Naoual Oukkache

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Naoual Oukkache
Alma mater Aix-Marseille University
Instituto Butantan
Monash University Malaysia
Hassan II University of Casablanca (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsToxicology and herpetology
InstitutionsInstitut 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.

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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

  1. 1 2 "Naoual Oukkache". International Snakebite Awareness Day. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 Kasraoui, Safaa (20 September 2020). "Morocco's Naoual Oukkache Among World Experts in Snakebite Awareness". Morocco World News. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Naoual Oukkache". Loop. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  4. ↑ McCarthy, Colin (7 December 2023). Reptile. Dorling Kindersley Limited. p. 43. ISBN   978-0-241-67132-0.
  5. ↑ "Une Marocaine parmi les «championnes» de la sensibilisation aux morsures de serpent". Le Matin.ma (in French). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "International Conference on Pharmacovigilance and Regulatory Affairs". Pharmacovigilance. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "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.


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