Houda Yasmine Ali Moussa obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science from Qatar University in 2015. Her graduation project on Water Cooling Systems in Qatar was the first study of its kind in the country. It was held under the supervision of Dr. Gheyath Nasrallah. 
Moussa pursued her Master’s degree in Clinical Neurology at the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, UK. During her master’s research project, she investigated the effects of vagal nerve stimulation on mitochondrial bioenergetics in individuals with epilepsy.

Moussa joined Qatar Biomedical Research Institute's Neurological Disorders Research Center in 2018.