Ajman University pays tribute to Dr. Raghad Hashem for research award

Monday, Dec 29, 2008
Ajman University pays tribute to Dr. Raghad Hashem for research award

The College of Dentistry in Ajman University of Science and Technology has organized a tribute ceremony for Dr. Raghad Hashem, head of the Department of Growth and Development at the College of Dentistry for her prize of the best scientific research of faculty members in Arab universities on dentistry for two consecutive years 2007- 2008 and 2008- 2009.

The research was themed The relation between children teeth and mouth health and eating habits. The prize is awarded by the Union of Arab Universities in the Association of Arab Colleges of Dentistry in Beirut, Lebanon.

It is worth noting that Dr. Hashem had been awarded many prizes before, to name but a few, she came first in Al Owais Award for Studies and Scientific Innovation in 2005 for the best research on health and medical sciences in the UAE, entitled the health and environmental condition of the children of Ajman. She also won Collegiate Award at an IADR conference held in Washington in 2005 for the best research paper on children teeth and mouth health. Too, during her presence at another IADR conference in New Orleans, USA, Dr. Hasheem had one of her researches nominated for Giddon Award 2007.