Program

7am to 8am  

Registration and Poster Viewing

8am to 8.05am      

Recitation from the Holy Quran

8.05am to 8.20am    

Opening Address

Prof. Ibrahim A. Janahi

Executive Director of Research, HMC

8.20am to 8.35am    

Inaugural Address

Prof. William McKenna

CEO & Medical Director, Heart Hospital, HMC.

8.35am to 9.15am

Key note address “Medicine, Research & Innovation – HMC Outlook”

Dr. Mohammed Hammoudeh,

Senior Consultant, Medicine department, HMC

9.15am to 10.15am

Building Qatar’s Research and Innovation Ecosystem – A Panel Discussion

Dr. Hamad Al-Ibrahim, Executive Vice President of Qatar Foundation Research & Development

Dr. Maher Hakim, Managing Director of Qatar Science &Technology Park

Dr. Ena Wang, Division Chief of Translation Medicine, Sidra Medical & Research Center

Moderator: Prof. Ibrahim A. Janahi, Executive Director of Research, HMC

10.15am to 10.30am

Coffee break

10.30am to 11.15am

Award Announcement and Distribution Ceremony

11.15am to 11.45am

Featured Session – “Perspectives on Pharmaceutical Research and Practices”: An update on ongoing research from the College of Pharmacy, Qatar University

Speakers: 

Dr. Fatima Mraiche (Pharmaceutical Sciences Section Chair);

Dr Maguy El Hajj (Clinical and Pharmacy Practice Chair)

11.45am to 12.45pm

Dhuhur Prayer, Lunch Break and Poster Viewing

 

12.45pm to 2.45pm

Oral Presentation Session

12.45pm to - 1pm

Presentation I

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Taurolidine citrate versus Taurolidine Urokinase Lock to Prevent Tunneled Catheter Thrombosis in Hemodialysis Patients

 Dr. Ahmed Hamdi

1pm to 1.15pm

Presentation – II

Targeted high throughput sequencing using Ion PGM for BRCA1/ BRCA2 Molecular Testing

 Dr. Fatemeh Abbaszadeh

1.15pm to 1.30pm

 

Presentation – III

A Comparative study between the use of transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) and saline infusion sonohysterogram (SIS) for diagnosis of endometrial polyps.

 Dr. Ahmed Sabry

1.30pm to 1.45pm

Presentation – IV

Pristimerin induces free radical-mediated mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis in Human Colorectal Cancer Cells

 Dr. Siveen Kodappully Sivaraman

1.45pm to 2pm

Presentation – V

The burden of adult asthma in a high GDP per capita country: The QASMA study

 Dr. Wanis Hamad Ibrahim

2pm to 2.15pm

Presentation – VI

Camel Milk triggers Anti-proliferative, Anti-metastatic and Cytotoxic effects in Human Colorectal cancer HCT-116 and Breast cancer MCF-7 cells through autophagic mechanism.

 Dr. Roopesh Krishnankutty

2.15pm to 2.30pm

Presentation – VII

Breakfast Skipping As a Risk Correlate of overweight, obesity and central obesity among Adolescents in the State of Qatar

 Mr. Ghazi Daradkeh

2.30pm to 2.50pm

Award Announcement: Best Oral and Poster Presentations

2.50pm to 3pm

Appreciation note