Research priorities in various medical specialties at the College of Medicine
1- Priorities in chronic non-communicable diseases:
• Anxiety disorders
• Obesity
• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Genetic disorders
• Genomic studies
• Precision medicine
2. Priorities in infectious diseases:
• Priority programs for infectious epidemic diseases:
• Developing programs designed to manage disease outbreaks and crises (such as Covid-19).
• Food safety programs in cases of foodborne disease outbreaks
• Advances in medical biotechnology and nanotechnology
• Genome-based surveillance of antimicrobial resistance problems
3. Initiatives to promote public health to increase lifespan according to Vision 2030, including:
o Mass gathering medicine
o Health informatics and e-health
o Health education
o Children and women’s health
o Adolescent health
o Mental health
INTRODUCTION:
In the College of Medicine (COM), University of Ha'il (UoH) there are presently over 500 students registered full time and around a hundred faculty are full time members, many of them conduct research in different areas of interests contributing to the overall outcome. Ha'il College of Medicine's Vice-Deanship is administered and lead by Dr Ahmed H Aljadani (MD-Psychiatrics). The Research Unit is the and a research-intensive hub in the college, led by Dr Kamaleldin B Said. Over the past few years, the Unit introduced several initiatives and current strategic plans for faculty skill development and high-quality research productivity. In-line with the COM strategic planning, the UoH research theme, and Saudi-2023 plan, the Unit develops outstanding research strategies, establishes timely research priorities encompassing. One of the most crucial operating plans of the unit is to initiate and conduct faculty research skill development activities on college campus; these are in the form of lectures, seminars, courses, and workshops. The major content of these activities include conceptualization, manuscript writing, referencing, individual assistance, journal choice, and publication. Awareness activities include provision of funding opportunities, UoH seminars, ads on lectures and activities on and off-UoH campus. Particular emphasis is placed on the awareness of quality research for several reasons; a one of the major emphasis made by the UoH; research plays a major role in the ranking of academic institutions, faculty promotions, and national development for promoting both the quality of health and wealth of Saudi population. The following pages entail the different types of activities carried out by the by the Research unit.
