Dr. Fouad Alshaban graduated from Baghdad College of Medicine, and became involved in the field of preventive medicine. He obtained his PhD in preventive medicine in the United Kingdom. He has held many different positions as a scientist working in academic research and as assistant professor in occupational medicine and public health. He was also a planner and advisor in different medical institutions, including the Iraqi Ministry of Health. Prior to joining the Shafallah Medical Genetics Center in 2009he was Research Program Manager and Senior Research Coordinator in the Washington Hospital Center in association with Johns Hopkins University Hospital. He was head of Research in the Department of Research and Training at the Shafallah Medical Genetics Center where he was involved in setting up research policies and regulations as well as the establishment of the Institutional Review Board. Currently, Dr. Alshaban works as a Senior Scientist at QBRI's Neurological Disorder Research Center. Dr. Alshaban has published three books in the field of public health, infectious diseases and nutrition and has many published articles in medical and non-medical magazines and journals.