Awards and Prizes

Prof. Taerq Osaili, Prof. Huseyin Ozan Tekin, Prof. Farah Naja, Dr. Nabeel Al Yateem, Dr. MoezAlIslam Faris , Dr. Leilah Cheikh Ismail  and Dr . Ghulam MD Ashraf​ were listed among the world's most influential researchers ("Top 2% Scientists"), published by Stanford University, using Scival (Elsevier) platform data.Click for more details

• Professor Farah Naja from Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics was announced as the winner of the distinguished Abdel Hamid Shoman Award for year 2023​ . Her award is granted for the medical sciences-Nutrition and chronic diseases category. The Abdel Hamid Shoman Award stands as an embodiment of recognition for a scientific achievement that extends beyond personal accomplishment. Its significance lies in the contribution towards the advancement of nutrition scientific knowledge and its practical application to address pressing health challenges at local, regional, and global levels. This award is not only a personal recognition of Prof. Farah's efforts but also a tribute to the exceptional support and work environment at the College of Health Sciences and the University of Sharjah.
  

• ​Dr. Lucy Semerjian received an award on behalf of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences and won the Sustainability Star Award in the Stars competition on 20th February 2023  in the “Department” category during the Sustainability Circles Event.

• Professor​ Fatma Hegazy received an award as one of the best sustainability circles leaders in the Sustainability Circles Event on Monday, 20th February 2023.
  

• Dr. Alham Jehad Ali Al-Sharman won the award for Best Poster Presentation at the seventh Middle East North Africa Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Congress(MENACTRIMS).

      The research title is " Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Evaluation of the Arabic Physical Activity and Disability Survey-Revised (A-PADS-R) in People ​with Multiple Sclerosis".

• Dr. Huseyin Ozan Tekin from the MDI Department of the College of Health Sciences has been ranked 2^nd in the United Arab Emirates and 489^th in the world among the World's Rising Stars of Science in 2022.

The prestigious scientific forum RESEARCH.COM has just published the 2022 Ranking of the Rising Stars of Science. As per their newly established H-index-based ranking through Microsoft Academic Graph, only scientists who published their first paper less than 13 years ago were considered.

Only 3 scientists are listed in this list from the UAE (https://research.com/scientists-rankings/rising-stars/ae) and Dr. Huseyin Ozan Tekin has been ranked 2^nd in the United Arab Emirates and 489^th in the world. 

Dr. Huseyin Ozan Tekin has also been recognized with the 2022 Rising Star of Science Award Certificate​

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