The President of Yarmouk University, Professor Islam Massad, affirmed that Jordan is distinguished among its peers in the region by embracing a distinguished medical educational sector, which is one of the largest tributaries of the Arab and regional market of distinguished competencies in the field of medicine, nursing, and medical support services. During his meeting with a delegation from the College of Medicine at UCLA, which included Dr. Nevin Al-Farra, Dr. Cecily Gallup, Dr. Faisal Saab, and Dr. Zoe Statopoulos, Massad indicated that the Faculty of Medicine at Yarmouk University includes distinguished academic competencies pointing that the university adopts a training system for its medicine students in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and medical services hospitals. He added that the Faculty of Medicine in Yarmouk seeks to network with medical faculties of distinguished international universities to establish a solid base for student scholarships. Moreover, he pointed out Yarmouk's keenness to consolidate its cooperation with UCLA University by strengthening the student exchange program, which includes training and qualifying medicine students, stressing the importance of the Global Health Program "DGSOM" hosted by UCLA University, which aims at enhancing opportunities for improving health globally. He then emphasized that choosing the city of Irbid to be the home for implementing the DGSOM project is an ideal choice in view of the affiliation of Irbid’s hospitals with the Ministry of Health as well as the military and private sectors. In return, the members of the delegation confirmed the interest of the Faculty of Medicine at UCLA in cooperating with Yarmouk University in various fields, especially in the implementation of the DGSOM program, which focuses on training students in the countries of the Middle East including more than one stage for training students in practical terms and conducting scientific research.

The delegation also met with the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Prof. Manar Al-Luama, who reviewed the establishment of the faculty and its departments and accompanied the delegation on a tour in the various facilities and laboratories of the faculty. Besides, the delegation met with the Director of the Refugees, Displaced Persons and Forced Migration Studies Center, Dr. Reem Al-Kharouf, who indicated that the center seeks to achieve the university's vision of becoming a global center for research programs on asylum and forced migration.