UAEU Annual Research and Innovation Conference 2016

Program-at-Glance

 

 

 

Day 1: Monday, November 21st, 2016 (Venue: CIT Building, Male Campus)

Time

Description

08:00

Welcome Reception & Registration

 

09:30

Opening Ceremony (CIT Auditorium):

Prof. Mohamed Albaili

UAEU Vice-Chancellor

9:40

Keynote Lecture (CIT Auditorium):

The Place of Research in the Development of Healthcare for Remote Communities

Prof. Nelson Norman,  President, Institute of Remote Healthcare, Emeritus Professor of Aberdeen University, UK                            

10:30

Coffee Break

11:00

Director of Center Talk (CIT Auditorium):

Zayed Center for Health Sciences: Innovations in Research

Prof. Fatima Al Meskari, Director of Sheikh Zayed center for Health Sciences 

11:10

Director of Center Talk (CIT Auditorium):

A runway toward a new era of plant biotechnology in UAE                         

Dr. Khalid Amiri, Director of Khalifa Center for genetic engineering and biotechnology

11:20

Invited Talk 1 (CIT Auditorium):

A Cardiologist’s view of next-generation telemedicine systems

Prof. Paolo Emilio Puddu, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

11:50

Invited Talk 2 (CIT Auditorium):

Digital transformation of healthcare services, the role of human resources for health

Prof. Luis Lapão, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

12:20

Poster Session: (CIT Building - Ground Floor – Male and Female Campus)

14:30

Invited Talk 3 (Lecture Hall E1-1028)

Octofusion – The omnipresent fusion of medicine – engineering & humanities

Dr. Balamurugan Mangaleswaran, Brain, Spine Hospital & Consultant Neurosurgeon, Apollo Hospital, India, Chennai

Oral Presentations: Faculties/Students

Session 1: Cardiovascular Disease/ Diabetes/ Infection & Inflammation (CIT Building, Lecture Hall E1-1028)

Session 2:  Detection and control of infectious diseases, Occupational and Environmental  Health (CIT Building, Lecture Hall - 1027)


 

 

 

Day 2: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 (Venue: E1 Building Male Campus)

Time

Description

08:00

Welcome Reception & Registration

10:30

Keynote Lecture:

Epstein-Barr virus and lymphomas: silent passenger becomes pathogen                            

Prof. Paul Murray, Institute for Cancer and Genomic Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK

11:20

Invited Talk 4 (CIT Auditorium):

Targeting Triple Negative Breast Cancer With Carnosol, A New Histone Acetyl Transferase Inhibitor  

Dr. Rabah Iratni , Biology Department, College Of Science, UAEU

11:50

Invited Talk 5 (CIT Auditorium):

Is the United Arab Emirates Ready for the Era of Genomic Medicine?

Prof. Bassam Ali, Department of pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAEU

12:20

Poster Session: (CIT Building - Ground Floor – Male and Female Sides)

14:30-17:00

Oral Presentations: Faculties/Students

Session 3: Cancer, genetics and stem cell research (CIT Building, Lecture Hall E1- 1028)

Session 4: Non-communicable chronic diseases and Injury prevention, Nutrition, Health Systems (CIT Building, Lecture Hall E1- 1027)

Nov 9, 2016