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Postdoctoral Associate in Population Health Sciences
Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Qatar
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Heba Altarawneh is a postdoctoral associate at the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group (IDEG) at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q). She is also a member of the epidemiology analytics unit for the national COVID-19 response in Qatar, in addition to providing technical expertise to inform the global response including at the World Health Organization. Findings of her research have been published in leading journals, such as at the New England Journal of Medicine. Her research has been key in the formulation of public health policy at a national and international level and has been covered in the international media and press.
Heba obtained her MD with distinction from Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar in 2021 where she was involved in projects in the fields of multiple sclerosis, optical coherence tomography, and Parkinson’s disease.