From left to right; Ms. Debbie O’Connor, Associate Chief, Academic and Professional Practice at SickKids, Dr. Haitham El Bashir, Head of the Children’s Rehabilitation Unit, Dr. Abdulla Al Kaabi, Project Director of HMC/SickKids Partnership Project and Dr Hesham Ali Ahmed Al-Saloos, Cardiology Consultant at HMC.
The 3rd Annual Child Health Research Day took place on Tuesday, 5 March, 2013, at the Hajar Auditorium at Hamad General Hospital, with the aim of highlighting accomplishments relevant to the development of child health research needs in Qatar, through the joint vision of HMC-SKI investigators of building research capacity for pediatrics. The structure and agenda of the event was built around the theme 'Celebrating Collaborative Research'. The Scientific Committee, chaired by Dr. Tawfeg Ben Omran and Organizing Committee, chaired by Dr. Hesham Al Saloos led the development of the program.
A call for abstracts invited researchers to submit abstracts on child health research related topics. The Scientific Committee selected eight abstracts for podium presentations and poster presentation. The event featured guest speakers from HMC, Shafallah and SickKids who presented research findings related to the issues affecting child health in Qatar and in the Gulf Region.
The 3rd Annual Child Health Research Day was attended by 250 delegates from within the organization and external to HMC. The day featured scientific presentations from HMC and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) - Toronto, Canada as well as local and international poster presentations. This annual event was noted as a success by the attendees and participants. It was another step towards promoting a research culture, collaboration and scientific growth at HMC. The annual Child Health Research Day continues to be highly regarded by clinical researchers as one of the most important initiatives within pediatrics for building capacity in child health research and enhancing collaboration within the academic health system. Congratulations to all of the participants, presenters and to the committees for their outstanding contributions.
