People Biography

Rim Abdul Kader Bacha is currently studying for a Master's degree in Biomedical and Biological Sciences at the College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences from the College of Health Science, Qatar University. Rim received an honors for her undergraduate research project entitled “Vitamin D deficiency and oxidative stress”. Moreover, during her undergraduate studies, Rim enrolled in the undergraduate research program working on a project entitled “The Association of the Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) and Major Depression in Qatar“. Through an internship at Hamad Medical Corporation, Rim has acquired clinical laboratory skills in haematology, immunology and clinical chemistry.

Rim recently joined Dr.Julie Decock’s team as an MSc student, where she will conduct her research work into the mechanistic basis of immune evasion in triple negative breast cancer with a particular focus on the cancer testis antigen PRAME.