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QF to host World Autism Awareness Day event at Oxygen Park

QF to host World Autism Awareness Day event at Oxygen Park

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Story | NewsCollaborations & PartnershipsCommunityHealth
QF’s Qader Award opens doors for people with autism

QF’s Qader Award opens doors for people with autism

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Story | NewsCommunityHealthSports
Sporting landscape in Qatar has changed for women, says QF alumna

Sporting landscape in Qatar has changed for women, says QF alumna

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Story | World CupCommunityHealthSports Social Progress
The impact of the World Cup on Qatar continues

The impact of the World Cup on Qatar continues

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Story | World CupCommunityHealthSports Youth
How to talk to your child about natural disasters?

How to talk to your child about natural disasters?

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Story | NewsCommunityHealthSocial Progress
Her Highness Sheikha Moza walks in solidarity with Türkiye-Syria earthquake victims

Her Highness Sheikha Moza walks in solidarity with Türkiye-Syria earthquake victims

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Story | NewsCommunitySports HealthWorld Cup
Qatar’s accessibility transformation makes space for adaptive athletes

Qatar’s accessibility transformation makes space for adaptive athletes

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Story | CommunityHealthSocial Progress
Why we need to stop bullying footballers for missed penalties

Why we need to stop bullying footballers for missed penalties

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Story | World CupCommunityEducationSports YouthHealthTechnologyProgressive EducationSocial Progress
Children are little mirrors of what we say and do as adults

Children are little mirrors of what we say and do as adults

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Story | CommunityEducationYouthHealthSocial Progress
How happy, content women can empower future generations

How happy, content women can empower future generations

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Story | NewsCommunityHealth
QF’s WISH sheds light on how science of genetics can help children and their parents

QF’s WISH sheds light on how science of genetics can help children and their parents

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Story | HealthPrecision HealthTechnology
Are you a workaholic or just a hard worker?

Are you a workaholic or just a hard worker?

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Story | HealthCommunity
Data from QF’s Qatar Genome Programme improves breast cancer screening

Data from QF’s Qatar Genome Programme improves breast cancer screening

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Story | Precision HealthHealth
When asking “Are you OK?” is not enough

When asking “Are you OK?” is not enough

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Story | NewsCommunityEducationHealthYouthSocial Progress
QF's WISH summit looks at the future of hospitals after covid

QF's WISH summit looks at the future of hospitals after covid

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Story | NewsCollaborations & PartnershipsCommunityCOVID-19HealthResearch
Female athletes too often accept body-shaming comments to focus on achievements

Female athletes too often accept body-shaming comments to focus on achievements

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Story | World CupCommunitySports YouthSocial ProgressHealthProgressive Education
Her Highness Sheikha Moza attends WISH 2022 closing ceremony

Her Highness Sheikha Moza attends WISH 2022 closing ceremony

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Story | NewsCOVID-19HealthWorld CupSports Precision HealthSocial Progress
“Now and before”: International Trade Union Confederation commends Qatar reforms to protect workers

“Now and before”: International Trade Union Confederation commends Qatar reforms to protect workers

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Story | World CupNewsHealthWorker WelfareSocial Progress
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser opens QF’s WISH 2022

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser opens QF’s WISH 2022

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Story | World CupNewsCOVID-19HealthSports Precision HealthSocial Progress
Art for mental health support in Sidra Medicine

Art for mental health support in Sidra Medicine

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Story | Arts & Culture Collaborations & PartnershipsCommunityHealthResearchPrecision HealthSocial Progress
How to win Qatar Foundation’s Stars of Science

How to win Qatar Foundation’s Stars of Science

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Story | CommunityEducationHealthInnovation & EntrepreneurshipResearch
Qatar researchers at forefront of personalized treatment for breast cancer patients

Qatar researchers at forefront of personalized treatment for breast cancer patients

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Story | NewsHealthPrecision Health
How to identify signs of potential domestic violence before marrying your future husband

How to identify signs of potential domestic violence before marrying your future husband

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Story | CommunityHealthResearchSocial ProgressYouth
How art can help create a safe space for pediatric patients

How art can help create a safe space for pediatric patients

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Story | ResearchHealthYouthSocial Progress
QF students prepare for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ with their own ‘international’ tournament

QF students prepare for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ with their own ‘international’ tournament

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Story | HealthSports
Balancing faith and health: the struggle for diabetics who want to fast throughout Ramadan

Balancing faith and health: the struggle for diabetics who want to fast throughout Ramadan

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Story | HealthArts & Culture CommunitySocial ProgressCultural Heritage
Scientists at QF develop a platform to give doctors access to data from smartwatches

Scientists at QF develop a platform to give doctors access to data from smartwatches

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Story | Artificial Intelligence (AI)CommunityInnovation & EntrepreneurshipHealthPrecision HealthResearch
QF research center works on early diagnosis of autism

QF research center works on early diagnosis of autism

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Story | Artificial Intelligence (AI)CommunityHealthNewsResearch
HMC’s diabetes reversal program – a product of QF research

HMC’s diabetes reversal program – a product of QF research

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Story | Innovation & EntrepreneurshipSocial ProgressHealthCommunity
Who decides who is an ideal mother?

Who decides who is an ideal mother?

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Story | HealthCommunity
Medical students at QF talk about the pros and cons of virtual learning

Medical students at QF talk about the pros and cons of virtual learning

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COVID-19 | COVID-19HealthCommunityEducationNewsResearchTechnology
Op-ed: A young patient with gangrene made me consider a specialization in diabetes

Op-ed: A young patient with gangrene made me consider a specialization in diabetes

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Op-ed | Social ProgressHealthCommunityOp-ed
QF psychologist explains how ADHD can be a strength

QF psychologist explains how ADHD can be a strength

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Story | CommunityCOVID-19EducationHealthNewsPrecision HealthYouth
Feeding Qatar Foundation’s men on the move

Feeding Qatar Foundation’s men on the move

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Story | CommunityWorker WelfareSocial ProgressHealth
Psychologist at QF explains why being connected in a hyper digital world comes at the cost of our wellbeing

Psychologist at QF explains why being connected in a hyper digital world comes at the cost of our wellbeing

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Story | CommunityHealthResearchArtificial Intelligence (AI)Social Progress
“Coach Jamie taught me how to play football and I love him very much”

“Coach Jamie taught me how to play football and I love him very much”

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Football | CommunityEducationWorld CupHealthSocial ProgressSports Youth
Prime Minister attends WHO awarding ceremony of Doha and Al Rayyan municipalities as ‘Healthy Cities’ and designation of Education City as a ‘Healthy Education City’

Prime Minister attends WHO awarding ceremony of Doha and Al Rayyan municipalities as ‘Healthy Cities’ and designation of Education City as a ‘Healthy Education City’

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Story | NewsCollaborations & PartnershipsSustainabilityHealth
QF empowers the community to get active for National Sport Day

QF empowers the community to get active for National Sport Day

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Football | CommunityHealthNewsSocial ProgressSports World Cup
Instilling a love of sports in the country’s youth

Instilling a love of sports in the country’s youth

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Story | CommunityEducationHealthSocial ProgressProgressive EducationSports Youth
QF’s ability friendly program inspires children to dream big

QF’s ability friendly program inspires children to dream big

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Story | CommunityHealthSocial ProgressSports
As Omicron spreads, it is “more important than ever to get the booster shot”, says infectious disease expert at QF

As Omicron spreads, it is “more important than ever to get the booster shot”, says infectious disease expert at QF

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COVID-19 | HealthNewsCommunityEducation
Virtual learning has increased girls' access to education, but they need confidence and opportunity, experts tell 2021 WISE Summit

Virtual learning has increased girls' access to education, but they need confidence and opportunity, experts tell 2021 WISE Summit

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Story | CommunityNewsTechnologyHealth
QF workers take advantage of preventive breast cancer screening

QF workers take advantage of preventive breast cancer screening

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Story | CommunityResearchHealthTechnologyWorker Welfare
In her own words: What it’s like to get yourself checked for breast cancer in your 20s

In her own words: What it’s like to get yourself checked for breast cancer in your 20s

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Story | ResearchHealthTechnology
QF schools strive to support children with diabetes

QF schools strive to support children with diabetes

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Story | CommunityHealth
Diabetes ambassadors amplify the voice of the youth

Diabetes ambassadors amplify the voice of the youth

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Story | CommunityHealth
Away from the pursuit of perfection, when is aesthetic surgery a psychological and physical necessity?

Away from the pursuit of perfection, when is aesthetic surgery a psychological and physical necessity?

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Story | CommunityTechnologyResearchNewsHealth
Did you know horses can swim? QF research explores it as an equine rehabilitation tool

Did you know horses can swim? QF research explores it as an equine rehabilitation tool

Story | CommunityResearchCultural HeritageHealth
How families can help boost the mental health of the elderly during Covid times

How families can help boost the mental health of the elderly during Covid times

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Story | CommunityHealthTechnology
QF experts explain why 70 percent of children drop out of competitive sports by the age of 13

QF experts explain why 70 percent of children drop out of competitive sports by the age of 13

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Story | CommunityHealth
Tips from QF for diabetics during Umrah season

Tips from QF for diabetics during Umrah season

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Story | CommunityHealthArts & Culture
Personal choices are at the heart of climate change, QF debaters argue

Personal choices are at the heart of climate change, QF debaters argue

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Video | CommunityEnvironmentHealthYouthNews
Urgent need to restore services for individuals with autism, says expert at QF

Urgent need to restore services for individuals with autism, says expert at QF

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Story | EducationResearchHealth
Embryologist from QF’s Sidra Medicine explains what egg freezing offers to women

Embryologist from QF’s Sidra Medicine explains what egg freezing offers to women

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Story | TechnologyHealth
QF student’s mother narrates her experience of raising a son with an extremely rare condition

QF student’s mother narrates her experience of raising a son with an extremely rare condition

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Story | CommunityHealthYouth
Reconstructing childrens’ lives using plastic surgery

Reconstructing childrens’ lives using plastic surgery

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Story | HealthResearchTechnologyYouth
Woman who loses toes to diabetes offers advice to others with condition

Woman who loses toes to diabetes offers advice to others with condition

Story | CommunityHealthTechnology
QF researchers participate in global genomic study that releases findings for potential therapies in COVID-19 patients

QF researchers participate in global genomic study that releases findings for potential therapies in COVID-19 patients

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Story | TechnologyResearchNewsHealth
Op-ed: Work in the time of COVID-19 - A legal perspective

Op-ed: Work in the time of COVID-19 - A legal perspective

Op-ed | CommunityHealthResearchEducationOp-ed
QF entity’s Arabic comic strip on genomics spurs young minds

QF entity’s Arabic comic strip on genomics spurs young minds

Story | CommunityTechnologyResearchHealth
A first in Qatar: QF’s Sidra Medicine produces eye drops to treat 10-month-old girl with ultra-rare disease

A first in Qatar: QF’s Sidra Medicine produces eye drops to treat 10-month-old girl with ultra-rare disease

Story | HealthResearch
‘HBKU is an experience that can’t be found anywhere else in the world’

‘HBKU is an experience that can’t be found anywhere else in the world’

Story | Health
QF’s Sidra Medicine research to help develop targeted therapies for childhood cancers

QF’s Sidra Medicine research to help develop targeted therapies for childhood cancers

Story | HealthResearchTechnology
Op-ed: How Ramadan can be an opportunity for both spiritual renewal and sustainability

Op-ed: How Ramadan can be an opportunity for both spiritual renewal and sustainability

Op-ed | CommunityHealthResearchOp-ed
Op-ed: Ramadan, modernity, and our cultural traditions

Op-ed: Ramadan, modernity, and our cultural traditions

Op-ed | CommunityHealthResearchOp-ed
Qatar Genome Research Consortium reports first and largest comprehensive genetic association study in Middle East

Qatar Genome Research Consortium reports first and largest comprehensive genetic association study in Middle East

Story | HealthResearchTechnology
QF’s Ability Friendly Program helps to change people’s lives through sport

QF’s Ability Friendly Program helps to change people’s lives through sport

Story | CommunityEducationHealthYouth
In his own words: QF’s Ability Friendly Sports Program makes young people who face challenges realize they are heroes

In his own words: QF’s Ability Friendly Sports Program makes young people who face challenges realize they are heroes

Op-ed | CommunityYouthHealth
QF researchers developing inexpensive gadget to detect low blood sugar

QF researchers developing inexpensive gadget to detect low blood sugar

Sustainability | CommunityTechnologyEducationHealth
In her own words: How studying abroad during a pandemic challenged me – and taught me vital lessons

In her own words: How studying abroad during a pandemic challenged me – and taught me vital lessons

Op-ed | CommunityHealthNews
Qatar Foundation school instills recycling culture among its students

Qatar Foundation school instills recycling culture among its students

Sustainability | NewsEducationHealthEnvironmentResearch
QF career experts talk about entering the job market amid a global pandemic

QF career experts talk about entering the job market amid a global pandemic

Op-ed | TechnologyResearchNewsEnvironmentHealth
Students at QF advocate for vaccine

Students at QF advocate for vaccine

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COVID-19 | CommunityTechnologyResearchNewsHealth
QF psychiatrists explain the importance of self-expression in children

QF psychiatrists explain the importance of self-expression in children

Story | ResearchCommunityHealth
Unable to breastfeed, but still a good mother

Unable to breastfeed, but still a good mother

COVID-19 | CommunityResearchNewsHealth
How fitness impacts learning

How fitness impacts learning

Op-ed | YouthHealth
“When we understand autism, we will realize how wonderful children with autism are”

“When we understand autism, we will realize how wonderful children with autism are”

Op-ed | CommunityEducationHealth
How a QF member is tackling Autism through equine therapy

How a QF member is tackling Autism through equine therapy

Op-ed | CommunityHealth
QF infectious disease expert addresses COVID-19 vaccine concerns

QF infectious disease expert addresses COVID-19 vaccine concerns

COVID-19 | EducationResearchCultural HeritageHealth
QF vet solves case of a mystery flu in Arabian horses

QF vet solves case of a mystery flu in Arabian horses

Op-ed | CommunityEnvironmentHealthResearch
QF OBGYN discusses if pregnant or breastfeeding women should take the COVID-19 vaccine

QF OBGYN discusses if pregnant or breastfeeding women should take the COVID-19 vaccine

COVID-19 | HealthEnvironmentNews
In her own words: Give us the chance to show you how beautiful we are

In her own words: Give us the chance to show you how beautiful we are

Op-ed | EducationHealthNews
In her own words: Is it really the vaccine of hope?

In her own words: Is it really the vaccine of hope?

Op-ed | CommunityHealthEnvironmentNews
Making golf a women’s sport in Qatar

Making golf a women’s sport in Qatar

Op-ed | CommunityHealth
In her own words: What it’s like to be a mother in 2021

In her own words: What it’s like to be a mother in 2021

Op-ed | CommunityHealth
Analyzing Marriage in the Time of COVID-19

Analyzing Marriage in the Time of COVID-19

COVID-19 | CommunityResearchHealth
Op-Ed: Sport as a way of life

Op-Ed: Sport as a way of life

Op-ed | CommunityHealthNewsOp-edSustainability
It’s as painful as horses wearing high heels, QF expert says of equine disease

It’s as painful as horses wearing high heels, QF expert says of equine disease

Op-ed | CommunityHealth
What makes precision medicine the future of healthcare

What makes precision medicine the future of healthcare

Op-ed | EnvironmentHealthResearchNews
DIFI international conference advocates for progressive policies to build stronger marriages

DIFI international conference advocates for progressive policies to build stronger marriages

Story | CommunityHealthEnvironmentResearch
Vaccination and taking responsibility is the way out of the pandemic, QF’s Education City Speaker Series hears

Vaccination and taking responsibility is the way out of the pandemic, QF’s Education City Speaker Series hears

Op-ed | CommunityHealthResearch
DIFI conference shines spotlight on ways to support marriage

DIFI conference shines spotlight on ways to support marriage

Sustainability | CommunityHealthEnvironment
Learning how to reverse the effects of diabetes

Learning how to reverse the effects of diabetes

Op-ed | CommunityNewsResearchEnvironmentHealth
QF and Roche partner with the aim of taking precision medicine into mainstream healthcare

QF and Roche partner with the aim of taking precision medicine into mainstream healthcare

Op-ed | CommunityResearchEnvironmentHealthTechnology
How QF is empowering the next generation of precision medicine workers

How QF is empowering the next generation of precision medicine workers

Story | CommunityYouthResearchHealth
‘Exercise ticks every mental wellbeing box’ say experts as QF celebrates National Sport Day 2021

‘Exercise ticks every mental wellbeing box’ say experts as QF celebrates National Sport Day 2021

Sustainability | Community