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The Education and Training Unit at DDI, in cooperation with the Nutrition Unit, organized a training workshop titled “Our Youth and the Insulin Pump – Young Pumpers”, which was attended by a gr

The Information Technology (IT) Department at DDI concluded the field training session for Kuwait University (KU) students from the Department of Computer Science. This training program is a part of

DDI’s experienced team of pharmacists welcomed a second group for the training course a title ‘Pharmacotherapy Management of Diabetes Complications’. This training course was also h

DDI’s experienced team of pharmacists welcomed the first group of pharmacists for the training course titled ‘Pharmacotherapy Management of Diabetes Complications.’ This course was

The Education and Training Unit at DDI concluded a training course titled “Smart Objectives in Diabetes Education.” This training course was attended by a group of nursing staff from the Ministry of

A group of Commercial Bank of Kuwait employees attended CPR and first aid courses at the Clinical Skills Center of DDI. To find out more about the medical courses offered by the institute, please con

DDI’s researchers were invited to the #1 show on KTV1 ‘Layali AlKuwait’ to discuss the latest research achievements and findings. Dr. Faisal Al-Refaei, Chief Operating Officer, Dr.

A new study linking fasting blood glucose in COVID-19 patients to coronavirus severity and the risk of being admitted to the intensive care unit offers fresh insights using a new statistical modeling

A study by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, a group of health scientists around the world that publish global studies on obesity, diabetes, cholesterol, and blood pressure, was published in the jou

Prof. Fahd Almulla and his colleagues investigate what makes some cases of COVID-19 more severe. A striking feature of COVID-19 has been the variability in outcome, which ranges from silent infect

DDI held an introductory meeting with the WHO representative in Kuwait Dr Assad Hafeez and Dr Amgad Elkholy, the Medical Epidemiologist from WHO Regional Office for Eastern collaborations.. This meet

In celebration of the 100 years of Insulin Anniversary, Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI), a research Institute established by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, has held a series o

Dr. Khaled Al-Fadhel, Director-General of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, visited DDI today and met with Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Qais Al Duwa

A training program conducted by Education and Training unit in collaboration with nutrition, podiatry, and medical fitness center at DDI for MoH primary care nurses and health educators.

On December 9, 2020, DDI won the Sheikh Hamdan Award for the Best Medical College or Institute or Center in the Arab World. The Awards Ceremony was televised on the Sama Dubai Channel. The Award winn

DDI’s Education and Training team was invited to celebrate World Diabetes Month with the Ministry of Health (MoH). In honor of this month, Mrs Naeema Alqabandi, Specialist Diabetes Educator, ga

Imperial College London released the below News on Wednesday, June 3rd 2020. The below press release summarizes a recently published study that highlights DDI’s contributions from Dr Monira Alarouj a

DDI’s Chief Scientific Officer, Prof Fahd Al-Mulla, and his team of scientific researchers utilized the Institute’s genetic sequencing capabilities to investigate the variations of the COVID-19 cell

DDI today announced the online publication in BioRXIV of preliminary data correlating the medical and infection history of patients in countries with lower COVID-19 infection and mortality rates to t

Our team of researchers have worked closely with Kuwait University to develop a model to study the spread of coronavirus...