{"id":3297,"date":"2025-11-20T10:15:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.dmu.ae\/?p=3297"},"modified":"2026-01-15T10:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T10:17:10","slug":"dmu-hosts-first-ims-innovation-showcase-highlighting-student-herbal-innovations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.dmu.ae\/home\/dmu-hosts-first-ims-innovation-showcase-highlighting-student-herbal-innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"DMU Hosts First IMS Innovation Showcase Highlighting Student Herbal Innovations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dubai Medical University hosted its&nbsp;<strong>First IMS Innovation Showcase<\/strong>, organized by the&nbsp;<strong>Integrative Medicine Society (IMS)<\/strong>&nbsp;under the supervision of Dr. Naglaa Saad Ashmawy (IMS Faculty Supervisor) and Eng. Hessa Lootah (IMS AI &amp; Innovation Supervisor). Society students from both of college of Pharmacy and college of Medicine presented six innovative herbal-based products to the wider DMU community, allowing students, faculty, and staff from across the university to explore the different uses of herbal drugs demonstrated by the IMS members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The showcase featured a variety of formulations, including herbal effervescent tablets, functional herbal chocolates, essential-oil blends, body mists, and specialty herbal teas, reflecting the students\u2019 creativity and growing expertise in integrative and evidence-based herbal product development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event also featured an engaging&nbsp;<strong>\u201cMix-Your-Tea\u201d station<\/strong>, where IMS students guided attendees in creating personalized herbal tea blends while explaining each herb\u2019s therapeutic benefits. The interactive experience attracted students, faculty, and staff from across the university community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting on the occasion,&nbsp;<strong>Prof. Sherief Khalifa<\/strong>, Vice Chancellor \u2013 Academic Affairs praised the students\u2019 efforts, stating: \u201cThis showcase reflects the innovation and dedication of our students, who continue to elevate integrative medicine education at DMU.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IMS Innovation Showcase is set to become a platform celebrating student-led creativity and breakthrough ideas in herbal and integrative medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai Medical University hosted its&nbsp;First IMS Innovation Showcase, organized by the&nbsp;Integrative Medicine Society (IMS)&nbsp;under the supervision of Dr. Naglaa Saad Ashmawy (IMS Faculty Supervisor) and Eng. Hessa Lootah (IMS AI &amp; Innovation Supervisor). Society students from both of college of Pharmacy and college of Medicine presented six innovative herbal-based products to the wider DMU community, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.dmu.ae\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}