Finance and Partnership Committee

Finance and Partnership Committee

Chair:

Wafa Ahmed Mohammed AlFalasi, Manager of Business Support, Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences Office, Qatar University

Biography:

Ms. Wafa Al-Falasi is the Manager of Business Support at the Vice President for Health and Medical Sciences Office at Qatar University. She received her bachelor degree in Public Relations – Mass Communication department at Qatar University. She obtained her Master’s degree in Marketing from Brunel University London in 2017.

During her career at Qatar University, Ms. Wafa worked at the Human Resources department in different sections, including: Section Head for Academic Payroll and Benefits, Section Head for Health Insurance and Section Head for Human Resources Consultations. She had numerous achievements and contributions into the development and enhancement towards the performance of the Human Resources department during 2007 – 2017.

Ms. Wafa is an active member in different committees at Qatar University, including Academic Support Employees Affairs committee, Forms Arabization committee and Administrative Employee Grievances committee for several years.

Currently, she is working towards obtaining her second Master’s degree in Human Resources and Development at the University of Salford – Manchester, UK.

Members:

Dr. Mohammad Diab Associate Vice President for Student Life and Services, Qatar University
Natasha Khandoker Senior Business Support Specialist, Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences Office, Qatar University
Nadine Wafic Maarouf Outreach and Engagement Specialist, Outreach and Engagement Department, Qatar University

Biography:

Professor Asmaa Al-Thani is the Vice President of Medical and Health Sciences, the Director of the Biomedical Research Center (BRC) and a Professor of Virology at the Biomedical Sciences Department, Qatar University.  Professor Althani is also an Adjunct Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.

Professor Al-Thani’s portfolio articulates a record of accomplishments in establishing the academic and research infrastructure for health and medical sciences at Qatar University, pertaining her roles as the Founding Dean of the College of Health Sciences (2016) and the Founding Director of BRC (2014).  Professor Al-Thani has an active role in national landscape of medical research through serving as the Vice Chairperson of the Qatar Biobank Board, Chairperson of the National Qatar Genome Committee and establishing National Reference laboratory-COVID19 Unit.  In addition, she is the founding chair for the Empower Generation Consortium (EGC), which comprises several projects that enhance the national capacities in health and medical sciences.

Professor Al-Thani has a leading research portfolio, with over than 120 published papers in peer-reviewed international journals and around 34 internal and external research grants and 2 patents.  She is a reviewer for several scientific journals and conferences, and currently a member of the American society for Microbiology.

Her accomplishments have been recognized through several awards, including the Astrolabi Award from WCMC-Q (2020), QS- Reimagine Oscar in Education, gold in Life Sciences and the silver in best university-employer relationship for the years 2018-2020.   She also received the State Encouraging Award in the Medical Sciences and Nursing (2017), Sheikh Hummaid Bin Rashid Award for Culture and Sciences (2006), Al-Jasra Cultural Club –Qatar (2008), Qatar University Outstanding Faculty Service Award (2012), the College of Arts and Sciences Research Award (2012) and the Arab Paediatric Medical Research Award (2015).