Joseph Terwilliger in Tunisia

In partnership with The Tunisian Center for Public Health (TCPH), Pr. Joseph Terwilliger, Professor of Neurobiology, visited Tunisia for an assessment mission related to a project that he will start at CGC Tunis. He had the opportunity to meet with major key stakeholders in medical research, genetics and education, including: Dr. Noomene El Kadri (Director of the Department of Medical Research, Ministry of Health, Tunisia); Pr. Mouna Ben Djebara (Neurology Department, Razi Hospital); Dr. Mohamed Jouini (Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Tunis); Dr. Sonia Abdelhak (Head of Biomedical and Oncogenetic Genomics Laboratory, Pasteur Institute of Tunis); Dr. Rym Kéfi (Team leader in the Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Pasteur Institute of Tunis); Dr. Yassine Kalboussi (TCPH), among others. 

This pilot project aims to build an educational exchange between Columbia University and medical institutions in North Africa. 

To learn more about Pr. Terwilliger, please follow this link: https://www.genetics.cumc.columbia.edu/profile/joseph-terwilliger-phd