Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences is an award given to honour individuals, universities, establishments and research centres all over the world for their outstanding achievements in the field of medicine.

The Centre for Arab Genomic Studies

Centre for Arab Genomic Studies

The Centre for Arab Genomic Studies is a not-for-profit study centre aimed at the characterization and prevention ofgenetic disorders in the Arab World. Established in 2003 in accordance with the vision of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, UAE, the Centre is closely...

 is a sub-division of the Awards that aims at studying genetic disorders present in the entire Arab World.

The award was established by Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the Deputy Ruler of Dubai and the Minister of Finance and Industry of the United Arab Emirates . He is the second son of the late ruler, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum ....

, Deputy Ruler of Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

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External links

• http://www.hmaward.org.ae/ Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award for Medical Sciences Website