Naoual Oukkache
Naoual Oukkache | |
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| Alma mater | Aix-Marseille University Instituto Butantan Monash University Malaysia Hassan II University of Casablanca (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Toxicology and herpetology |
| Institutions | Institut Pasteur of Morocco World Health Organization (WHO) International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology |
Naoual Oukkache is a Moroccan toxicologist and herpetologist. She focuses on venoms and antivenoms and is a World Health Organization (WHO) expert on snakebite envenoming.
Biography
Oukkache has studied at the Faculty of Medicine of the Aix-Marseille University in Provence, France; the Instituto Butantan in São Paulo, Brazil; the Instituto de Biotecnología (UNAM) in Cuernavaca, Mexico; and Monash University Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[1] In 2006, Oukkache began working at the Institut Pasteur of Morocco [fr] in Casablanca,[2] where she has worked as Research Director of the Venoms and Toxins Laboratory.[3][4] She achieved a PhD in Biochemistry at Hassan II University of Casablanca (UH2C) in 2007.[3]
Oukkache was recognised as a "Champion" of worldwide snakebite awareness on the 2020 International Snakebite Awareness Day (ISBAD).[1][2][5] She is a World Health Organization (WHO) expert on snakebite envenoming[3] and a member of the WHO Technical and Scientific Advisory Group for Snake Antivenoms and Other Treatments[6] and a member of the COST European Venom Network (EUVEN).[7] In 2021, she became an collaborating expert to the Global Snakebite Initiative (GSI).[3]
Oukkache is Associate Editor of the International Journal of Pure and Applied Zoology.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Naoual Oukkache". International Snakebite Awareness Day. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ a b Kasraoui, Safaa (20 September 2020). "Morocco's Naoual Oukkache Among World Experts in Snakebite Awareness". Morocco World News. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Naoual Oukkache". Loop. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ McCarthy, Colin (7 December 2023). Reptile. Dorling Kindersley Limited. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-241-67132-0.
- ^ "Une Marocaine parmi les «championnes» de la sensibilisation aux morsures de serpent". Le Matin.ma (in French). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ Target product profiles for animal plasma-derived antivenoms: antivenoms for treatment of snakebite envenoming in sub-Saharan Africa. World Health Organization. 23 June 2023. p. 5. ISBN 978-92-4-007456-9.
- ^ "International Conference on Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory Affairs". Pharmacovigilance. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ "Naoual OUKKACHE | Head of venoms and toxins Unit | Doctor of Public Health | Institut Pasteur International Network, Paris | Research profile". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2025.