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Advancing precision medicine - sometimes referred to as personalized medicine - relies on active collaboration among domestic and international scientific organizations to accelerate the translation of research into clinical practice by bringing together complementary expertise, resources, and perspectives. To further knowledge exchange between Kuwait and the United States in this field, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences launched a collaborative series of workshops designed to investigate interdisciplinary approaches between biological and material sciences, engineering disciplines, and data science to achieve meaningful solutions in precision medicine.
The first workshop in the series was held between February 2 and 3, 2025, in Kuwait. The sessions explored advancements in point-of-care technologies and the unprecedented impact of artificial intelligence on the evolving landscape of precision medicine in the United States and Kuwait. Workshop discussions also highlighted how precision health research is revolutionizing the understanding and treatment of chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, which is prevalent in both countries. This Proceedings of a Workshop-in Brief provides a high-level summary of key discussions held during the February 2025 workshop.
14 pages
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8.5 x 11
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-99450-0
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17226/29197
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Promoting Knowledge Exchange and Collaboration Between Kuwait and the United States: Precision Medicine: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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Many of the challenges engineers seek to address through their work - from increased access to clean water and transportation to climate change adaptation - are inextricably tied to human rights, and addressing them holistically requires embedding human rights frameworks into engineering practice. In turn, efforts to advance human rights can be strengthened by incorporating engineering expertise, problem-solving approaches, and novel technologies.
To explore these concepts, the National Academy of Engineering Cultural, Ethical, Social, and Environmental Responsibility in Engineering program and the Committee on Human Rights of the National Academy of Sciences conducted a symposium on November 18-19, 2024. Participants discussed ways to increase awareness of the role that engineers play in protecting and promoting human rights and explored ways that human rights-based approaches in engineering might help engineers and human rights experts solve pressing challenges. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the symposium.
104 pages
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8.5 x 11
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paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-99323-7
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-99324-5
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17226/29141
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Issues at the Intersection of Engineering and Human Rights: Proceedings of a Symposium. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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