H.E. Hawaa Althahak Almansoori
Member, Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates
Emirati physician, inventor and politician. She was appointed to the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates in 2019. Dr. Al Mansoori is an endocrinologist and healthcare executive, serving as executive director of the Intramural Research Division at the Abu Dhabi Stem Cell Center and Deputy Medical Director of Imperial College London Diabetes Centre in Abu Dhabi. On the board of Sandooq Al Watan, a charitable foundation launched by a group of Emirati business people. On the board of directors of Rahma charity foundation, a charity organization dedicated to the support of cancer patients. A member of the board of Trustees of Alain University. She has been an advocate of sustainable healthcare, genetic medicine and women's empowerment. In 2014 she was presented at the UAE Pioneers Award by the Prime Minister of the UAE for her invention of a catheter placement technology. She is a named inventor on three US patents, and a published academic Al Mansoori was the first Emirati woman to be awarded a UAE Presidential Scholarship to study Medicine in the United States. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Maryland, receiving a BSc in Neurobiology & Physiology and a BSc in Psychology.
