NIAID, Saudi Arabia Health Ministry Sign MOU

Fauci, Handley, Alaskar and Haoudi gathered at table

NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci (seated, r) and NIAID Associate Director for International Research Affairs Gray Handley (standing, r) recently met with KAIMRC's Dr. Ahmed Alaskar (seated, l) and Dr. Abdelali Haoudi.

NIAID director Dr. Anthony Fauci and NIAID Associate Director for International Research Affairs Gray Handley recently met with Dr. Ahmed Alaskar, executive director of the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), and Dr. Abdelali Haoudi, KAIMRC head of strategy and research development.

During the May 13 meeting at NIH, participants signed a memorandum of understanding between NIAID and KAIMRC of the Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to promote research and training in emerging infectious diseases.