Ruqaiya M Al Balushi
United Arab Emirates University, UAE
Biography
Ruqaiya Al Balushi, PhD is an Assistant Professor in Clinical Nutrition at the Nutrition and Health Department, United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). Dr. Ruqaiya received her PhD in Clinical Nutrition from School of Medicine from University of Queensland in 2013. She did her MSc degree in Nutrition and Food Science from Sultan Qaboos University and her BSc degree from the University of Jordan. She worked as a clinical Dietitian from 2003-2005 and the head of the dietetics department at Royal Hospital in Oman from 2005-2014. She was an active member in the Nutrition Support Committee at Royal Hospital and helped in planning the Enteral Nutrition Support protocols at Royal Hospital. Her main research interests include enteral and parenteral nutrition support. She is specifically interested in the field of immunonutrition and pharmaconutrition and the therapeutic effect of glutamine supplementation in critically ill patients and other patient populations. She is also interested in Hospital Malnutrition. She has a number of publications in peer reviewed journals and two book chapters. Her main goal is to increase the awareness about the importance of Nutrition Support in UAE and Oman.
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