Dr. Said Ismail holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oxford and an MSc from University College London (UCL). His experience extends over 25 years and involves research, education, clinical diagnostics, consultancy and management. In 2015, Dr. Ismail Joined Qatar Foundation and helped launch the Qatar Genome Project and lead the project into being one of the largest population genomics initiatives in the region shedding light on the genetic makeup of Qataris as well as over 400 million genomically underrepresented Arabs. He currently hold the position of Chief Scientific & Operation Officer at the Qatar Precision Health Institute, which resulted from the merger of Qatar Genome and Qatar Biobank.