King Abdulaziz

University

Faculty of Medicine

Vice-Deanship for

Postgraduate Studies

and Research

2013 Annual Research

Report/Statistics

Introduction

• For the year 2013, the Vice-Dean for Postgraduate

Studies and Research office has recorded 259

researches.

• Both from the Faculty of Medicine and University

Hospital

• Professors, Assistant Professors, Demonstrators

and even medical students have contributed to the

research.

Introduction

• Faculty of Medicine

– Various departments

– Center of Excellence(s)

– Scientific Chairs

• University Hospital

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2013 Published ResearchFaculty and Hospital

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• A total of 259 researches were conducted by both Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital

Faculty of Medicine = 219 researches

University Hospital = 37 researches

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2013 Research Published to Staff Ratio

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• The staff includes:

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• Formula:

Total no. of research

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Total no. of staff

ReportMedical Genetics 11 5 2.20Emergency Medicine 2 1 2.00Medical Education 9 5 1.80Pathology 24 17 1.41Medicine 70 53 1.32Hematology 8 8 1.00Obstetrics and Gynecology 23 25 0.92Anatomy 21 24 0.88Surgery 30 36 0.83Urology 5 6 0.83Pediatrics 28 34 0.82Clinical Biochemistry 12 16 0.75Orthopedic Surgery 5 7 0.71Pharmacology 7 10 0.70Family and Community Medicine 12 18 0.67Anesthesiology and Intensive Care 5 10 0.50Dermatology 2 4 0.50ORL 4 9 0.44Microbiology and Medical Parasitology 8 28 0.29Physiology 5 18 0.28Radiology 3 14 0.21Opthalmology 1 7 0.14

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2013 Impact Factor PER Staff

ReportTop 5 Research published in High-Ranking Impact Factor Journal

Research Title:Early Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor

Stroke Do it or Lose it

Source: Stroke

ISSN: 0039-2499

Date and Year of

Publication:MAR 2013

Impact Factor: 6.158

Affiliated Department(s): Internal Medicine

Author(s):François Moreau, Jayesh Modi, Mohammed Almekhlafi, Simer Bal, Mayank

Goyal, Michael D Hill, Shelagh B Coutts

5

ReportTop 5 Research published in High-Ranking Impact Factor Journal

Research Title:Viral delivery of antioxidant genes as a therapeutic strategy in experimental models

of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Source: Molecular Therapy

ISSN: 1525-0016

Date and Year of

Publication:AUG 2013

Impact Factor: 6.825

Affiliated

Department(s):Internal Medicine

Author(s):Aikaterini Nanou, Adrian Higginbottom, Chiara F Valori, Matthew Wyles, Ke Ning,

Pamela Shaw, Mimoun Azzouz

4

ReportTop 5 Research published in High-Ranking Impact Factor Journal

Research Title:

A human iPSC model of Ligase IV deficiency reveals an important role for NHEJ-

mediated-DSB repair in the survival and genomic stability of induced pluripotent

stem cells and emerging haematopoietic progenitors.

Source: Cell Death and Differentiation

ISSN: 1350-9047

Date and Year of

Publication:AUG 2013

Impact Factor: 8.371

Affiliated

Department(s):Medical Genetics

Author(s):

K Tilgner, I Neganova, I Moreno-Gimeno, JY Al-Aama, D Burks, S Yung, C

Singhapol, G Saretzki, J Evans, V Gorbunova, A Gennery, S Przyborski, M Stojkovic,

L Armstrong, P Jeggo, M Lako

3

ReportTop 5 Research published in High-Ranking Impact Factor Journal

Research Title:Autozygome-guided exome sequencing in retinal dystrophy patients reveals

pathogenetic mutations and novel candidate disease genes

Source: Genome Research

ISSN: 1088-9051

Date and Year of

Publication:FEB 2013

Impact Factor: 13.852

Affiliated

Department(s):Ophthalmology

Author(s):

Leen Abu-Safieh, May Alrashed, Shamsa Anazi, Hisham Alkuraya, Arif O Khan,

Mohammed Al-Owain, Jawahir Al-Zahrani, Lama Al-Abdi, Mais Hashem, Salwa Al-

Tarimi, Mohammed-Adeeb Sebai, Ahmed Shamia, Mohamed D Ray-zack, Malik

Nassan, Zuhair N Al-Hassnan, Zuhair Rahbeeni, Saad Waheeb, Abdullah Alkharashi,

Emad Abboud, Selwa AF Al-Hazzaa, Fowzan S Alkuraya

2

ReportTop 5 Research published in High-Ranking Impact Factor Journal

Research Title:ADCK4 mutations promote steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome through CoQ10

biosynthesis disruption.

Source: Journal of Clinical Investigation

ISSN: 0021-9738

Date and Year of

Publication:DEC 2013

Impact Factor: 14.689

Affiliated

Department(s):Pediatrics

Author(s):

Shazia Ashraf, Heon Yung Gee, Stephanie Woerner, Letian X Xie, Virginia Vega-Warner,

Svjetlana Lovric, Humphrey Fang, Xuewen Song, Daniel C Cattran, Carmen Avila-Casado,

Andrew D Paterson, Patrick Nitschké, Christine Bole-Feysot, Pierre Cochat, Julian Esteve-

Rudd, Birgit Haberberger, Susan J Allen, Weibin Zhou, Rannar Airik, Edgar A Otto, Moumita

Barua, Mohamed H Al-Hamed, Jameela A Kari, Jonathan Evans, Agnieszka Bierzynska,

Moin A Saleem, Detlef Böckenhauer, Robert Kleta, Sherif El Desoky, Duygu O

Hacihamdioglu, Faysal Gok, Joseph Washburn, Roger C Wiggins, Murim Choi, Richard P

Lifton, Shawn Levy, Zhe Han, Leonardo Salviati, Holger Prokisch, David S Williams, Martin

Pollak, Catherine F Clarke, York Pei, Corinne Antignac, Friedhelm Hildebrandt

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