"المركز السوري لأبحاث التدخين هو المركز الأكثر انتاجاً للأبحاث" بحسب مركز فوغارتي
16/09/2011
Global Health Matters. September / October 2011 | Volume 10, Issue 5 Fogarty International Center news A
Fogarty supported collaboration between U.S. and Syrian scientists has
been recognized for its research productivity. Research partners at the
University of Memphis (UM), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and
the Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies (SCTS) in Aleppo were highly rated
by a new study from the University of Damascus and University of
Michigan Health System. The study named the SCTS as the top institution
in Syria in terms of productivity of high-quality biomedical
research-outpacing much larger institutions with greater resources.
"The
formula for this success is simple; the SCTS is made of professionals
who understand what is needed to create a productive research
environment, has some autonomy and was successful in competing for
international research funding," said Dr. Wasim Maziak, who has since
left Memphis and is now professor of epidemiology at Florida
International University, as well as director of SCTS.
According to
the study, Damascus University and its affiliated hospitals generated
156 papers indexed by PubMed since 1980, or 56 percent of the clinical
and biomedical research, followed by the SCTS (15 percent) and the
Ministry of Health and its affiliated hospitals (9 percent). But when
the age of the institution is considered, the SCTS, established in 2002,
is the leading institution in research with an annual average of five
publications per year. Initial funding for the University and Memphis
and the SCTS came from a five-year Fogarty International Tobacco and
Health Research and Capacity Building Program grant, which has since
been renewed. Maziak attributes this success to his partners on this
project, Drs. Thomas Eissenberg (VCU) and Kenneth Ward (UM), as well as
his Syrian team. (http://www.fic.nih.gov/News/GlobalHealthMatters/Sept-Oct-2011/Pages/syria-tobacco.aspx)
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