American University of Beirut

The Research Personnel Program (RPP) and the Post-Doctoral Program

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Objectives

    • Recognize advanced methods in medical research
    • Appraise scientific papers
    • Build presentation skills for research projects
    • Build a research network
    • Report results in a manuscript​

    Program description

    Target Audience:

    • Research Personnel Program(RPP):Research fellows (with an MD or PhD degree) or research assistants/coordinators who are willing to commit for a one-year supervised medical research training.
    • Post-doctoral Program: Research fellows (with an MD or PhD degree) who are willing to commit for a two- year supervised medical research training.​​



    Contact Information

    Ms. Sara Khansa
    Email: sk77@aub.edu.lb​
    Telephone: 961 1350000 ext. 5452​

    Calendar

    Year 1 (2024-2025):


    Date

    Topic

    Speaker

    Oct 9, 2024

    Intro and networking

    Program faculty and participants

    Oct 16, 2024

    Introduction to Guidelines

    Elie Akl, MD, MPH, PhD

    Oct 30, 2024

    Sample size calculation

    Hani Tamim, PhD

    Nov 13, 2024

    Survival Analysis

    Martine El Bejjani, PhD

    Nov 20, 2024

    Journal club or project presentation

    Program participants

     

    Nov 27, 2024

    Journal club or project presentation

    Program participants

     

    Dec 4, 2024

    Networking

    Dec 11, 2024

    Qualitative Research

    Gladys Honein, RN, MPH, PhD

    Dec 18, 2024

    How to appraise a scientific paper

    Zeina Kanafani, MD, MS, CIC

    Jan 8, 2025

    Data visualization

    Assem Khamis, MD

    Jan 15, 2025

    Journal club or project presentation

    Program participants

     

    Jan 22, 2025

    Journal club or project presentation

    Program participants

     

    Feb 5, 2025

    Journal club or project presentation

    Program participants

     

    Feb 19, 2025

    Journal club or project presentation

    Program participants

     

    Feb 26, 2025

    Networking

    Mar 5, 2025

    Journal club​ or project presentation

    Program participants

    Mar 19, 2025

    Research Metrics

    Ola El Zein, PhD

    Apr 9, 2025

    ROC c​urve

    Hani Tamim, PhD

    Apr 16, 2025

    Career orientation

    Guest speakers

    Apr 23, 2025

    Journal club or project presentation

    Program participants

    May 7, 2025

    Managing a research Lab

    Margret Shirinian, PhD

    May 21, 2025

    Wrap up and evaluation

    RPP committee and participants


    About the speakers



    Testimonials



    Contact Us

    For various questions, please try contacting us via social media first!
    read more

    Privacy Statement

    We take data privacy seriously and adhere to all applicable data privacy laws and regulations.
    read more

    Copyright and Disclaimer

    Written permission is needed to copy or disseminate all or part of the materials on the AUB website.
    read more

    Title IX, Non-Discrimination, and Anti-Discriminatory Harassment

    AUB is committed to providing a safe and respectful environment to all members of its community.
    read more