Student Research highlighted at RCSI Bahrain Annual Research Conference

Student Research highlighted at RCSI Bahrain Annual Research Conference

Earlier this month, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University of Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain) hosted on campus its Annual Research Conference, under the patronage of His Excellency Lieutenant General Dr Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Supreme Council of Health. He was welcomed by Professor Sameer Otoom, President of RCSI Bahrain; Professor Alfred Nicholson, Vice President for Academic Affairs/Head of School of Medicine, and Professor Stephen Atkin, Head of School of Postgraduate Studies and Research, RCSI Bahrain.

The Research Conference started with four research update presentations by RCSI Bahrain senior faculty members – Professor Naji Alamuddin, Deputy Head of School of Medicine, on ‘Clinical Trials in Diabetes and Obesity’; Professor Paul Murray, Professor and Head of Department of Pathology, on ‘Spatial phenotyping identifies pathogenic mechanisms in the tissues of patients with severe COVID-19’; Professor Michael Keogh, Associate Professor in Human Biology and Director of Research Laboratories, on ‘Gene-activated biomaterials to improve Diabetic Foot Ulcers’ chronic wound healing’; and Dr Hussain Nasaif, Director of BSc Nursing Programme/Senior Lecturer in Nursing, on ‘Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Nurses in Bahrain’.

Among the 75 research abstracts received, the top six shortlisted abstracts were presented orally, with the remainder