“DHFMR” ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS of COLLABORA-TIVE RESEARCH CENTER and RESEARCH FELLO-WSHIP AWARDS for 2009: Effective January 2009, two more grants will enable the recipients to build on established collaborations between research laboratories at Harvard Medical School and Middle East based counterparts (News Page article).

KHALAF AHMED AL HABTOOR DRIVES MEDICAL RESEARCH BY COMMITTING FUNDS TO DUBAI HARVARD FOUNDATION [May 19, 2008]: Khalaf Ahmed Al Habtoor, Chairman of Al Habtoor Group has contributed AED18.35 million (US$5 million) to the Dubai Harvard Foundation, DHFMR, to support its efforts to raise the bar of healthcare excellence in the Arab world (News Page article).

AWARDS RECIPIENTS: The Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research Announced its First Collaborative Research Center and Research Fellowship Awards Recipients. All research award applications undergo a peer-review process by an ad hoc Review Committee who makes its recommendation to the Scientific Advisory Committee, comprised of members based at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and academic medical centres in the Middle East (report on the awards).