The Office of the Vice President for Research at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) is delighted to announce the HBKU awardee of the 5th Cycle of the Path towards Precision Medicine (PPM5) Call, which is a joint call between Qatar National Research Fund and Qatar Genome Program, and congratulates the LPI and PI’s of this awarded project.

The PPM Program aims to support and advance research that aims to guide healthcare decisions toward the most effective prevention, diagnosis and and/or treatment for a given patient based on their genetic profile.

 

Awarded Project (HBKU SUBMITTING INSTITUTE)
Title Project ID # HBKU PI name Home Entity 
Target and drug discovery for cardiovascular genomic medicine using high-throughput cell screening platformPPM 05-0423-210009Dr. Ayman Al Haj ZenCHLS
 
HBKU SUB-AWARDEE
Title Project ID # HBKU PI name Home Entity Submitting Institute LPI name 
Multiregional genomic sequencing of pediatric cancer patients from Qatar, solid tumor heterogeneity and clinical impact.PPM 05-0316-210001Dr. Borbala MifsudCHLSSidra MedicineDr. Wouter Hendrickx
Artificial Intelligence and Precision Lifestyle Medicine: Unlocking the complex relationship between genes and environmentPPM 05-0506-210017Dr. Yin Yang & Prof. Abdesselam BouzerdoumCSEMinistry of Public HealthDr. Mohammed Al-Thani