Qatar Foundation Names New Executive Director of Qatar Biomedical Research Institute

Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development announced today that Dr Hilal Lashuel, a prominent scientist in life sciences and associate professor at the Brain Mind Institute of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) School of Life Sciences, has been appointed Executive Director of Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI). Dr Lashuel will assume his new position on April 1, 2014, and will contribute to the advancement of translational biomedical research and the development of innovative personalised medicine in Qatar.

View the official press release here (pdf) or the full news article here.