Qutayba Hamid Al-heialy MD, PhD, MRCP (UK), FRCP (Canada), FRC Path, FRS

Professor Qutayba Hamid is a distinguished scientist in Respiratory Medicine and a researcher in Asthma; he is currently the Vice-Chancellor for Medical and Health Sciences and the Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Prof. Qutayba was born in Mosul, Iraq. He graduated from the College of Medicine, Mosul University, and was trained at the University Hospital in Mosul before traveling to the UK to continue his studies at the Imperial College of London. He served as a lecturer at the National Heart and Lung Institute in London and as a researcher on asthma and allergies.

For his outstanding research accomplishments, Professor Hamid has received many notable awards, among which include the best clinical researcher in Canada, the distinguished Scientist Award from the American Respiratory Association in Clinical medicine, medical education and research, a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was also honoured by several countries including Japan, the United States, Canada, and Saudi Arabia. In 2014, he was awarded by H.H Sheikh Sultan Al Qassimi, Ruler of Sharjah, President of Sharjah University.