Our expertise and core activities
Bioinnovation
Translating fundamental findings in the laboratory into diagnostic and treatment tools aimed at tackling various diseases with local and global impact.
Education
KAUST Smart-Health Initiative (KSHI) will launch programs to train the next generation of clinicians-scientists, who will in a position to bridge basic research with clinical applications by becoming experts in the usage and application of precision-medicine tools and principles.
Research
KAUST experts in a range of research domains are working to develop the next generation of smart-health technologies that will transform, in collaboration with clinicians, fundamental scientific discoveries into powerful solutions to prevalent diseases.
Partnerships
We engage with partners who share our vision for joint programs in research, innovation, development, education, training, technology transfer, IP and entrepreneurship.
Latest news
03 December, 2023
To showcase the remarkable potential of people with physical disabilities, KAUST Professor Matteo Parsani will travel from the east to the west of Saudi Arabia by hand-bicycle.
22 November, 2023
An open-source software can help align artificial intelligence applications in healthcare with data privacy regulations.
12 November, 2023
KAUST Smart-Health Initiative Director and Vice President of Research, Pierre Magistretti, alongside his wife, Christine, wrote a mystery novel that will take you through Europe solving the mysteries of Alzheimer's disease in this Da Vinci Code-esque thriller.
Events and seminars