Welcome to MSRF 8!

12-14 February 2026

College of Medicine , King Saud University

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

MSRF 8 received 688 abstracts from 44 universities from Saudi Arabia and the Arab World. We are proud of our students and happy for our winners!

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MSRF8 Winners!

Oral Presentations Category
First Place

"Treatment Outcome and chemoresistance-related factors of Low-Risk Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia: Results from a Tertiary Care Center in Saudi Arabia"

By:

Mohamed Aseafan, Bader Alshamsan, Inaam A Ibrahim, Abdulrahman Alghabban, Nermin Fahmy, Ahmed M Gad, Alanoud Alhumaidi, Reem M Alshihri, Zainab A Alsahwan, Hamed Alhusseini, Irfan Maghfoor, Shouki Bazarbashi

Second Place

"Targeting the Inflammasome in Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy"

By:

Manar Ali Alroidan, Dr. Jennifer Dowling

Third Place

"Predictors of Initiating High-Efficacy versus Platform Therapies as First-Line Disease-Modifying Treatment in Multiple Sclerosis"

By:

Khalid Waleed Bin Aziz, Thamer S. Alhowaish, Feras Alanazi, Mezyed Alghanim, Saleh Alkhreigi, Fahad Almubarak, Faisal Aleisa, Nouf AlTuwaijri, Raghad Alanazi, Yaser Al Malik

Poster Presentations Category
First Place

"Behavioral Profiling of Female 5xFAD Mice Reveals Cognitive Impairment and Heightened Anxiety"

By:

Majed Al-Shaheen, Kawthar Braysh, Leora D’Souza, Mohammed Al-Onaizi

Second Place

"Timed Up and Go Subtasks Captured by Wearable Device as Markers of Cognitive Function: A Pilot Study"

By:

Jude Jamjoom, Hala Hejazi, Shahad Murshid, Majed Hakki, Mohammed Lasker, Abdelrahman Lachize, Sherral Devine, Rhoda Au, Huitong Ding

Third Place

"Socio-Demographic and Occupational Predictors of Musculoskeletal Pain Among Expatriate Construction Workers: A Cross-Sectional Analytical Study"

By:

Ahmad H. Alghadir, Talal Alghadir, Faisal Alghadir, Amir Iqbal

Fourth Place

"Impact of Different Osteoporosis Treatments on Endplate Changes and Their Correlation with Trabecular Vertebral Bone, as Measured by Hounsfield Units"

By:

Abdelrahman M Hamouda, Katherine J Zhu, Zach Pennington, Rahul Kumar, Michael L Martini, Derrick Obiri-Yeboah, Maria Astudillo Potes, Stanley Dennison, Jana Khalifeh, Rawad Turko, Mohamed M Elgohary, Nikita Lakomkin, Lichun Lu, Anthony L Mikula, Jeremy L Fogelson, Kurt A Kennel, Benjamin D Elder

Fifth Place

"Efficacy and Safety of Stem Cell Therapy for Myocardial Infarction and Heart Failure: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trial"

By:

Ghaidaa Abdullah Almuhammadi, Sara Wageeh Alhabeeb, Reema Bandar Alharbi, Muath Hatim Yamani, Rawia Abdulrahman Alzughabi, Bassem Muwaffaq, Mohamed Mofeed Morsy, Fareed Abdulmuhsen Alnozha

Case Report Presentations Category
Best Case Report

"STAT3 Infantile-Onset Multisystem Autoimmune Disease: A 29-Year Follow-up of a Rare Entity"

By:

Abdulaziz Almanea, Naif Alsaber

MSRF 7 Gallery

In MSRF 7, 562 abstracts were submitted, an 8.5% increase from MSRF 6!

Submitted abstracts were from 37 Saudi and Arab Universities.

Evaluators focus on the quality of research. In MSRF 7, The highest prize was won by a team from outside of King Saud University - the competition is close!

From dermatology to pharmaceutical studies, and from neurology to oncology, and from basic and natural sciences research to clinical studies, MSRF abstracts cover a wide spectrum of fields.

MSRF 7 Gallery