29/11/2010
Khawla Alkuraya;a guest of honor and speaker in the annual ceremony next Wednesday
Under the auspices of Princes Jawahir Bint Nayef
The Saudi Scientist Dr.Khawlah Al Kuraya; Granted First Rank King Abdulaziz Medal on Saudi female scientist, Principal clinical scientist at the King Faisal Hospital and Research Center and Director of the Department of Human Cancer Genomic Research in Riyadh ,Dr.Khawlah Sami Al Kuraya will be the a guest of honor and speaker at the annual reception ceremony for businesswomen organized by the Chamber on Wednesday evening 1st of December corresponding to (25 Dhu Al-Hijjah 1431 H) under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Jawahir Bint Nayef bin Abdulaziz, wife of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Eastern region.
During her speech,Al Kuraya will speaks of various successes recorded for Saudi women and will shed light on some significant models of Saudi women who were able to communicate their ideas and their successes in all areas.
And will also reviews the process of Saudi women's participation in local development and ways of upgrading its work and develop the performance as well.
It is noteworthy that Dr. Khawla Al Kuraya Dr. Khawla Al-Kuraya, who recently won King Abdul Aziz Medal of the First Order in recognition of her outstanding contributions to cancer research and director of the Research Center at the Riyadh-based King Fahd National Childrens Cancer Center ,along with her team, in identifying the features of cancer cells in order to diagnose and treat various types of cancer.
Al-Kurayas research interest varies from translational research to identifying the molecular signature of the common tumor utilizing the recent technology in cancer genetic fields. She has authored many papers for international peer journals like Nature Genetics, Blood, Cancer Research and Oncogene
