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