Lecture on Genomics Presented by winner of Hamdan Award for Distinguished Personalities in the Arab world
28 November 2022
Prof. Fowzan Alkuraya, Professor of Human Genetics at Faisal University and a Senior Consultant and Principal Clinical Scientist at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center (KFSHRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, expressed his deep thanks and gratitude towards the Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences, and the scientific committee of the Award, for presenting him with the Hamdan Award to honor distinguished medical personalities in the Arab world for the 12th term (2021-2022).
Prof. Alkuraya mentioned that the Hamdan Medical Award was a pioneer in the Arab world in embracing and encouraging researchers in the medical field, as it aimed to highlight distinguished talents in the health sector and is considered a source of inspiration for the rising generations.
This was during a meeting between Prof. Alkuraya and H.E. Abdullah bin Souqat, Executive Director of the Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences, at the Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences. Prof. Alkuraya gave a talk on genomics in the Middle East based on his rich experience of working on the human genome, and especially the autozygome, which is prevalent in the Arab populations. His talk touched on the utilization of autozygosity in genomic medicine to both understand novel gene-disease relationships and to address genetic diseases in patients and their families.
For his part, H.E. Abdullah bin Souqat praised Prof. Alkuraya’s achievements in the field of genomics and human genetics, and his focus with his research team in translating the latest developments in genomics and his contributions that work to improve the health sector not only in the Arab world, but in the whole world.
It is worth mentioning that Sheikh Rashid bin Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum honored Prof. Fowzan Alkuraya and 13 other winners of the Awards of the 12th term of the Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences in a grand ceremony, at the Museum of the Future in Dubai, in the presence of a group of sheikhs, dignitaries, ministers and officials in the health and medical sectors.
