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Dr. Muhammad Salman Mustansar Toor

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Muhammad Salman Mustansar Toor

Postdoctoral Researcher

Educational Qualifications

PhD in Tumor Immunology

GProf of Teaching Certification

Entity

College of Health and Life Sciences

Biography

Muhammad Salman Mustansar Toor is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the College of Health and Life Sciences at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Dr. Salman M Toor graduated in biomedical sciences with research in cancer biology and therapeutics from the University of Bradford and completed his PhD in tumor immunology from the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

Dr. Toor worked at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University as a research assistant from 2014 to 2017 and joined Qatar Biomedical Research Institute as a research associate in 2017. He joined Dr. Omar Albagha’s group at the College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University in 2021.

Dr Toor’s research focuses on tumor immunology and his current research focuses on genomic medicine and understanding the genetic determinants of complex diseases with an emphasis on cardiovascular diseases and genetic risks for diabetes. With more than 50 research publications in reputed journals, Dr. Toor aspires to excel in academia and in biomedical research.

PhD in Tumor Immunology

University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

2021

GProf of Teaching Certification

University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

2021

BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences

University of Bradford, United Kingdom

2011

  • Genomics and transcriptomics in complex diseases
  • Tumor immunology
  • Cancer immunotherapy

Postdoctoral Researcher

College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2023 – Present

Research Associate

College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2021 – 2023

Research Associate

Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2017 – 2021

Research Assistant

College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, UAE

2014 – 2017

  • 2018, First prize, Poster presentation, Cancer Immunotherapy Workshop by Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.