Rafia Ghubash PhD

Professor Dr. Rafia Obaid Ghubash is the former President of the Arabian Gulf University (AGU) in Bahrain. She studied at Cairo University to gain her Bachelor of Medicine degree and went on to receive a Ph. D. in Community and Epidemiological Psychiatry from the University of London. She is also President of the Arab Network for Women in Science and Technology, a network to help women scientists attain leadership positions and to attract more women into science.