Luis R Saraiva

Luis R Saraiva is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Yale School of Medicine since 2024 and Joint Professor at Hamad bin Khalifa University (Qatar) since 2018. He leads the Human Disease Modeling and Therapeutics Laboratory and Congenital Malformations Clinical Research Program at Sidra Medicine in Qatar. His research focuses on rare genetic diseases, translating molecular insights into personalized diagnostics and therapies for neurological, kidney, and heart disorders.

• PhD in Genetics, University of Cologne (2008)
• Postdoc, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (2013)
• ESPOD Fellowship, EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute (2015)

His research spans olfaction disorders, genetic cardiomyopathies, and environmental-genetic interactions in immunity. Key contributions include 3D olfactory mapping, macronutrient impact on brain function, and identifying novel disease mutations.

• Awarded Sanger Early Career Innovation Award (2015)
• Recipient of EBI–Sanger Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015)

Dr. Saraiva's laboratory develops biological assays for rare disease mechanisms and translational models bridging basic science with clinical applications. He has published extensively on genetic diagnostics, olfactory neurobiology, and immunometabolism.