Alya Al Shakaki

Alya Al Shakaki

Alya Al Shakaki is a Clinical Research Coordinator at Weill Cornell Medicine – Qatar, where she is involved in multiple research projects such as Genetics of Mendelian Diseases in Qatar and type 2 diabetes in Qataris. She received her B.Pharm from Ajman University of Science and Technology in UAE in 2006, and has pursued the field of Genetic research since 2010 at WCM-Q. She co-authored multiple papers published in renowned journals and conferences. Alya has recently earned a Master’s Degree in Islamic Studies with a concentration in Islamic Thought and Applied Ethics at the College of Islamic Studies (CIS), HBKU. Her research interest is in the field of ethics and Islam in genomics.