Rifat Hamoudi is a professor in molecular, cellular, and computational medicine within the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine at the University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He is a multi- and inter-disciplinary researcher with a deep background and work experience that spans the fields of medicine, engineering, and computer science. He has three different MSc degrees in biochemistry and molecular biology, electronic and medical engineering, and computer science. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in pathology and immunology. He is an honorary associate professor in the Division of Surgery and Interventional Science at UCL, United Kingdom. He has research experience in cancer genetics, molecular and cellular pathology, and software engineering projects and was involved in the design and analysis of more than 150 pieces of scientific research, including phase I clinical trials published in high-impact journals. His interests include Computational Medicine, Oncology, Pathology, Bioinformatics, Mathematical Modelling of non-linear processes, Molecular and Cellular Immunology, Hematology, and Personalised Medicine.