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Prof. Fowzan S. Alkuraya

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Prof. Fowzan S. Alkuraya

Professor, Human Genetics, Alfaisal University

Biography

Fowzan S. Alkuraya is a Professor of Human Genetics at Alfaisal University and the Chairman of the Department of Translational Genomics at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center.  He joined medical school (King Saud University) before turning 15 and graduated first in his class with first class honor.  He did his pediatric residency at Georgetown University Hospital, followed by a fellowship in clinical genetics and another in molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School.  He also did a postdoctoral research fellowship in the area of developmental genetics in the lab of Prof. Richard Maas at Harvard Medical School.  He returned to his native Saudi Arabia to establish the Developmental Genetics Lab, which later evolved into the Center for Genomic Medicine at KFSHRC.  He is an authority in the area of Mendelian genetics with more than 560 published manuscripts that describe his lab’s discovery of hundreds of novel disease genes in humans as well as many other seminal contributions to the field of human genetics as featured in profiles published by The Lancet and Science.  He is a frequently invited speaker at local, regional and international conferences, on the editorial board of prominent human genetics journals, and the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including William King Bowes Award in Medical Genetics (first non-US based winner), King Salman Award for Disability Research, ASHG Curt Stern Award (first non-US based winner), and Kuwait Award. 

All sessions by Prof. Fowzan S. Alkuraya

  • Tuesday

    February 13
Partnering for a Smart Future in Health and Wellness - Chair: Xin Gao
02:00 PM
Prof. Xin Gao

Interim Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), KAUST

Prof. Fowzan S. Alkuraya

Professor, Human Genetics, Alfaisal University

Prof. Jean-Marc Nabholtz

Director, Cancer Research and Consultant Medical Oncologist Oncology Centre, King Saud University Medical City, KSA

Prof. Khalid Alsaleh

Professor, Hematology and Medical Oncology, King Saud University, KSA

Prof. David R. Pugh

Director, SDAIA Center DS & AI, KAUST

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