Executive Director King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
Ahmed Alaskar is a Consultant and a Professor, Adult Hematology & Stem Cell Transplantation at King Abdulaziz Medical City, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs. He is also the Executive Director, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center and the President of Saudi Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation (SSBMT).
Prof. Alaskar gained his MBBS from King Saud University and completed medical trainings at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada where he obtained both the Canadian and the American Boards of Internal Medicine and of Hematology and Stem Cells Transplantation.
He assumed numerous administrative tasks and positions since 2001. He was the Director, Inpatient Services at King Abdulaziz Medical City – Riyadh and the Program Director of the Saudi Board Preparatory Course for Internal Medicine. He led the Department of Oncology at its establishment stage in 2005/2006 while he continued to be the Head, Division of Adult Hematology & Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation until March 2015. He was one of the founders of the Saudi Scientific Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and was elected twice to be the President of the society. He was then appointed as Deputy Executive Director, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center from May 2010 and became the Executive Director in September 2013 until present.
Prof. Alaskar has more than 100 publications and involved in numerous local and national committees and member of several International Societies.
Prof. Ahmed Alaskar
MD, FRCPC, FACP Executive Director King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
Dr. Aiman Altamimi
General Director – University Relations and Media Affairs at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC).
Dr. Altamimi is an assistant professor of Computer Science and holds a master’s degree in Medical Education. His research interest spans the field of Information Retrieval (IR) specifically secondary assessors’ behavior, which is important in evaluating IR systems, and How to develop Computer Science Curricula for Health-Oriented students.
Dr. Aiman Altamimi
General Director University Relations and Media Affairs at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC).
Dr. Abdelali Haoudi
“We are now witnessing the dawn of new era where we can no longer look at biomedical R&D centers separately from healthcare innovation centers and Biotechnology enterprises. The current COVID19 global pandemic has raised a serious alarm that the existing Biotech and Biopharma is still facing major challenges to rapidly and effectively cope with global health pandemics. Therefore, our proposed Riyadh Global Biotech Summit will bring together taught leaders in the field to push the boundaries of our existing thinking and practice and propose innovative models that will impact the country, the region and the rest of the world with direct impact on health and economy.“
Dr. Haoudi is currently leading the Strategy and Business Development and is also Managing Director of the Biotechnology Park at King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, at the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, and is also Distinguished Scholar at Harvard University/Boston Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Haoudi has held several senior positions in Research and Development and Innovation, including Founding Vice President for Research, Executive Director for Biomedical Research Institute and Chairman at National Research Fund at Qatar Foundation.
Dr. Haoudi served also as Research Professor of cancer and infectious diseases at the University of Virginia and Eastern Virginia Medical School and a fellow of the US National Institutes of Health. He has also held several other positions in elite research and education institutions including Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School (USA) and a fellow at Institut Pasteur (France).
Dr. Haoudi was elected as a member of Hassan II Academy for Science and Technology in 2006 and graduated from University Paris XI and Paris VI, France in 1996 with a doctoral degree in cellular and molecular genetics and received executive education from Harvard Business School in Corporate Management and Strategy and received multiple awards including Fogarty International Award and has published numerous peer reviewed international research publications and served as Founder and Editor-In-Chief for the Journal Biomed Research International and is a member of the international advisory board for the Lancet Oncology and member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the MASciR Foundation for Science, Research and Innovation.
Dr. Abdelali Haoudi
Global Summit Vice Chairman
Head R&D Strategy and Business Development Managing Director, Medical Biotechnology Park
Dr. Majed Al Jeraisy
With a Bachelor degree of Science in pharmacy from King Saud University, Riyadh 1991, a Master of Science degree in Clinical Pharmacy KSU, 1996. Further on completed Doctor of Pharmacy from university of Tennessee, USA 1999. And in 2009, completed Master of Science in medical Education, KSAU-HS, Riyadh.
Currently, I am an Associated Professor, Collage of pharmacy, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for health science as well as pediatric Clinical Pharmacy consultant, King Abdullah Specialized hospital.
I am appointed Director of Clinical Trial Services, in addition to Chairman of Research Office, King Abdullah International Medical research Center.
I participated in a number of workshops and courses including American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Master class in Effective Leadership and Anti- Thrombosis Certificate program.
I am a reviewer of some local and international peer reviewed journals, also authored and co-authored numerous and relevant papers in the field of Pediatrics, Pharmacotherapy, General Medicine, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Toxicology that were published in reputable Journals
Dr. Majed Al Jeraisy
Chairman, Research Office Director, Clinical Trial Services King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre
Dr. Ali AlQarni
Dr Al Qarni obtained MBBS from King Saud University, Abha branch and completed residency training in internal medicine at King Fahad Hospital, Riyadh Saudi Arabia. He did fellowship training in endocrinology and metabolism in University Of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. He also obtained high diploma in research methodology from University of Beirut and King Abdullah international Medical Research Center combined program. In addition he has Master Degree in medical education from King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.
Dr Al Qarni is currently consultant endocrinologist, Deputy Executive Regional Director-Medical Services, King Abdulaziz Hospital and Head of King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry Of National Guard Health Affairs, Eastern Region.
Former Appointments include internal medicine residency training program director and Head of endocrine section at King Abdulaziz. In Addition Dr Al Qarni has served as member in the diabetes national committee under Saudi Health Counsel and member of the endocrine fellowship exam committee under Saudi Commission For Health Specialties.
Dr Al Qarni main research interests are centered around diabetes and obesity in addition to medical education and quality and patient safety.
Dr. Ali AlQarni
Head, King Abdullah international Medical Research Center- Eastern Region Deputy Executive Regional Director-Medical Services, MNGHA
Dr. Naif Al Harbi
Dr. Alharbi is working at King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC) as a Research Scientist; Director of Vaccine Development Unit and Director of Research Quality Management; He is a visiting academic at the University of Oxford; Member in CEPI/WHO taskforces and groups for MERS and COVID-19 vaccines and serology. Member of Pandemic Preparedness Leading team in the HWG at Saudi G20 Submit; Consultant to a Biopharmaceutical Company; Member of the Saudi COVID-19 Vaccine National Scientific Committee; Member of Lab Biosafety Committee in MoD, KSA. Member of several committees of research management, governance, and regulations; he also lead quality assurance of clinical trials. Furthermore, Dr. Alharbi has been involved in academic teaching activities in different universities since 2012 to present.
Dr. Alharbi completed his B.Sc. in Medical Microbiology at Qassim University, Saudi Arabia, Master degree in Molecular Medical Microbiology at the University of Nottingham, UK, and a DPhil (Oxon) degree in Clinical Medicine (Molecular Virology and Vaccinology) at the University of Oxford focused on viral vector vaccines. He continued his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Oxford where he co-developed ChAdOx1 MERS vaccine with Prof. S. C. Gilbert and team. Dr. Alharbi continues the development of this vaccine from mice, through camels and human clinical trials.
He has published > 20 papers, book chapters, presented in more than 20 international conferences. Dr. Alharbi is a Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-Investigator (Co-PI) on various research grants on vaccines, viruses, and immunology
Dr. Naif Al Harbi
Director, Vaccine Development Unit Director, Research Quality Management Research Scientist, Infectious Diseases Research Department King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre
Title: Vaccine R&D in KSA: Experience and challenges
Dr. Bader Aldebasi
Deputy Head of Research Training & Development Section, KAIMRC, Riyadh
· PhD in Medical Imaging from University of Nottingham, England, UK, 2014
· Masters in Medical Imaging from University of Leeds, England, UK, 2005
· BSc in Applied Medical Sciences in the field of Radiological Sciences, from Weber State
University, USA, 2001
· Assistant Professor of Radiology, College of Applied Medical Science, KSAU-HS
· Deputy Head of Research Training & Development Section, KAIMRC, Riyadh
· Associate Research Scientist at KAIMRC, Riyadh
Dr. Bader Aldebasi
Deputy Head of Research Training & Development Section KAIMRC, Riyadh
Dr. Khaled AlSayegh
Khaled Alsayegh is an Associate Research Scientist at King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC) at the National Guard hospital. He received his PhD from the Medical College of Virginia in Virginia Commonwealth University, specializing in Human and Molecular Genetics. He did his postdoctoral training at the Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (ABMES) in Tokyo Women's Medical University. Dr. Alsayegh research interests focus on bridging the gap between Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells technology and clinical application. He works on bioengineering robust and clinically safe iPS-derived cardiac tissue and on improving hematopoietic differentiation of iPS cells.
Dr. Khaled AlSayegh
Associate Director, Biomedical Research King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre
