Professor Ahlam Badreldin El Shikieri
completed her PhD in Clinical Nutrition from Queen
Margaret University, Scotland, UK, an MBA from Leicester University, UK and a Postgraduate
Diploma in Community Nutrition from Queen Margaret University, UK. She is a registered
Consultant Clinical Nutritionist, a Certified Public Health Nutritionist, and an Associate Professor
currently working in Saudi Arabia as the Head of the Scientific Research and Ethics Committee at
the Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia. She has served as an
invited speaker at several workshops and conferences in Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Germany,
and Taiwan. She supervised several research projects for students at the Master's and PhD levels
and acted as an external examiner for two postgraduate theses at Durban University, South Africa.
Her research interests include the nutritional status of cancer patients, cardiovascular disease risk
factors, malnourished hospitalized patients and many other topics related to clinical and public
health nutrition.
Teaches various courses on clinical nutrition and community nutrition at
undergraduate and postgraduate levels. These include Nutrition Care Process, Enteral and
Parenteral courses, Research Methodology and Community Nutrition. She is a member of several
associations and societies, including the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and IAAND
(Immediate President), the British Nutrition Society, the World Public Health Nutrition
Association, the American Society of Nutrition and the International Society for the Study of Fatty
Acids and lipids. She is the Chair-Elect for the Nutrition Care Process International Research
Subcommittee and a member of the NCP Classification Subcommittee. She is a reviewer for many
journals, including the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior and has acted as an author for
more than 50 published research papers and newsletter articles. She has been a guest lecturer at
the University of Cincinnati, USA, the University of East Carolina, USA, Sudan Medical Council,
and the National Ribat University, Sudan.
Prof. Ahlam Badreldin ElShikier
Advisor for Scientific Affairs