Suhad M Bahijri
King Abdulaziz University, KSA
Biography
Suhad Bahijri has obtained her BSc in 1975 and her PhD in Clinical Biochemistry in 1979, both from The University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK. She then joined the Faculty of Medicine at King Abdulaziz University as an Assisstant Professor. Her studies helped to establish standards for infants formulas for the Saudi market. She also established Food, Nutrition, and Lifestyle Research Unit at King Fahad Medical Research Center, establishing a possible link with excessive fluoride intake and the beneficial effect of chromium on glucose tolerance and lipid profile in Saudi individuals. In 2010, she founded the Saudi Diabetes Research Group (SDRG).