Scientific Advisory Committee
The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) consists of senior faculty from Harvard Medical School science and clinical departments and representatives from the Gulf Region’s medical and scientific community. These Committee members are responsible for designing and monitoring the success of scientific and clinical programs relating to the Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research and its mission. All program proposals and recommendations are submitted to the Board of Trustees by the SAC for ratification.
The SAC is also responsible for supporting the establishment of a Regional Advisory Committee and Grant Review Committees. The Regional Advisory Committee has a rotating membership of internationally renowned scientists from the Gulf Region and is responsible for providing strategic input into the grants programs and supporting the review process. The Grant Review
Committees will be tasked with peer review of grant applicants and will be formed as required for each of the grant program. Decisions from the Grant Review Committees will be reviewed by the Regional Advisory Committee and the SAC.
AJAY K. SINGH, MBBS, MBA, FRCP, MD, ex officio member and Interim Chair
Chief Academic Officer (CAO), Harvard Medical School Dubai Center (HMSDC) Executive Director, Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research
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JOHN Z. AYANIAN, MD, MPP
Professor of Medicine and Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health
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NAJIB AL-KHAJA, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dubai Hospital
Secretary-General, Sheikh Hamdan Awards
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PATRICIA DONAHOE, MD
Marshall K. Bartlett Professor, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Director, Pediatric Surgical Research Laboratories, Pediatric Surgical Services, Massachusetts General Hospital
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SEHAMUDDIN GALADARI, PhD
Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies,
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Cell Biology, United Arab Emirates University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
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EDWARD T. RYAN, MD, DTM&H
Director, Tropical Medicine; Division of Infectious Diseases
Massachusetts General Hospital
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SULTAN T. AL SEDAIRY, PhD
Executive Director, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Research Center, Riyadh
