Barry Solaiman | Hamad Bin Khalifa University
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Barry Solaiman

Dr. Barry Solaiman (PhD)


Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
College of Law

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  • Office locationOffice 23, Floor 3

Biography

Dr. Barry Solaiman is an Assistant Dean of Students and an Assistant Professor specializing in Healthcare Law and Constitutional Law. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Cambridge, has been called to the London Bar, and is an accredited civil and commercial mediator. He was formerly Editor-in-Chief of both the Cambridge International Law Journal and Medicine and Law. 

In Qatar, he is an advisor to the Ministry of Public Health, a Member of Aspetar Hospital's Ethics Committee, and Co-Director of the Intersection of Law and Medicine Series at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. Internationally, he is Chair of the Young Members Committee of the World Association for Medical Law. 

He is the Lead Project Investigator for an HBKU grant analyzing the development of guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare research and has several publications in the field. 

 


Research Interests

  • Constitutional Law
  • Political Corruption
  • Commercial Law
  • Tort Law
  • Medical Law
  • International Law

Experience

Co-Founder & Chair, PhD Seminar Series

University of Cambridge, UK

2014-2017
  • Editor-in-Chief

    Cambridge International Law Journal, UK

    2015-2016
  • Managing Editor

    Cambridge International Law Journal, UK

    2014-2015
  • Assistant to Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

    House of Lords, UK

    2016-2017
  • Research Assistant

    British Academy, UK

    2016
  • Research Assistant, Department of Sociology

    University of Cambridge, UK

    2014
  • English Teacher

    Hong Kong

    2013

Education

PhD

University of Cambridge, UK

2017
  • LLM International Trade & Commercial Law

    Durham University, UK

    2012
  • Barrister

    Middle Temple, London, UK

    2011
  • LLB (Hons)

    Newcastle University, UK

    2010

Selected Publications