Amal Matar

Amal Matar is a graduate of Ain Shams University Medical School in Cairo. She holds a Masters of Science in Biotechnology from the American University in Cairo, and completed the Middle East Research Ethics Training Initiative Certificate Program in International Research Ethics at the University of Maryland in 2012. 

In her PhD project Amal Matar is studying ethical issues concerning preconception genetic screening, as it raises general concerns of genetic testing and counseling, and the handling of information and risk assessments. It also raises questions surrounding parental decision-making process and consent procedures, and concerns about screening programs. A central question to the project is how preconception genetic screening accentuates and influences parenthood and pregnancy.

E-mail: amal.matar@crb.uu.se
Phone: +46 18 471 62 46