Collaborations
In 2024, the Research sector maintained strong momentum in expanding its national, regional, and international collaboration network. The Research sector has over 45 international and national collaborations, with key collaborators including the Montreal Diabetes Research Centre, McGill University, Texas Diabetes Institute, Onze Lieve Vrouw Hospital, and Harvard Medical School.
Building on existing efforts, three new contractual partnerships were formalized with the Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI), Pfizer, UK, and Cirius Therapeutics.



Collaborative Publications
In 2024, the Research Sector collaborated with esteemed institutes from around the globe and produced high-impact publications. The number of articles published with international, national, and regional collaborators is shown in the table below.
Number of articles (and percentage of total publications) published with national, regional, and international collaborators by the Research Sector in 2024.
Number | Percentage of Total | |
Total Publications With: | 90 | 100% |
National Collaborators | 35 | 39% |
Regional Collaborators | 20 | 22% |
International Collaborators | 66 | 73% |
*Several papers have national, regional and/or international affiliations.
Regional: Collaborators from GCC countries
International: Collaborators from countries outside the GCC