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Formerly Medlab Middle East

LabQ

About the competition

WHX Labs Dubai hosts the third edition of LabQ, an inter-college quiz competition for senior graduating college and university students majoring in medical laboratory sciences in the Middle East.  The quiz competition shall focus on the area of pathology and laboratory medicine.

Participating Schools

Gulf Medical University

Higher Colleges of Technology

King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences

Liwa University

Qatar University

University of Sharjah

Jury & Judging Committee

Faisal Eltegani Mohamed Ibrahim

Head of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs (QARA) at
Unilabs Netherlands

Amy Spiczka

Executive Director - ASCP Board of Certification; Chief Officer - Examinations, Credentialing, & International Advancement, ASCP
BOC, USA

Ryan Muldoon

Head of Operations – Middle East
Unilabs Middle East

Scientific Adviser & Master of Ceremony

Dr Rania Seliem

Head Pathology, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE; CAP Commissioner for International accreditation; UAE and
EGYPT

Programme

12 February 2026, Day 3 (Thursday)

📅 Day 3

📍 Al Multaqua Ballroom, Dubai World Trade Centre

15:30

Opening remarks: Introduction of participants

15:40

1st Round, quiz competition

16:00

Break

16:05

2nd Round, quiz competition

16:30

Break

16:35

3rd Round

17:10

Awarding ceremony

Knowledge partner

The American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP BOC)