Under the Patronage of the President of Beirut Arab University, Prof. Amr Galal El-Adawi, the Faculty of Medicine hosted a seminar entitled “Personalized Medicine: Diabetes as a Model” on December 22, 2016 at Ali Rashed seminar room presented by Dr May Sanyoura, a post-doctoral scholar at Kovler Diabetes Center, University of chicago .  Dr Sanyoura talked about the novel techniques in genetics and their implications in the medical field. She also discussed her recent research work about monogenic diabetes stressing on the importance of genetic counselling for better diagnosis and treatment strategies.