Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Dr. Lotfi Chouchane is professor in the departments of genetic medicine, and microbiology and immunology of Weill Cornell Medical College.
Dr. Chouchane received his Ph.D. in immunology from Pasteur Institute of Paris and the University of Paris VII. Following a four-year post-doctoral position at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, in the U.S., he obtained his D. Sc. in human genetics and immunology. He then joined the National Institute of Medical Research in Paris as visiting scientist.
Just prior to joining the Branch of Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar, Prof. Chouchane was at the Faculty of Medicine of Monastir University in Tunisia, where he worked as professor of human genetics and immunology, and chief of the laboratory of immuno-oncology. He was the chair of the department of basic science during the period between1996-2002. In 2002, he was appointed by the Tunisian government as member of a commission to oversee all aspects of the education and research mission in the medicine and biotechnology field. In 2004, he was appointed as scientific advisor to the Minister of Scientific Research and Technology of Tunisia and coordinator of the European Commission program.
Dr. Chouchane is a member of the steering committee of the Euro-Mediterranean consortium of genetics of breast cancer and that of WHO consortium of genetics of nasopharyngeal cancer, member of the advisory board of the Centre for Arab Genomic Studies of Dubai. His current research interests include the genetics and immunology of multi-factorial diseases including cancer.