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Dr. Cugno joined Sidra in 2014, where she covers the double role of Director of the Advanced Cell Therapy Core and Attending Physician in Pediatric Oncology and Hematology. She is a 20-year experienced medical doctor with a Board Certification in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at the University of Pavia (Italy), and a Master in Pediatric Hematology at the University “La Sapienza”, Rome (Italy). In Italy, she has been directly involved in the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) activities at the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, a renowned Academic Health Center that has performed more than 2000 transplantations.At Sidra, Dr. Cugno has been working on the development of the Advanced Cell Therapy Core, including a Cellular Therapy Unit for the delivery of cellular products for tissue, cell and gene therapy, and a Clinical Trial Office.Activities currently range from Hematopoietic Stem Cells processing, as part of the Bone Marrow Transplantation clinical program, to several projects of cell therapy,gene therapy and regenerative medicine.
Technological advancements and biomedical device cost reductions resulted in the availability of a large amount of heterogeneous data that could provide insights and help advance precision medicine. To assist researchers in exploring data and answering research questions, it is critical to have an appropriate compute infrastructure and a talented multidisciplinary team to deal with data challenges.
The Digital Health Core of Sidra Research aims to create a digital ecosystem to support all computational aspects (compute, storage, software development, data management, and analytics) critical to advancing precision medicine within Sidra and beyond. The Digital Health Core is critical in bridging the data exchange gap between the research and hospital departments.
The mission of Digital Health Core is to provide high-quality biomedical informatics services for all research projects by providing bioinformatics, computing and storage infrastructure, along with assisting researchers and physician-scientists with tools/software, databases and also assisting them in the research data management.
The Digital Health Core is more than just a data custodian; we thrive on making useful data available for consumption.
Team Members
Abdulla Fayez
IT Administrator - HPC
Ahmad El Khouly
Head - Admin & Support
Anwar Haque
Senior Engineer - Software
Mehshad Hamza
Engineer - Software
Mohammedhusen Khatib
Developer - Data Warehouse
Shafqat Baig
Senior Engineer - Software
Shibin Poolat
Engineer - Software
Tariq Abu Saqri
Senior Architect - Software
Yusuf Sayyed
Linux Administrator