Prof. Suhad M. Bahijri

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 Prof. Bahijri established her own research laboratory in 1981. Results of her studies shed light on the existence of nutritional deficiencies amongst infants and preschool children, and helped to establish standards for infants formulas, and milk for the Saudi market. In 2000 she established “Food and Nutrition Research Unit” , Now ” Food, Nutrition, and Lifestyle” at King Fahad Medical Research Center. By studying hyperparathyroidism, and sub-clinical hypothyroidism,  she established a possible link with excessive fluoride intake, and alerted authorities to the danger of fluoridating water.  She also investigated “chromium” as a possible adjunct therapy to diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in Saudi individuals, establishing its beneficial effect on glucose tolerance, and lipid profile.

Acknowledging her contribution to the field of “Nutrition”, the “International College of Nutrition” awarded her its Fellowship in 2009.

Recognizing her abilities, the university then prompted her to establish her own research group, as the first in King Abdulaziz University, and the “Saudi Diabetes Research Group- SDRG”  was established in 2010, attracting researchers from various sectors. This helped establish a strong; and unique; network between the university, the ministry of health, and other ministries with their own health facilities, thus diversifying resources, and creating a model of cooperation between different sectors for the common good. As a result of this many projects were initiated, collaborating with international well recognized research groups, and leading to very important findings; with some already published; in the diagnosis, and management of the disease among Saudis. Prof. Bahijri was also part of the team sponsored by the IFCC to establish the “Reference Intervals” for biochemical and endocrine parameters among Saudis.

Prof. Bahijri has a long list of publications in top Journals including “The Lancet”, “e-LIFE”, “BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care”, and ” PLoS ONE” to name but a few. She attended more than 50 local and international conferences, winning numerous prizes, the last one being at the 25thAnnual Meeting of the International Congress on Nutrition and Integrative Medicine(ICNIM 2017), in Sapporo Japan. She acts as a reviewer for numerous journals, and is an editorial board members in a number of them.