Khalid Khalaf Alharbi

Professor and Consultant of Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Khalid Khalaf Alharbi is a consultant and professor of Clinical Laboratory Sciences at King Saud University, specialising in medical molecular genetics. His research addresses the genetic basis of common metabolic and chronic disease in Saudi populations, and his academic role places him at the centre of a question the sector keeps returning to: how universities produce a medical laboratory workforce that the health system can actually absorb. That covers curriculum content, practical training capacity, professional licensing and the localisation of specialist roles still filled from abroad.