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== The King Fahd Medical Research Center (KFMRC) was established in 1980 to serve medical research and postgraduate studies. It was initially housed in a small building attached to the faculty of Medicine. The main research area of the time was in haematological diseases with local importance i.e. thalassemia and pernicious anaemia. In 1991 the center moved to its present new premises.

The KMRC is a part of the Medical Center which includes the faculties of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, applied technology, and nursing, This is a purpose built scientific research facility with more than 24 modern and efficient laboratories. The center has the capacity to expand more and ,as a matter of fact, been increasing its research units almost yearly. The latest addition is a central laboratory that houses highly sophisticated and expensive equipments with the capacity for analysis of almost any biochemical material.

The research units are supported by a well stoked library, animal house, electron microscopy unit, tissue culture unit, information technology unit as well as the administrative and financial sections. Other facilities include a 350-seat auditorium with up to date audiovisual facilities as well as smaller seminars and meeting rooms that cater for smaller groups.

The facility is supported by more than 300 academic staff from the faculties of the Medical Center. A very close collaboration with the King Abdulaziz University Hospital forms the backbone of so many research activities. In addition researchers from the other faculties of the university are also involved in the research activities of the KFMRC. There is also a strong collaboration with other universities, education and health sectors.

The center is supported by over 80 administrative support staff and well trained technicians. Twelve administrative and service support units work hand in hand with the research units of the center.

The KFMRC is the venue for almost all the scientific activities of the Medical Center such as conferences, symposia, congresses and workshops. Training courses are also held in the center.

The KFMRC is governed by a board of directors chaired by the dean, faculty of medicine. The director of the center and a number of highly academic staff from the different faculties of the Medical Center make the rest of the board of directors.

The director of the center is a highly qualified member of the academic staff of the faculty of medicine who is responsible for the day to day running of the center. He is assisted by a deputy director who is also a member of the academic staff.

The center does not fund any research projects but acts as a host to accommodate researchers in the center and provides them with laboratories, scientific and administrative support

Research funds are usually obtained from the university research council, from the King Abdulaziz city for science and technology, private sectors or other universities.