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April 30, 2025
As part of the Research Seminar Series hosted by the TRIPM, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Mostafa Khair, Research Instrumentation Scientist in Molecular and Cell Biology at the Core Technology Platform Operations, NYU Abu Dhabi. Dr. Khair delivered a lecture titled “Metabolic Reprogramming in Cancer Cells: Unraveling the Role...
April 16, 2025
Gulf Medical University, Ajman, proudly hosted its prestigious annual Research Day on 15th and 16th April 2025, organised by Thumbay Research Institute for Precision Medicine (TRIPM), in collaboration with the various colleges of GMU. This two-day event brought together researchers, faculty and students from across the university serving as...
February 21, 2025
The 5th forum for Women in Research, themed “QUWA: Together Innovating to Shape the Future”, was held on February 20th at the University of Sharjah and February 21st at the University of Khorfakkan. During the event forty-three grants were awarded for projects led by exceptional women researchers. Among the winners for the medical and...
January 23, 2025
We are proud to announce that Ayesha Rifath, a Research Assistant at TRIPM and Master of Drug Discovery (MDD) student at GMU, recently presented her research at the 2nd Al Ain University International Conference on Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and the 3rd Al Ain University Health and Biomedical Postgraduate Symposium. The conference...
November 12, 2024
As part of the Research Seminar Series hosted by the TRIPM, Dr. Guido Giordano, Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, School of Medicine, Foggia, Italy. Dr Guido delivered an insightful lecture titled “The Evolutionary Landscape of Pancreatic Cancer Treatment: From Therapeutic Nihilism...
May 3, 2024
In an effort to create a dynamic platform for recognizing outstanding breakthroughs in health professions’ research, the Annual GMU Research Day was held on 2nd and 3rd May 2024 at the Gulf Medical University campus in Al Jurf, Ajman. Organized by the Thumbay Research Institute for Precision Medicine (TRIPM) in collaboration with the six...
April 20, 2024
The 15th International Conference of Contemporary Oncology is based in Poland and took place online from April 17-20. This conference is a yearly event that highlights the current state of cancer research from bench to bedside. This year, Dr. Raefa Abou Khouzam presented her research work during the session on the Tumor Microenvironment. In...
October 22, 2023
Dr. Iqbal’s team studies breast cancer metabolism at TRIPM. He recently presented his work on Metabolic Stratification of Breast Cancers at the American Association of Cancer Research Meeting on ‘Advances in Breast Cancer Research’ held from 19-22 October 2023 in San Diego, California, US. The presented work on breast...
September 7, 2023
In a significant stride towards advancing cancer research, Dr. Rania Zaarour and her team at the Thumbay Research Institute for Precision Medicine (TRIPM) of the Gulf Medical University (GMU), have been awarded a prestigious research grant for their innovative work. Their project, which explores the role of the hypoxic secretome in...
March 10, 2023
The Annual GMU Research Day was held on 9 and 10 March 2023, organized by the Thumbay Research Institute for Precision Medicine (TRIPM) and the various colleges at Gulf Medical University. The event showcased research from all colleges at GMU, as well as clinical research at Thumbay Hospital, with a total of 32 research projects presented...