Personal Information

 Assistant Professor

Department of  Clinical Nutrition

Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences

Contact Information

Phone: 6400000 Ext. 23509

Email: nalsini@kau.edu.sa

Najlaa Masoom Alsini

 Assistant Professor

Profile

BSc- Biochemistry- King Abdulaziz University 

MSc- Diabetes - University of Brighton - UK

PhD- Diabetes & Metabolic Medicine _ University of Surrey _ UK 

 

Education

  • 1995

    Bachelor degree from BiochemistryFaculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2006

    Master degree from DiabetesFaculty of Health & Medical Science, University of Brighton, برايتون, بريطانيا

  • 2014

    Doctorate degree from Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Surrey, Surrey, بريطانيا

Employment

Research Interests

  • Diabetes
  • Insulin treatment
  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Fatty liver disease NAFLD

Scientific interests

Research in diabetes, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver disease  

Courses

Food Analysis 313 CLN
Metabolic and Genetic Nutritional Disorders 446 CLN
Vocational Health & Safety 320 CLN
Nutritional Biochemistry 204 CLN

Areas of expertise

Medical Biochemistry of Adipose tissue metabolism Adipose tissue metabolic activity by adipocyte isolation,looking at lipolysis & lipogenesis using different techniques.
Biochemistry of Carbohydrate Metabolism Carbohydrate metabolism , role of extrensic sugar in the diet of people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease & relation with lipid metabolism
Medical Biochemistry The effect of insulin treatment on adipose tissue metabolism