Third EMGEN Steering
Committee (2014-Present)
There should be a Steering Committee of the EMGEN
network comprising senior health scientists and researchers and responsible for
advising on policy and strategic directions establishing priorities for
research and development, and overseeing implementation and evaluation. Until a
steering committee is appointed, the task should be assigned to an ad hoc
committee (comprising of up to 7 members and a coordinator selected by
consultation participants). The Third Steering Committee Election,
has been held in Tehran, Iran, Jun. 2014 in electronic mode and its result
evaluated and confirmed by EMGEN honorable overseer committee as
below. In this regard, based on the kind decision of EMGEN honorable
overseer committee, we are pleased to inform you that Dr. Al Arrayed Dr.
Hassar and Dr. Abid Azhar will maintain their respected and effective
cooperation with EMGEN as Honorary Steering Committee Members. In addition, the highest vote belong to Dr. Ali Haeri, that would make
him interim chairperson of the steering committee unless the respected
committee would deside otherwise.
Chairman of Steering Committee:
Dr. Ali Haeri
Professor, Director of Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of
Iran
Iran

Dr. Fereidoun Mahboudi (Industrial representative)
Associate Professor of Pasteur Institute of Iran, Director Biotechnology
Network of Iran
Iran
 Dr. Zabta Khan Shinwari
Professor and Chairperson, BIO Technology, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Pakistan
Dr. Karam S. Karam
Professor of Medicine, last Minister of Tourism and Alternate Minister of
Health
Lebanon
Dr. Mohamed Mousli
Senior Research Scientist, Immuno-Biotechnology group’s Leader,
Laboratory of Medical Parasitology, Biotechnology and Biomolecules, Institut
Pasteur de Tunis
Tunis

Dr. Laila Ali Akbar Bastaki
MD Genetics, Specialist, Kuwait Medical Genetics Centre
Kuwait
 Dr. Arif Hussain
Assistant Professor of Molecular Oncology, Department of
Biotechnology,Manipal University, Dubai Campus
UAE

Dr. Mohammad Hassar
Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Director Pasteur Institute of Morocco,
Casablanca
Morocco
 Dr. Shaikha Salim Al Arrayed
Consultant Clinical Geneticist, Head of Genetic Department, Salmaniya
Medical Complex, Manama
Bahrain

Dr. Abid Azhar
Professor & Director General (KIBGE), University of Karachi
Pakistan
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