Deanship of Scientific Research

Dean’s Welcome Address

Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR)

Message from the Dean of Scientific Research

At the Deanship of Scientific Research at Aqaba Medical Sciences University (AMSU), we aspire to build a leading research ecosystem founded on the generation, dissemination, and translation of rigorous scientific knowledge into meaningful and sustainable impact on human health and society.

Guided by the University's mission in medical and health sciences education, the Deanship is committed to fostering a strong culture of research, inquiry, and innovation. We aim to provide an enabling research environment in which faculty members, researchers, and students can conduct high-quality research that contributes to advancing healthcare and addressing priority medical and health challenges in Aqaba, Jordan, and the wider region, while remaining connected to emerging scientific developments and global research frontiers.

We believe that the value of scientific research extends beyond generating knowledge and publishing scientific papers. Its ultimate value lies in our ability to translate knowledge into solutions, applications, and measurable impact. Accordingly, the Deanship seeks to strengthen applied medical and health research, facilitate the translation of discoveries from the laboratory to clinical practice and the community, promote scientific innovation and entrepreneurship, and support the development of promising research findings into technologies, products, and solutions that improve human health and quality of life.

Students are central to our research and innovation ecosystem. We are committed to engaging them in scientific research early in their academic journey, developing their critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving capabilities, and supporting their research and innovative ideas. We firmly believe that excellence in medical education extends beyond the transfer of knowledge to encompass the ability to generate, critically evaluate, and apply knowledge for the benefit of patients and society.

Aqaba Medical Sciences University is proud of its distinguished academics, researchers, and scientific professionals, whose expertise and research achievements extend nationally and internationally. The Deanship will build upon this expertise, together with the capabilities of laboratory supervisors, research assistants, and teaching assistants, to establish multidisciplinary research teams, strengthen integration across medical, health, and basic sciences, and develop productive partnerships with universities, hospitals, research centers, healthcare institutions, and industry at the national and international levels.

Our Future Frontiers

Our ambition is for Aqaba Medical Sciences University (AMSU) to become a recognized center of excellence in applied medical and health research and innovation—one whose research generates high-quality scientific knowledge, advances medical practice and healthcare, develops innovative solutions and technologies, and contributes meaningfully to population health.

Our future priorities will emphasize research quality and impact, multidisciplinary and translational research, evidence-based medicine, medical innovation, digital health and artificial intelligence, national and international research partnerships, competitive research funding, intellectual property, technology transfer, and the translation of promising discoveries and ideas into applications and products with health, economic, and societal value.

Our goal is for Aqaba Medical Sciences University not merely to transfer or publish knowledge, but to help create it, translate it into innovation, and transform it into sustainable health impact.

From Knowledge Creation to Innovation and Sustainable Health Impact.

Prof. Dr. Malek Awwad Zihlif,

Professor in Molecular Pharmacology,

Dean, Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR)

Aqaba Medical Sciences University (AMSU)