Summary
Dr. Walid Qoronfleh is engaged in precision medicine, biotechnology and diagnostics research areas that are of immediate global and provincial healthcare relevance including the MENA region. He has held in the USA several senior management and executive positions with increasing responsibilities at several pharma/biotech companies including GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, ThermoFisher, NextGen Sciences Plc, SDIX Inc, the NIH-NCI, and The University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Walid has been the advisor for several start-ups, supervised over 30 PhD & Master students, and an Outside Examiner for Universities in the GCC. He has a sustained record of scholarship nearly US $20 million of funded research. He has published over 100 peer reviewed papers. He authored 4 books with one winning two best book award [world renowned Gourmand Award 2022 & 2023], plus being an Editor or an ad hoc reviewer for various scientific journals. Walid is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.
Professional Experience
- Senior Director and Head of Consulting Services at 21 Health Street. Full-time, Jan 2021 – Present.
- co-Founder & Managing Director at Q3 Consulting Group (Q3CG). Full-time, 2004 – Present.
- Director, Healthcare Research & Policy at Qatar Foundation. Full-time, Jan 2014 – Dec 2020.
- Executive Director, Life Science at SDIX , 2010 – 2011 .
- Vice President, Personalized Medicine at NextGen Sciences, Inc, 2008 – 2009.
- Executive Director at CTA Corp / University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2005 – 2006 .
- Senior Director, R&D, Strategy, and Business Development at Thermo Fisher Scientific (Pierce Biotechnology) , 2000 – 2004 .
- Director, Discovery Research and Anti-Infective Development at Antex Biologics/Antex Pharma, 1998 – 1999.
- Manager at National Institutes of Health (NIH – NCI/FCRDC), 1995 – 1998.
- Senior Research Investigator at sanofi-aventis (Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceuticals), 1992 – 1994.
- Research Scientist at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (GSK), 1989 – 1992.
Education
- Ph.D., Microbiology University of Louisville School of Medicine, 1984 – 1988.
- MBA, Management Penn State University, 1993 – 1995.
- Marketing Certificate, Wisconsin School of Business, 2003 – 2004.
- M.S., Chemistry, Illinois State University, 1981 – 1984.