Dr. Ada Al-Qunaibet is the Chief Officer of Public Health Intelligence at the Public Health Authority (PHA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She is also the agency’s lead epidemiologist and one of the focal persons on Public Health and Data Science. Ada is currently leading the PHAs work on premature mortality and longevity and one of the key persons in its work program on Non-Communicable Diseases. Prior to her position at the PHA, Ada led the work program of the population health department, and the National Saudi Biobank, at King Abdullah International Medical Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she led the redesign of the National Biobank Study applying international standards to increase data quality and to expand the catchment area leading to increased participation. Ada has been key in designing and launching several large-scale epidemiological studies in Saudi Arabia, and her research interests focus on cardiovascular disease and its risk factors. Ada’s academic background includes; a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from King Saud University, a Master of Medical Education from King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.