Faculty and Students Research Unit

Mission
To establish an attuned interdisciplinary collaborative research community by providing assistance, guidance and orientation for the undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Vision
Involve the undergraduate and postgraduate students in an excellent and advanced evidence-based medical research, practice, and service.
Aims

To achieve the mission and vision, the research unit aims to provide:

Interdisciplinary Collaboration

- Foster interdepartmental cooperation, understanding, inclusion and interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Cultivate academic integrity, collegiality, and diversity at all levels

Research, Innovation, and Academic Publishing

- Recognize excellence in educational research, practice, and service
- Promote scholarly research and innovation within higher education
- Promote the highest professional standards and research ethics for educators

Professional and Personal Development and Capacity Building in Research

- Foster capacity building in research at all levels (individual, institutional, national, global)
- Provide national leadership on critical issues impacting medical research

Objectives

Provide support for the research activities of the undergraduate and postgraduate students
Review and provide feedback for improvement of the research proposals submitted by the students through the COM-Research Unit
Conduct sessions on research practice, methodology, and statistical software packages such as Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and JMP for the enhancement of research skills.
Provide support to COM faculty and KAMC Health Professionals who are involved in research projects
Organize the COM research activities for conducting research days and to facilitate participation in the research conferences organized by other institutions
Encourage and support students' participation in local and international meetings
Create a database for student research publications
Improve the publication rate from the research projects being conducted in COM

Research Unit Members

Dr. Emad Masuadi Assoc. Professor , COM. King Saud Bin AbdulAziz University of Health Sciences	Dr. Awad Al Mukhlass Asst. Professor, Physiology, COM. King Saud Bin AbdulAziz University of Health Sciences	Dr. Mohammed AlJasser Assistant Professor of Dermatology King Saud Bin AbdulAziz University of Health Sciences
Reem Al Subait Lecturer, COM. King Saud Bin AbdulAziz University of Health Sciences	Dr. Aamir Omair Lecturer, COM. King Saud Bin AbdulAziz University of Health Sciences	Dr. Nazish Masud Lecturer, COM. King Saud Bin AbdulAziz University of Health Sciences