Prof. Abraam Yakoub

Lead Investigator at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Keynote, Speaker

Prof. Abraam Yakoub, PharmD, PhD is a Lead Investigator (equiv. to assistant/associate professor) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School’s teaching hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Prof. Yakoub is passionate about scientific innovation and overcoming grand problems in medicine. His laboratory leads an interdisciplinary research program focused on brain functions and diseases, including genetically engineering mouse models and developing gene therapies for brain diseases. The Yakoub laboratory uses cutting-edge technologies and model systems, including mouse models, stem cells, human brain organoids, synthetic biology, and virus and protein engineering. Prof. Yakoub is deeply committed to mentoring and training the next generation of biomedical scientists, especially in the areas of gene therapy and neuroscience.