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Dr. Nayef A. Mazloum is an associate professor of microbiology and immunology at WCM-Q and joint associate professor at HBKU. He also serves as an associate dean for student research at WCM-Q. He joined WCM-Q in January 2011 and came from WCMC in New York, where he served since 2008 as instructor of microbiology and immunology. He graduated from the American University of Beirut in 1994, continuing his studies at New York Medical College in Valhalla, graduating with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular biology in 2003. He started his postdoctoral training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York before continuing at WCMC. Dr Mazloum’s lab studies altered molecular pathways in metabolic disorders including obesity, diabetes, and age-related diseases. His lab employs a combination of in-vitro cellular models, mouse models and human data to uncover novel mechanisms that modulate metabolism. He has on-going active collaboration with local stakeholders in Qatar including Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), and Qatar University (QU), Qatar Diabetes Association (QDA), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). He has ongoing active collaboration with local stakeholders in Qatar including Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar University, Anti-Doping Laboratory Qatar, Texas A&M University- Qatar, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), and Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). His lab also in collaboration with investigators at Harvard Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Brown University, and the University of East Anglia.