Invited Speaker

Research Regulations at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC) – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mohamed M. Al Turki
Saudi Arabia

The King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) is one of the leading healthcare institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Joint Commission International (JCI)-accredited academic medical facility. KFSH&RC is the national referral center for Oncology, Organ Transplantation, Cardiovascular Diseases, Neurosciences and Genetic Diseases. The Research Centre focuses on basic and translational research primarily in cancer, stem cell therapy, cardiovascular diseases, transplant immunology, genetics, molecular diagnostics and proteomics.

The Research Advisory Council (RAC) of the KFSH & RC promotes, regulates, and monitors all aspects of Research activities undertaken by members of, or within the KFSH & RC and affiliated institutions. It is dedicated to promoting clinical and biomedical research of the highest technical and scientific caliber that examines relevant questions and ensures that research at the KFSH & RC meets locally and globally accepted ethical and safety standards and that research resources at KFSH & RC are optimally utilized. The RAC is supported by five standing committees: the Research Ethics Committee (REC), the Clinical Research Committee (CRC), the Basic Research Committee (BRC), the Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC) and the Recombinant DNA Committee (RDC); an International Advisory Board (IAB); and the Office of Research Affairs (ORA).
The ORA coordinates the activities of, and provide support to the RAC, obtain and administer external research funds for KFSH & RC investigators and protect the interests of KFSH & RC and its investigators, protect the inventions made at KFSH & RC and help commercialize research results, ensures compliance of research activities at KFSH & RC with applicable policies and provide assurance of KFSH & RC compliance to regulatory policies and provides information to professionals and the public on the research activities at KFSH & RC and on global scientific discoveries.