Dr. Fatemeh Darakhshan-Rassam
Dr. Fatemeh Darakhshan-Rassam is a Programme Manager at QNRF in the Biomedical Sciences and Health pillar. She is extensively involved in pre-award and post-award activities, as well as providing technical opinion in accordance with QNRF requirements.
Dr. Darakhshan-Rassam was awarded the higher degree of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 2001, jointly from The University Reading, UK, and the Health Protection Agency, Harwell Laboratories, Oxfordshire, UK. Dr. Darakhshan-Rassam’s thesis and research, focused on Murine Radiation Induced, Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.
Dr. Darakhshan-Rassam, gained further research experience as a postdoctoral fellow at the Sir Alastair Currie, CRUK, Molecular Medicine Centre, Edinburgh.
Dr. Darakhshan-Rassam, has also undertaken research training at the Department of Haematology at the Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine (UK), St Mark’s Hospital (UK), the MRC National Institute of Medical research (UK) and The Royal London Hospital (UK). She has published on cancer genetics, carcinogenesis and medical oncology.
Prior to joining QNRF, her appointment was as a National Health Service (NHS) Manager in the UK, where she was responsible for project/service implementation and development.
