Dr. Fatouma Mohamed Abdoul-latif, PhD in Biochemistry/Microbiology, is the director of the Institute of Medicinal Research of the Study and Research Center of Djibouti. She was born on September 1, 1981 in Djibouti and is the mother of 3 children. She was awarded the Grand Prize of economic character of the Head of State for Female Researcher on March 8, 2017.