Research Publications - College of Medicine and Health Science

Preface
This is the 21st yearly report on Research Publications and
Research Profiles for the Faculty of Medicine & Health
Sciences, United Arab Emirates University. This volume is a
continuation of a series of annual reports, dating back to our
very first report in 1991.
As usual, every year, we try to upgrade and maintain the
quality of this directory and this year is no exception. We
have continued to include the Departmental Profiles and the
Reports from the Research Priority Groups, including a report
on Student Medical Research. At the end of the booklet we have
also listed the journals in which we have published in 2011 and
their impact factor.
We have also kept the design which we have used for the past
2-3 years. As you may remember, Ivanna Lizarriturri from the
Media department had developed a new design for our booklet.
As this seemed to have been met with general approval, she has
in this edition continued with this design which provides for a
uniform style and a consistent use of visual elements. With the
new layout it is now easier to identify chapters, sections and
text categories.
As always, it is a pleasure to thank the production team, who
have put all this together. Ms Ivanna Lizarriturri was the
Graphic Designer, literally from front to back cover. She also
transformed all submissions into our in-house style using
InDesign software. Mr Rajagopalan, as always, took care
of editing the initial departmental contributions and the
communication between all parties and Mr Ashook provided
the numerous photographs. The translation, as in previous
years, was ably performed by Ms Al-Anood Al-Jaberi.
Many thanks to all and to the faculty for their contributions,
Dr W Lammers,
Editor