KAU launches Center of Excellence for Osteoporosis Researches

Jeddah, November 02, SPA -- Dr. Osamah Tayeb, Director of King
Abdulaziz University will launch on November 18, a Center of
Excellence for osteoporosis researches.

The Center will be the first research center in osteoporosis in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and in the Middle East. Moreover, it is one
of five new research centers approved by the Ministry of Higher
Education to be set up at Saudi universities with contracts worth
more than SR 150 million.

KAU's Director expressed his thanks and appreciation to the
Minister of Education Dr. Khalid Bin Mohammed Al-Anqari for his
support for the establishment of centers of excellence for researches
indicating that the ministry aims at promoting and encouraging Saudi
universities' interests in scientific research and development by
supporting new or on going research projects in various fields and
disciplines in order to highlight the strengths and areas of
excellence in academic research centers.