National Research Day (NRD) 2025

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National Research Day (NRD) 2025

Submissions and Acceptances

	Total AUB submissions	Total accepted	Accepted oral presentations	Accepted poster presentations
NRD 2024	77 out of 329	56	15 out of 66	41 out of 149
NRD 2025	67 out of 363	31	11 out of 60	20 out of 105

11 Accepted AUB Oral Presentations (out of 60):

9 clinical presentations: 2 from Internal Medicine, 4 from Surgery, 2 from Pediatrics, 1 from Anesthesiology
1 Epidemiology & Public Health (Rani Hassan, SCT student)
1 Basic Science (Leonard Lawandos, SCT student, with Dr. Assaad Eid)

17 Accepted AUB Poster Presentations (out of 100):
(no details listed in source)

Awards Details

Awards	Best oral presentations across all universities	Best oral presentations awards per university	Best oral presentations for collaborative projects	Best poster presentation (1 for each university)	Best poster award across all medical schools
NRD 2024	–	Bilal Alameddine, Malak Ghezzawi, Abir Ghzaiel	LAU, UoB	Daniel Charouf, AUB	Not available last year
NRD 2025	–	Dr. Jad Najdi	–	Dr. Oussama Nasrallah	Dr. Oussama Nasrallah

Judges Details

NRD 2024

Abstract review: Dr. Alain Abi Ghanem, Dr. Hisham Bou Fakhreddine, Dr. Nathalie Khoueiry-Zgheib, Dr. Elias Rahal
Oral presentations: Dr. Salim Adib (AUB), Dr. Nada Assaf (AUB), Dr. Hisham Bou Fakhreddine (AUB), Dr. Lama Charafeddine, Dr. Elias Ghosoub (AUB)
Poster presentations: Dr. Georges Assaf, Dr. Hisham Bou Fakhreddine, Ms. Lama Bou Karroum, Ms. Racha Fadlallah, Dr. Roula Hourany, Dr. Zeinab Issa, Dr. Nathalie Khoueiry-Zgheib, Dr. Firas Kreidieh, Dr. Houry Puzanian, Dr. Eman Sbaity, Dr. Bassem Tanios

NRD 2025

Abstract review: Dr. Jumana Antoun, Dr. Ola Sukkarieh, Dr. Lama Charafeddine, Dr. Nahed El Najjar, Dr. Jihane Soueid, Dr. Antoine Abou Fayad, Ms. Lama Bou Karroum, Dr. Elias Ghoussoub
Oral presentations: Dr. Hisham Bou Fakhreddine, Dr. Lama Charafeddine, Dr. Melhem Bilen, Dr. Nahed El Najjar, Dr. Jihane Soueid, Dr. Soha Yazbeck, Dr. Hani Tamim
Poster presentations: Dr. Nada Assaf, Dr. Zeina Kanafani, Dr. Ola Sukkarieh, Dr. Esber Saba, Dr. Hiba El Hajj, Dr. Lama Charafeddine, Dr. Hisham Bou Fakhreddine

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