Medicine

The agreement was signed by Prof. Dr. Ali Zedan Abu Zuhri, President of the University, and Mr. Jad Al-Taweel, Deputy Director General, representing the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hospital, Dr. Jiab Al-Taweel. The conclusion of the agreement was attended by Vice President for Medical Faculties Affairs, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Asia, Dean of the Faculty of Human Medicine, Dr. Malik Zaben, General Manager of the University Company, Mr. Faleh Abu Arra, Director of the Medical Center, Dr. Jumana Jaradat, Director of the University Laboratories, Mr.

The signing ceremony took place on the campus of the Arab American University in Ramallah, in the presence of the Chairman of the University Board of Directors, Dr. Yousef Asfour, Martin Doltrey, Director of the British Council Office in Palestine, Vice President for Academic Affairs Prof. Dr. Waleed Deeb, Vice President for Medical Faculties Affairs Prof. Dr. Mohammad Asia, Vice President for the Faculty of Medicine Affairs Prof. Dr. Malik Al-Zaben, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dr.

The group consists of global centres, including the Broad Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Baylor Faculty of Medicine, Stanford University, and the Information Centre of the University of Washington.

This group aims to unify the efforts of scientists in discovering the genes behind rare genetic diseases by developing methodologies for reading the genetic sequence using exome, genome, RNA and methylation patterns and other functional research.