In another initiative, the Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine also organizes an annual conference on breast cancer aimed to encourage screening and prevention. Featuring international and national specialists from LAU’s school of medicine, the American University of Beirut (AUB), Harvard Medical School, and Johns Hopkins University, the symposium was attended by medical students, residents, physicians, faculty and staff from LAU and other universities, as well as healthcare professionals.

The Division of Cardiology in the Department of Internal Medicine at the LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine organized a one-day scientific symposium titled Modern and Complex PCI: Advances, Challenges and Practice at the LAU Medical Center–Saint John’s Hospital. The event brought together national experts to exchange knowledge, present clinical cases, and discuss the latest advancements and challenges in cardiac interventions and imaging.

Annually, medical graduates from different disciplines present their published research in the Graduate Medical Education Research Day. Through this initiative, students and the LAU community showcase their commitment to SDG 3; good health and wellbeing. By delivering patient-centered research, the Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine participates in both Research For Sustainability and Community outreach, two crucial dimensions of the Sustainability Strategy.

The school also contributes to these dimensions with the LAU Hematology Conference, an event that convenes interdisciplinary experts to explore the latest advancements in blood cancer research and treatment with a focus on improving patient outcomes.

Committed servicing of the community, the Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine contributed to many outreach initiatives throughout the years. Created to address the healthcare challenges of COVID-19, the LAU Mobile Clinic remains an active patient service initiative. This service was crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic, offering free PCR tests, vaccines, and health consultations to underserved populations, ensuring continuity of care during lockdowns and is continuously serving population in underserved areas, rural areas with limited access to care. More recently, the clinics were deployed to support Lebanon’s displaced in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health’s assigned primary healthcare provider—the Beirut Association for Social Development (BASD)–Health Sector— and as part of the university’s Emergency Relief for Lebanon, teams from the LAU Medical Center–Rizk Hospital, the LAU Medical Center–Saint John’s Hospital, LAU Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, LAU Alice Ramez Chagoury School of Nursing, and LAU School of Pharmacy. This initiative had several missions to provide essential primary care services, screenings, and dispense medications to those in need. Primary care services and awareness sessions were provided to the displaced community as well as family care hygiene kits and first aid kits.

The Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine also addresses broader community needs. In line with its mission to serve the community, the LAU Clinical Simulation Center in collaboration with the NGO Youth Organization Heart Awareness (YOHAN) resumed its activities to promote the Hands-Only CPR program, a discipline of the American Heart Association designed to raise awareness in schools and the community about sudden cardiac arrest.