Dr. Mohamed Bin Hamad Al Thani is Director of the Public Health Department at the Ministry of Public Health, Qatar, since 2008. He is Associate Professor of Clinical Healthcare Policy and Research at Weill Cornell Medical College and Qatar University.
Dr. Mohamed Bin Hamad Al Thani developed programs to protect the health of individuals, families and community in Qatar and placed a high priority in developing the first Public Health Strategy 2017-2022 in Qatar.
He is continually conducting clinical research studies in the most ethical and safest manner possible to develop an integrated approach to health prevention and promotion. He has more than 30 scientific publications in Diabetes, Environmental health, Road safety, Communicable diseases, obesity… to name a few.
Dr. Mohamed Bin Hamad Al Thani has headed a number of national committees including the National Preventive Health Committee, which aims to address the many facets of transitioning from a curative to a preventive health focus and to ensure a robust preventive health governance system is in place.
He is the Chair of the Public Health Implementation Committee, and Member in the National Public Health Committee.
