American Univesity of Beirut

FM promotes scholarship in academic medicine and basic medical sciences. The formal types of scholarship that we endorse are: discovery scholarship, application scholarship, integration scholarship, and teaching scholarship. The scholarship of discovery refers to the development of new knowledge and theories. The scholarship of application is the interaction between knowledge and its practical use; translation of evidence to practice and evidence−based practice are some examples in the clinical sciences. The scholarship of integration refers to activities on interdisciplinary approaches where theories generally used in one discipline are applied to objects of study that are typically part of a different field. The scholarship of teaching refers to activities for the design and implementation of approaches that promote student learning. Our 19 departments demonstrate scholarship through different research areas.

FM Research Key Achievements

• Renovating the space and infrastructure of Diana Tamari Sabbagh (DTS) building  with multi-million dollar investment in laboratory equipment.
• Completing the expansion of the Animal Care Facility. 
• Establishing basic and translational research centers of excellence and programs. 
• Enduring the mission of the Clinical Research Institute (CRI) and its various units. 
• Establishing the Program for Research and Innovation in Medical Education (PRIME). 
• Launching the Fellowship and Residency Research Program (FRRP) and developing the Medical Research Volunteer Program (MRVP). 
• Supporting interdisciplinary research through the Annual Biomedical Research Day. 
• Inducting the annual Farouk Jabre Biomedical Research Grant. 
• Extending the financial support for research through increased intramural and extramural funding​ resulting in increase in the number of publications. 
• Increasing research partnerships and collaborations as well as interdisciplinary and interfaculty research initiatives.​
  
  
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