Biochemistry Department staff

Dr. Nafila Bazdawi Al Riyami
Title: Assistant Head of Department/Senior Consultant
Office No. 2987
Ext. + 9682414(4979)
Email: nafilariyami@gmail.com
Field of Interest: Overall: Improvement of Clinical Biochemistry testing to improve quality of patient care. Specific: Diagnosis and classification of monoclonal gammopathies.Intereferences in Biochemical laboratory testing.Laboratory Quality Management and Method Validation. Clinical laboratory toxicology testing .
Education: BSC Health Sciences, MD (College of Med. & Health Sciences, Specialty in Medical Biochemistry (UBC-Vancouver, Canada), FRCPC, Laboratory Quality Management (UBC-POLQM Vancouver-Canada), ABCL (NLA-USA), Green belt holder (Six Sigma) Asian Institute of Quality Management
Supervsion:

Khalid Al-Rasadi
Title: Professor
Office No. 2942
Ext. +968 2414(4921)
Email: khalid77@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest: Lipid and Lipoprotein disorders
Education: American Board Of Clinical Lipidology (2008) National Lipid Association, USA., Fellow in Cardiology Preventive/Lipid Clinic (2008) McGill University, Montreal, Canada, RCPC in Medical Biochemistry (2006), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. M.D (1998)Sultan Qaboos University,Muscat, Oman. BSc. Health Science (1995)Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
Supervsion: MSc/PhD

Jumana Saleh
Title: Professor
Office No. 36
Ext. +968 2414(3534)
Email: jumana@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest: Lipid Biochemistry oxidative stress and metabolic diseases
Education: PhD. McGill University
Supervsion: MSc&PhD

Hamza Babiker
Title: Professor
Office No. 56
Ext. +968 2414(3410)
Email: hbabiker@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest: Genetics and molecular epidemiology of Malaria/Theileria parasites
Education: B-Pharm, MSc, PhD
Supervsion: MSC/PhD Students & Postdoc Research Fellow

Yahya Tamimi
Title: Associate Professor
Office No. 37
Ext. +968 2414(3522)
Email: yahyatam@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest: Molecular Biology
Education: Ph.D. Biomedical Sciences, Radboud University of Nijmegen,Nijmegen, The Netherlands 1996.
Supervsion: MSc&PhD

Arwa Al- Kindi
Title: Assistant Professor
Office No. 2122
Ext. +968 2414(3547)
Email: arwank@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:
Education: PhD in Medicine and Health , University of Manchester, United Kingdom - Masters (MSc) in Molecular Biology and Genetic manipulation, University of Sussex, United Kingdom
Supervsion:

Amani Al Khaifi
Title: Assistant Professor
Office No. 2017
Ext. +968 2414(1157)
Email: amani@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest: Study the regulation of cholesterol and bile acid metabolsim in human
Education: Master in Biomedical Sciences (Karolinska Institute, Sweden), PhD in Medical Science (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Supervsion:

Shaima Al Khabouri
Title: Assistant Professor
Office No. 38
Ext. +968 2414 (3477)
Email: s.alkhabouri@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest: Immunology; TCR sequencing of T cells in autoimmunity and cancer
Education: PhD, University of Glasgow, 2020; MSc, McGill University, 2012; BSc, McGill University, 2010Supervision: Undergrad & Postgrad
Supervsion: Undergrad & Postgrad

Mohammed Al-Toubi
Title: Assistant Professor
Office No. 32
Ext. +968 2414(3533)
Email: toubim@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest: Diabetes/ GLUT4 trafficking, SNARE complex; Chromatography/ HPLC, LC-MSMS; Wilson Disease
Education: PhD,University of Glasgow, 2018, MSc, University of Edinburgh, 2012, MSc, Sultan Qaboos University, 2007, BSc, Sultan Qaboos University, 2001
Supervsion:

Maha Al Riyami
Title: Assistant Professor
Office No. 2123
Ext. +968 2414(3518)
Email: mahazr@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest: Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Autoimmunity, Metabolic disorders
Education: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Master of Science (MSc) in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Supervsion:

Khalid Al-Waili