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Doha, Qatar: Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) has launched an expanded version of the pioneering LifeHub project at a new location in Msheireb Downtown, providing a uniquely immersive educational experience that promotes Qatar's vision for a healthier, more sustainable future built on innovation and human progress.
Now located in the Z-07 Building at Msheireb Downtown, near the Msheireb metro station, LifeHub presents a bold, positive vision for the future in which a dynamic fusion of technological innovation, AI, and new developments in medical science equips future generations with a healthy, secure and sustainable world.
LifeHub, which occupies a three-story, 1,634 sqm space, presents visitors with the chance to experience a series of themed zones, each of which uses immersive, interactive and AI-powered technologies to dramatically highlight global challenges and demonstrate the role innovation and human ingenuity can play in overcoming them.
These zones showcase the causes and effects of climate change, the positive impact of sustainable practices, hi-tech ways to protect vulnerable ecosystems and wildlife, the history of medicine from the Ancient World to the present day, healthy and sustainable lifestyles, and the potential for AI and precision medicine to enhance human health for all.
LifeHub is delivered by WCM-Q, supported by its strategic partners, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) and the Ministry of Municipality (MOM).
Dean of WCM-Q Dr. Javaid Sheikh said: "WCM-Q is proud to have formed strategic partnerships with the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Municipality to advance LifeHub, which is a truly exciting and momentous project aimed at harnessing public enthusiasm for the opportunities presented by cutting-edge technologies like AI, machine learning and precision medicine to help us meet global challenges, enhance human health, and embrace sustainability.
We are truly honored that LifeHub has been welcomed so warmly to its new home by Msheireb Properties, which is providing tremendous support to this exciting project."
CEO of Msheireb Properties Eng. Ali Al Kuwari said: "Msheireb Downtown Doha represents a contemporary vision for urban development that emphasises community welfare and ecological responsibility.
Housing LifeHub in our district advances our work in raising awareness about health and sustainability".
LifeHub Msheireb, aligning with the goals of Qatar National Vision 2030, builds upon the success of WCM-Q's LifeHub Pavilion at Expo Doha 2023, which welcomed more than 77,000 visitors.
In its new location in Msheireb Downtown, close to Msheireb metro station and Galleria, LifeHub also benefits from nearby parking facilities for visitors, making it highly accessible to all members of the community. LifeHub is open 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Saturday - Thursday, and 3 p.m. - 10 p.m. on Fridays.
