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Higher Education: Sustainable Academic and Research Cooperation between Theodore Bilharz Research Institute and Beaujon Hospital, with the Participation of Cairo University and Université Paris Cité

As part of enhancing research and training cooperation between Theodor Bilharz Research Institute (TBRI) and academic and research institutions, TBRI received a delegation from the National Liver Institute at Menoufia University. This visit comes as part of the implementation of the cooperation agreement signed between the two parties last January. The protocol was signed by Prof. Mohamed Shemis, Director of TBRI and Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Prof. Osama Hegazy, Dean of the National Liver Institute and Chairman of its Hospitals' Board of Directors.

Concerning the framework of the directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to upgrade the level of health care, and the government keenness to provide the latest treatment methods within hospitals, a biological treatment clinic opened for patients with immune intestinal inflammation at Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, for the first time at the level of research centers in Egypt.

Professor Dr. Mohamed Abbas Shamis, Acting Director of the Theodore Bilharz Research Institute, along with the esteemed members of the research faculty at the institute, extend their heartfelt congratulations to: Professor Dr. Wafaa Kandil, Professor at the National Research Center, Former President of the Theodore Bilharz Research Institute, and Member of the Board of Directors of the Institute. Professor Dr. Ali Abdel Hamid, Professor at the National Research Center and President of the Research Faculty Club, on their selection as members of the Healthcare and Social Welfare Fund for Faculty Members and Their Assistants at Universities, Research Centers, and Institutes.

In line with the directives of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi regarding the importance of clinical nutrition in maintaining human health and improving patient conditions, and as part of the government commitment to establishing clinical nutrition units in hospitals across the country, the Theodore Bilharz Research Institute has inaugurated its Clinical Nutrition Unit—the first of its kind among research centers in Egypt.