Institutes

Thumbay Research Institute for Precision Medicine, Thumbay Institute of Population Health, and Thumbay Institute of Health Workforce Development have greatly transformed the training and research facilities of Gulf Medical University. Through these institutes, GMU seeks to initiate international collaboration by bringing together leaders in science and the entire scientific community including the academia and industry to foster creativity and enhance innovation in a rapidly changing world. These will form an important part of the university’s strategic and thematic planning, to significantly raise its profile and reflect it’s considered long-term priorities.

The newly created Thumbay Research Institute for Precision Medicine will establish an interdisciplinary basic and translational cancer and diabetes research program to meet growing challenges facing UAE health care providers dealing with the increase in cancer burden and diabetes disease.

The Institute of Population Health focuses on postgraduate studies and research in the fields of public health, Epidemiology, Evidence Based Medicine, Big Data Analysis, Evidence Based Medicine & Policy and Global Health

The Institute of Health Workforce Development builds on and expand the existing “Center for Continuing Education and Community Outreach (CCE&CO)”, “Center for Health Professions Education and Research (CHPER)”, “BA Center for Online Health Professions Education and Training”, “Center for Interprofessional Education, Research and Practice (IPERP)” and “Center for Humanitarian Education”. Its main goals is to respond to national, regional and international shortage and need for competent health workforce, “Doctors, Pharmacist, Dentist, Nurses, Paramedics and All Allied Health”. In addition to Postgraduate programs, the institute will offer in collaboration with the College of Medicine, ‘Health Professions Education Programs’, Master Diploma and Certificate and conduct research in the field of medical education, simulation and training

The institute acknowledges the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in revolutionizing patient care and improving healthcare outcomes. We aim to become a leading institute in bridging the Artificial Intelligence (AI) skill gap for healthcare professionals, empowering them to deliver effective and efficient patient care. Through education, research, and collaboration, the institute will empower healthcare professionals with the right skills to leverage AI to provide quality patient-centric care at affordable cost. We hope the institute will soon evolve into a college of AI in Healthcare, offering graduate and post-graduate academic degrees.

The Thumbay Institute of Clinical Simulation and Surgical Skills (TICSSS) at Gulf Medical University is a multidisciplinary educational facility that provides high-tech simulated and virtually created hospital set-up for clinical and communication skills teaching and training for all health care professionals. The GMU Simulation Center offers Training Programs & RCPE Online Courses to doctors, nurses and other health professionals. TICSSS is an AHA-accredited life support training site which offers BLS & ACLS courses regularly as well NAEMT Accredited training Site which offers PHTLS. TICSSS officially declared as an International centre to run MRCPUK PACES examination twice annually. TICSSS is a member of simulation related professional bodies like SESAM, ASPE, ASSH, SSH.