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Qatar Precision Health Institute
National institute combining the population biobank, genome program, disease genomics, research access, return of results, pharmacogenomics, reproductive screening, and precision-health translation.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- National
- Project type
- national precision-health umbrella and enabling institute
- Research domain
- population genomics, biobanking, translational genomics, and precision health
- Years
- 2024–
- Lifecycle status
- active
- Status basis
- Qatar Foundation formally launched QPHI on 30 April 2024 by integrating Qatar Biobank and Qatar Genome Programme; current pages operate participant, research, genomic-data, and translational services.
- Status evidence date
- 2026-08-15
- Scale
- More than 40,000 genomes reported at launch; nearly 50,000 participants in the integrated ecosystem; goal of 100,000 unique genomic maps.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Qatar Foundation · Qatar Precision Health Institute
- Partner organizations
- Hamad Medical Corporation · Sidra Medicine · Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar · Hamad Bin Khalifa University · Qatar University · Primary Health Care Corporation
- Organism / population
- Qatari nationals and long-term residents; regional Arab populations in selected projects
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- whole-genome sequencing
- biospecimens
- clinical phenotypes
- imaging
- proteomics
- metabolomics
- microbiome
- research and clinical reports
Data access
Controlled through the QPHI research portal and data catalog; selected aggregate information is public.
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Current national umbrella integrating Qatar's principal population-genomics and biobanking programs.
Editorial note
Administrative successor/umbrella, not a new independent cohort. Qatar Biobank, Qatar Genome Programme, and named translational initiatives are retained separately as lineage/components.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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