ADPHC, NYUAD sign deal to enhance joint public health research

ADPHC, NYUAD sign deal to enhance joint public health research

Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre (ADPHC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) to enhance joint work between both parties in public health research.

The MoU was signed by Matar Saeed Al Nuaimi, Director-General of ADPHC, and Mariet Westermann, Vice-Chancellor of NYUAD, at the headquarters of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, in the presence of representatives from both parties.

The MoU aims to build a foundation of cooperation in public health research, exchange experts and

researchers, explore new innovative ways for developing local public health programmes through best practices and recommendations provided by the international centres and organisations, and study their financial impact.

Furthermore, it reflects the closer cooperation with NYUAD, the first comprehensive liberal arts and science campus in the Middle East to be operated abroad by a major American research university.

Commenting on the signing of MoU, Al Nuaimi said, “This partnership with New York University in public health research represents an initial fruitful cooperation, and it is the best evidence of cooperation sought by the centre through the exchange of information in a way that creates synergistic relationship and collaborative partnership, aiming to develop the public health research and exchange of experiences and activities in the