Advisory Board
Prof. Bassam Ali is a professor of Genetics and Genomic Medicine at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University. Prof. Ali received his PhD degree in Biochemistry from the University of Cambridge then worked at UCL and Imperial College London before joining UAEU in 2006. Prof. Ali published over 160 original articles and reviews in international journals. His current research interests include: (1) Elucidation of the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying human genetic diseases and (2) the pharmacogenomics of Emiratis. Prof. Ali has been awarded the 2018 Khalifa Education Award as the Distinguished University professor in the field of Scientific Research and the 2019 Shoman Award for Arab Scientists in Health Sciences as well as many awards from UAEU.
Prof. Ali supervised many postgraduate and medical research students and received numerous research grants. In addition, Prof. Ali is recognized internationally and is on the editorial boards of several leading international scientific journals including being an associate editor for “Human Genomics”, “Frontiers in Genetics” and “Frontiers in Pediatrics”.