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WCM-Q Diabetes Researcher Ranked among World's Best

Doha – February 1, 2023: Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) clinician and researcher Dr. Rayaz Malik has been ranked among the world’s leading experts in the fields of diabetic neuropathy and diabetes complications. Dr. Malik, professor of medicine and assistant dean for clinical investigations at WCM-Q, was ranked 7th for ......Read More

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Aspiring Doctors attend WCM-Q's High School Medical Conference

Doha – January 25, 2023: More than 250 participants, including teachers, school counselors, high school students, and parents attended this year’s edition of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s (WCM-Q) High School Medical Conference (HSMC) that was hosted on campus by the Office of Student Outreach and Educational ......Read More

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Qatari WCM-Q Medical Student Presents Research into Incurable Blood Cancer at Us Health Conference

Doha – January 23, 2023: A Qatari medical student at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) has presented research into a rare and incurable form of blood cancer at the 64th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, which took place in New Orleans, Louisiana. Second-year medical student Haya Al Ansari gave a ......Read More

Monday, January 23, 2023

WCM-Q Webinar Series Boosts Population Health

Doha – December 28, 2022: Two expert speakers discussed ways to address pressing population health issues in the latest instalments of Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s (WCM-Q) Population Health and Wellbeing webinar series. The latest webinar featured Dr. Sheela Nambiar, president of the Indian Society of Lifestyle ......Read More

Wednesday, December 28, 2022
WCM-Q Research Provides First Detailed Study of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Prevalence in Europe

Doha – December 26, 2022: A study entitled ‘Epidemiology of herpes simplex virus type 2 in Europe: Systematic review, meta-analyses, and meta-regressions’ has been published in the prestigious journal Lancet Regional Health-Europe by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q). The study found that ......Read More

Monday, December 26, 2022

WCM-Q and HMC Predict Survival of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients in ICU

Doha – December 19, 2022: A new study has identified biomarkers that predict survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients with lung dysfunction. The study was conducted in collaboration with Dr. Ali Ait Hussain from the intensive care unit at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and led by Dr. Charbel Abi Khalil at Weill Cornell ......Read More

Monday, December 19, 2022

New WCM-Q Seminar Series Aims to Boost Health Literacy among Public

Doha – December 14, 2022: Three leading professors at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) have shared information about common health conditions with the community in a series of free online presentations. Dr. Mai Mahmoud, Dr. Moune Jabre and Dr. Mohamud Verjee spoke about high blood pressure (hypertension), common causes of pelvic ......Read More

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

WCM-Q Researchers Discover Mechanisms Driving Inflammation in Obesity, Cancer and Type 2 Diabetes

Doha – December 11, 2022: Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) have made new discoveries about the processes by which fat cells damaged by obesity produce harmful inflammatory molecules that can trigger insulin resistance and ultimately lead to type 2 diabetes. The research, led by WCM-Q’s Dr. Nayef Mazloum, ......Read More

Monday, December 12, 2022
Hypercholesterolemia not Adequately Managed in Younger Adults

Key Findings • This was a registry study that examined data from 2005 through 2019 on 17,951 patients diagnosed with hypercholesterolemia at age 20 to 39 in a large health care system composed of multiple academic and community-based practice sites • Only 30% of the 5,438 patients with severe hypercholesterolemia achieved guideline-directed ≥50% reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and 23% had an LDL-C level persistently 190 mg/dL or greater • 48.5% of patients with severe hypercholesterolemia were prescribed lipid-lowering therapy • Of the 12,513 patients with moderate hypercholesterolemia, only 20% received lipid-lowering therapy and ......Read More

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

The Impact of Science Communication on Health Education and Public Engagement

Doha – November 2, 2022: The Health Sciences Library and Division of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) held a two-day course to investigate how the art of communicating science impacts public engagement with health messages at both the individual and population levels. Titled ......Read More

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

WCM-Q Promotes Lifelong Learning for Healthcare Professionals

Doha – October 25, 2022: The Division of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) held a series of in-person workshops and webinars. The initiatives are part of CPD’s mission of providing high quality continuing medical education and professional development opportunities for physicians ......Read More

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Doha Festival City Holds Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign in Cooperation with PHCC

The community awareness campaign is run in partnership with the Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) to shed a light on breast cancer and the importance of early detection under the #FestivalCares programme Doha, Qatar – 24, October 2022: Doha Festival City, Qatar's one and only choice for shopping, dining, and entertainment ......Read More

Monday, October 24, 2022
New WCM-Q Webinar Series Addresses Neurodegenerative Diseases

Doha – October 11, 2022: A new series by Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) is helping healthcare professionals stay up to date with the latest research into a range of debilitating neurodegenerative conditions, such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s and various forms of dementia. The series, titled Protein ......Read More

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Doha Festival City Concludes ‘‘Future Land'' Awareness Campaign in Collaboration with “Daam” with Gr ...

The awareness campaign held in partnership with Behavioural Health Centre (Daam) aimed to shed light on behavioural health issues and the means to address them effectively Doha, Qatar – 10 October 2022: Doha Festival City, Qatar's one and only choice for shopping, dining, and entertainment, concluded its awareness campaign for ......Read More

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

WCM-Q Alumna Publishes Research In Prestigious New England Journal Of Medicine

Doha – September 25, 2022: More than 500 WCM-Q educated graduates are currently serving careers as physicians, scientists, and academics at leading institutions in Qatar and internationally. One such scholar is Dr. Heba Altarawneh, a postdoctoral research fellow at WCM-Q’s Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Group (IDEG), who recently ......Read More

Monday, September 26, 2022

A Partnership Between AMAN Centre and Doha Festival City to Promote Awareness of the Centre's Hotlin ...

The campaign highlighted the Centre’s services in the protection and rehabilitation of women and child victims of abuse and the Centre’s 919 hotline Doha, Qatar – 31 September 2022: The Protection and Social Rehabilitation Centre (AMAN), one of the Qatar Foundation for Social Work centres, concluded its awareness campaign ......Read More

Thursday, September 1, 2022
Zulal Wellness Resort Unveils New Serenity Beauty Retreat

The Serenity Beauty Retreat will help guests replenish their inner beauty with the help of five different packages Doha, Qatar – 2 July 2022 Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva-Som, the region’s largest holistic wellness resort and the world's first contemporary showcase of Traditional Arabic & Islamic Medicine (TAIM), announced the launch of its new, signature Serenity Beauty Retreat, aimed at supporting guests to rediscover and renew themselves and bring out their inner glow. Zulal Wellness Resort’s Serenity Beauty Retreat is based on the resort’s philosophy which adopts a complete approach to beauty where physical appearance reflects the deeper levels ......Read More

Saturday, July 2, 2022

WCM-Q Grand Rounds Explores the Impact of Literacy on Health

Doha – June 21, 2022: The impact of literacy on the health and wellbeing of individuals and the public as a whole was discussed at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar’s Grand Rounds. Ms. Jamie Gray, associate librarian and director of the Distributed eLibrary at WCM-Q, explained what is understood by the term ‘health ......Read More

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Zulal Wellness Resort Celebrates Global Wellness Day with the Local Community

The Wellness Day evening was joined by Msheireb Properties, Saudi Influencer Hassan Ghoneim to promote wellness and inner peace Doha, Qatar – 15 June 2022: On Saturday June 11, Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva-Som, and Msheireb Properties celebrated Global Wellness Day, a day dedicated to living well and finding inner peace to ......Read More

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

QIC Group Holds HMC Blood Donation Campaign

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, QIC Group held a blood donation campaign for its employees at its headquarters in West Bay, yesterday, Wednesday 25th May 2022. The yearly initiative was a direct response to urgent need of blood donors by Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) for specific blood types and to support HMC’s ......Read More

Thursday, May 26, 2022
WCM-Q Research Reveals Metabolic Processes Underpinning type 2 Diabetes, Retinopathy, Obesity and Dy ...

Doha – May 19, 2022: Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) have identified metabolites that are associated with type 2 diabetes and its complications, mainly obesity, retinopathy and dyslipidemia. The study, led by Dr. Noha Yousri, Assistant Professor of Research in Genetic Medicine at WCM-Q, analyzed 1,300 metabolites in ......Read More

Friday, May 20, 2022

Zulal Wellness Resort Officially Opens With a Grand Ceremony Reflecting the Resort's Commitment to H ...

The world’s most extensive Traditional Arabic & Islamic Medicine offering, Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva-Som officially opened to the world today in a grand celebration of health and wellness Doha, Qatar – 30 March 2022: Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva-Som, the region’s largest holistic wellness resort and the ......Read More

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

WCM-Q Pre-Med Students Explore the Application of Physics in Medicine

Doha – March 15, 2022: Pre-medical students at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar (WCM-Q) had the chance to learn about the role of physics in medicine thanks to a two-day training session held in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC). Medical physics plays a vital role in hospitals, spanning a wide variety of diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Medical physicists work alongside doctors and other healthcare professionals to ensure these tools operate safely and effectively, particularly in radiological procedures. Medical physicists also help to develop new medical technologies, driving innovation in the healthcare sector in pursuit of enhanced patient ......Read More

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

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