King Abdullah International Medical Research Center

King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC)
Abbreviation	KAIMRC
Formation	11 November 2006
Founder	Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz
Founded at	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Purpose	Biomedical and clinical research
Headquarters	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Location	Riyadh, Jeddah, Al-Ahsa;
Parent organization	Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs
Website	kaimrc.ksau-hs.edu.sa

King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC) is an international institute of biomedical and clinical research.^[1] It was launched on 11 November 2006 with the approval of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz. The center is part of the Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs and is located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with campuses in Jeddah and Al-Ahsa.^[2]

Achievements

KAIMRC was awarded accreditation by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) on July 3, 2023.^[3]^[4] The center has also started a Phase I clinical trial for a vaccine against the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in collaboration with the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford.^[5]

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