities for international organizations including United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), the US Department of Defense Medical Branch (USA) and other research foundations.