Sheikh Mohammed congratulates Belkaid on her made exceptional contributions to immunology.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has congratulated Algerian Professor Yasmine Belkaid on winning the ‘Great Arab Minds’ Award in Medicine for 2024.
In a post shared on his X account, Sheikh Mohammed wrote: “Today, we congratulate the winner of the ‘Great Arab Minds’ Award in the category of medicine for the year 2024, Algerian Professor Yasmine President of the Pasteur Institute in France. She has made exceptional contributions to immunology and to studies on the role of microbes in boosting immunity and preventing diseases. Professor Yasmine Belkaid has published more than 220 scientific papers in the fields of infection and immunology.”
Great Arab Minds
The Great Arab Minds initiative honours exceptional Arab individuals whose remarkable achievements have helped drive progress and enrich knowledge both within the Arab world and globally.
Heralded as the ‘Arab Nobel Prize’ for its singular efforts to recognise Arabs who have made extraordinary contributions to humanity, the initiative aims to reignite the Arab world’s remarkable spirit of scientific enquiry and leadership in such quests throughout history.
Under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, the UAE recently launched the second edition of the Great Arab Minds initiative.
The awards’ six categories encompass medicine, engineering and technology, economics, natural sciences, architecture and design, and literature and arts.
source/content: gulfnews.com (headline edited)
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Algerian Professor Yasmine Belkaid named ‘Great Arab Minds’ winner in medicine
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