Prof. Mohammed Abdel Samiea, President of Assiut University opened the Research Laboratory for the Epidemiology of neurological diseases at the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Hamdy Nageeb Al-Tillawy, Prof. of Neurology, and head of the lab assured that the lab aims at examining and treating all neurological problems and diseases common among citizens in various Upper Egyptian provinces.  In addition to this, the lab will draw a map to identify the different types of maladies such as: memory disorders, Alzheimer, autism, problems of hyperactivity, and learning difficulties in an attempt to treat them.  Prof. Al- Tillawy added that the lab, since it was established, has conducted more than 50 research works in relative domains and these research works gave significant conclusions with results and statistics which can be applied to all Arabic-speaking countries.     After opening the lab, Dr. Abdel Samiea, in the company of Vice- Presidents, Dean and Vice-Deans of the Faculty of Medicine, made a tour inside the faculty where they visited the Quality Assurance Unit, CPR Unit, Surgical Endoscopy labs, documentation and follow-up Room, Simulation model, and the E. Learning Committee.