Ahlam Badreldin El Shikieri
Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
Biography
Ahlam Badreldin El Shikieri has completed her PhD from Queen Margaret University and has an MBA from Leicester University, UK. She is a registered Consultant Nutritionist, a Certified Public Health Nutritionist and an Associate Professor currently working in Saudi Arabia as the Head of the Clinical Nutrition Department at Taibah University. She has served as an invited speaker at several workshops and conferences in Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Germany and Taiwan. She has supervised several research projects for students both at Master and PhD levels and acted as an External Examiner for postgraduate thesis. She undertook several researches focusing on assessing the nutritional status of cancer patients, children, malnourished hospitalized patients and many others related to public health nutrition. She is a Member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, British Nutrition Society, World Public Health Nutrition Association and others. She is a Reviewer for various journals including the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior and has acted as an author for more than 16 published research papers and newsletter articles.
Abstract
Abstract : Uses of microorganisms in indigenous foods and their impact on human health