Dr. Barry Solaiman | Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Hamad Bin Khalifa University

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Barry Solaiman

Dr. Barry Solaiman (PhD)


Assistant Dean of Students & Assistant Professor of Law
College of Law

Biography

Dr. Barry Solaiman is an Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and an Assistant Professor specialising in healthcare law and constitutional law. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law and is a Fellow of Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics. He also serves as a Governor of the World Association for Medical Law (WAML)

At Hamad Bin Khalifa University, he is the Lead Principal Investigator for a multidisciplinary grant developing guidelines for the use of AI/Machine Learning in healthcare research. At Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, he serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in Clinical Medicine and Co-Director of the Intersection of Law & Medicine Series, accredited by the Ministry of Public Health in Qatar and ACCME in the United States

He is co-editor of a major forthcoming book titled ‘AI, Health and the Law ’ (to be published in 2024), which will be a prominent book in the field. His publications are in leading journals, and his research has been presented globally. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of both the Cambridge International Law Journal and the Medicine and Law Journal

 


Research Interests

  • Healthcare Law
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI), Metaverse & Blockchain
  • Constitutional Law
  • Lobbying & Elections

Experience

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in Clinical Medicine

Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar

2021 - Present
  • Interim Editor-in-Chief, Medicine and Law Journal

    World Association for Medical Law

    2020 - 2021
  • Advisor

    Ministry of Public Health, Qatar

    2018 - Present
  • Editor-in-Chief, Cambridge International Law Journal

    University of Cambridge

    2015 - 2016

Education

PhD in Law

University of Cambridge

2018
  • LLM International Trade & Commercial Law

    Durham University

    2012
  • Barrister: Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)

    BPP University

    2011
  • LLB (Hons)

    Newcastle University

    2010

Selected Publications