{"id":1757,"date":"2016-02-22T09:46:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2016-02-22T09:47:43","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:47:43","slug":"distinguished-scholarship-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2016\/02\/22\/distinguished-scholarship-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Distinguished Scholarship Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2016\/02\/22\/distinguished-scholarship-award\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_1758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1758\" style=\"width: 366px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2016\/02\/22\/distinguished-scholarship-award\/zainab\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1758\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"192\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1758\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2016\/02\/Zainab.jpg\" alt=\"Left, Zainab with Dr. Amal Al Qubaisi and the Minister of the Interior; Right, Zainab at the podium.\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left, Zainab with Dr. Amal Al Qubaisi and the Minister of the Interior; Right, Zainab at the podium.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zainab Al Shareef, a PhD student in the Wnt team of the Prostate Cancer Group in the Division of Cancer, has been awarded a prestigious Distinguished Scholarship Award in the category of Innovative Ideas by the Ministry of Interior, Abu Dhabi\/United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is the first year for these awards, which were created to honour Emirati scholarship students from government and private agencies from around the world. Zainab was presented with the award by General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony, held in the presence of Her Excellency Dr. Amal Al Qubaisi, President of the Federal National Council, took place at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Abu Dhabi on January 6<sup>th<\/sup>. Zainab\u2019s proposal was to establish a Tumour Bank in the UAE with the dual aims of tackling the genetic causes of cancer that are most prevalent in this region and improving the academic and financial sectors through establishment of a postgraduate research plan that integrates with the global biotechnology market. Zainab was previously honoured by the UAE embassy in London for high academic achievement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zainab Al Shareef, a PhD student in the Wnt team of the Prostate Cancer Group in the Division of Cancer, has been awarded a prestigious Distinguished Scholarship Award in the category of Innovative Ideas by the Ministry of Interior, Abu Dhabi\/United Arab Emirates (UAE). 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