People Biography

Ghaneya Al Khadairi is currently pursuing her PhD in Biomedical and Biological Sciences at the College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University. She holds a BSc in Biomedical Sciences (Qatar University) and completed her MSc in Biomedical and Biological Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in 2017. Ghaneya was awarded a competitive graduate scholarship from the Qatar Research Leadership Program (QRLP) of Qatar Foundation, to pursue her doctoral research work as part of Dr Julie Decock’ s team.

Her PhD work focuses on the cancer testis antigen PRAME, also known as PReferentially expressed Antigen in MElanoma, and its role in the inherent aggressive behavior of triple negative breast cancer by facilitating the acquisition of several hallmarks of cancer. Findings from this project will enable us to assess whether PRAME has potential to be used as a candidate therapeutic target for triple negative breast cancer.