As
part of a strategic goal to encourage and enhance its multidisciplinary
research programmes and initiate strong collaborations with other
leading institutions around the globe, the Highly-cited Researcher
Programme of the Center of Excellence in Genomic Medicine Research
(CEGMR) has incorporated three highly-cited researchers in its team.
The
CEGMR's Highly-cited Researcher Programme is aimed at collaborating and
working in tandem with scientists and their laboratories that have made
highly significant contributions to the advancement of science and
technology in recent decades.
The
three prominent scholars were received by Prof Adnan Zahed, Vice
President for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research received at his
office at his office on Monday 29th.
The newly-recruited scholars are Professor Angel Carracedo,
Professor of clinical genetics and forensic medicine at the Faculty of
Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Professor Ashok
Agarwal, of Harvard University, US, and Prof Sudhir Kumar, of the
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, US.
The
meeting was attended Dr Mohammed H. Alqahtani, CEGMR's Executive
Director, Dr Adel M. Abuzenadah, Deputy Director, and Dr Adeel G.
Chaudhary, Deputy Director for Technical Affairs.
The
purpose of the visit, according to Prof Zahed, was to discuss aspects
of mutual cooperation in scientific research in line with KAU's policy
of seeking to provide a high-quality education and taking advantage of
the capacity and expertise of other local and foreign universities and
scientists.
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