Dr. Hoda Gad
Dr. Hoda Gad is a Clinical Research Specialist at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q).
Dr. Gad studied Pharmacy at Qatar University in Doha, Qatar, and graduated with a BSc in 2013. She then specialized in Clinical Pharmacy at the University College London, UK, and earned her MSc in 2014. While working as a Clinical Research Coordinator at WCM-Q, she took her scientific career to the next level and received her PhD in 2023 from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
Dr. Gad’s main focus of research is the use of corneal confocal microscopy (CCM) for the early detection of neuropathy in the pediatric population. She has already used this technique successfully in previous research projects where she assessed neuropathy in children with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, obesity, autism, and celiac disease. Due to her committed publication activity with more than 10 first authorships, Dr. Gad has gained a scientific reputation in the field of corneal nerves and CCM and has contributed to more than 40 original articles and systematic reviews, primarily in the research field of nerve loss in diabetes and other systemic diseases.
