The winning team from Qatar International School received a fully-funded, one-week trip to WCM- Q’s parent campus in Ithaca in the United States, while the runners-up - 2nd placed Bright Future International School received iPads and invitations to attend a research symposium at Sidra Medicine, and 3rd placed Musab Bin Omair Secondary School – received gift vouchers and were also invited to the Sidra Medicine event. The flights were provided for by Sahtak Awalan – Your Health First, WCM-Q’s health campaign.
Dr. Rachid Bendriss, WCM-Q’s assistant dean for student recruitment, outreach and foundation programs, said the level of professionalism achieved by the student researchers had been amazing. He added: “The goals of this conference were to help foster a love of science in high school students and provide them with the opportunity to participate in new experiences and engage in critical thinking with not only their peers, but professional academics, researchers and doctors.
“The conference has been a great success in this respect and I am sure will become a significant highlight in the academic calendar of Qatar’s schools.
“Through events like this, we can instill a passion for research and medicine in our young people which will eventually lead to greater national capacity in scientific fields, contributing to the goals of Qatar National Vision 2030.”
In addition to the presentations, the student delegates also heard from Fawziya Al-Khater, assistant undersecretary for educational affairs at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Marco Ameduri, associate dean for pre-medical education at WCM-Q, and three WCM-Q alumni: Dr. Aisha Al-Yousuf, Dr. Khalid Al-Khelaifi, and Dr. Karima Becetti.
Qatar International School students won an educational research trip to New York
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