Prize for Disability Research
3 Americans and a Saudi won the Prince Salman Prize for Disability Research, and the Selection Committee for the Prince Salman Award for Disability Research decided to award the award in the topic (Health and Medical Sciences in the Field of Disability Research) to Professor Dr. Fawzan bin Sami Al-Qurai (a Saudi national) who works as a researcher, expert and advisor at King Hospital Faisal Specialist and Research Center in Riyadh, and was nominated for the award by King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh, and he has distinguished research in the field of medical and health sciences related to disability, which contributed to the advancement of scientific research in the field of disability in the Kingdom.
The Selection Committee for the Prince Salman Award for Disability Research decided to award the award in the topic (Educational Sciences and Teaching in the Field of Disability Research), to: Prof. Dr. Anne B. Trumbull (American), and Prof. Dr. H. Rutherford Trimble (American), who are the founders. The two co-directors of the Beach Center for Disability at the University of Kansas were nominated for the award by the Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas in the United States of America, and were awarded in recognition of their distinguished research efforts in the field of educational sciences and education related to disability.
While the award was awarded in the topic (Rehabilitation and Social Sciences in the Field of Disability Research), to: Professor Dr. Hugh M. Hur (American National) working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States of America, and was nominated for the award by the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center In Riyadh, Professor Margaret J. Steinman (American) works at the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and was nominated for the award by Parliament College of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States of America, and they were awarded the award in recognition of their distinguished research efforts in the field of rehabilitation and social sciences related to disability. And that this distinguished elite of scholars won the award in its first session 1435H -2014AD, which is evidence of the Prince Salman Award for Disability Research achieving its goals towards encouraging scientific research in the fields of disability.
