Women’s Research Accelerator Program

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Prof. Ghada Abdulaziz Bin Saif

Ghada Bin Saif is a Professor and Consultant of Dermatology and Hair Disorders specialist at King Saud University. She attained Hair Disorders Fellowship from Wake Forest University school of medicine, USA. She has held many health care and academic leadership posts including: Vice Rector for Health Affairs and General Director of Heath care services at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, and Vice Rector for Female Students Affairs at King Saud University. She has been a member in numerous boards and committees. Prof. Bin saif received many honors and awards including the North American Hair Research Society mentorship award, USA, 2011. She maintains a steady record of publications in the fields of Dermatology and Hair Disorders. In addition, she has been a speaker in many national and international events and conferences.

Prof. Hend S. Al-Khalifa

Hend S. Al-Khalifa is a Full Professor with the Information Technology Department, King Saud University and the head of iWAN research group. She is also a prolific researcher with an H-index of 31 and a publication record of over 170 research papers in workshops, international conferences and high-impact ISI journals. Hend has been a principal investigator and co-investigator on over 10 research grants. She also serves as a member of the Editorial Board of journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences (Q1 journal) (since 2012) and a program committee member of many national and international NLP conferences including NAACL-HLT, EMNLP, WANLP, ACLing, and OSACT. Prof. Al-Khalifa's research interests include Arabic NLP, Semantic Web, HCI and computers for people with special needs.

Prof. Sinaa Al Aqeel

Dr. Sinaa Alaqeel earned her M.S.c and her Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, the United Kingdom. She is currently a full professor at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy at King Saud University. She has held different leadership positions and her academic activities include numerous committees within the school and the university. Her research focuses on medicines optimisation through the safe use of medicines, improved adherence, and effective pharmacist-led patient counselling. She has a special interest in advocating the need for the application of economic evaluation evidence to health policy decision-making in Saudi Arabia. Alaqeel has co-authored several papers on higher education policy.

Dr. Abdulaziz Turki Almaktoom

Dr. Abdulaziz T. Almaktoom is an Associate Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management at Effat University in Jeddah. He earned his PhD in Industrial Engineering from Wichita State University in the USA. Dr Almaktoom is a certified supply chain analysist, and certified LEAN Six Sigma Green Belt. He has won many national and international awards and has published more than 30 journal and conference papers, and his research interests include supply chain management and logistics, optimization under uncertainty, reliability-based robust design optimization, facilities Planning, Industrial Ergonomics and Safety, Decision and Data Analysis, Renewable Energy, and Sustainability. He is a reviewer in different international journals and a member of IIE, IEOM, INFORMS, CSCMP, ASQ, and ISCEA.

Dr. May AlNbaheen

Dr. May AlNbaheen is Associate Professor in the College of Health Sciences and the Saudi Electronic University Vice President of Female Student Affairs. She has previously been a member of several scientific committees including the Scientific Council. She is an accomplished researcher with multiple prestigious publications in peer reviewed journals and a strong advocate for women's leadership in academia.

Dr. Maysaa Mohamed Al Qurashi

Dr. Maysaa AlQurashi is an Associate Professor of Mathematics, with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. She has a PhD focused in Analysis from King Saud University and over 60 publications in prestigious scientific journals. Her research spans multiple fields of Mathematics and Analysis such as: Theory of Operator Algebras and Harmonic Analysis. Recently, her research has been in the area of applied mathematics and biological mathematics.

Dr. Raniyah Wazirali is an assistant professor at the Saudi Electronic University who loves teaching and developing cutting-edge cryptography, steganography, intrusion detection and their intersection with different disciplines for high impact applications. Currently, she is working on IoT and smart person identification algorithms, focusing particularly on machine learning and optimization, with a willingness to implement them in the context of solving various combinatorial problems. She has developed various new models and published in a number of high-impact journals and IEEE peer-reviewed conferences. As a mentor, speaker, coach and author, Dr. Raniyah supports women to step into their power, thrive in their careers and be authentic leaders that make a difference.

Dr. Hadeel Alkofide

Hadeel Alkofide, MSs, PhD, is an assistant Professor at the Clinical Pharmacy Department, King Saud University. In addition, she works as a consultant for the Saudi Food and Drug Administration (SFDA). Dr. Alkofide has received her PhD degree in Clinical and Translational Sciences from Tufts University, United States. Dr. Alkofide’s primary areas of research interests include evidence-based methods for a variety of clinical topics and multiple treatment comparison, and meta-epidemiological studies. Dr. Alkofide’s research has focused on cardiovascular medicine and has worked on the use of various clinical biomarkers for the prediction of cardiovascular outcomes and as potential treatment targets.

Dr. Eiman Yahya Kurdi

Dr. Eiman Kurdi, Assistant Provost at Dar Al Hekma University. Her research interests are related to fields of Media, Communication and Culture.

Dr. Mashael Mothabet Albaidani

Dr. Mashael is a highly motivated, experienced educator, passionate and innovative research mathematician. She is an expert in extracting and communicating insights.

Dr. Ebtesam Abbas Elsayed

Dr. Ebtesam El-Sayed is an Assistant professor in the Public Health Department at the College of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University. She has wide experience supervising postgraduate students and is a member of multiple scientific committees. She has strong experience in health services research and quantitative analysis.
Supervision of Master students' research projects at Saudi Electronic University and

Dr. Norah Ahmed Al-Malki

Dr. Norah Al-Malki is an Assistant professor of English and Head of the Development and Quality Assurance Dept. in the Deanship of E-learning and Distance Education at King Abdulaziz University. Her research interests include: Digital Humanities, the use of artifical intelligence applications in literary reading and analysis, e-learning, game design, and learning analytics.

Dr. Saja Hamid Almazrou

Saja Almazrou received her Doctorate of Philosophy degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a focus on Health Economics and Health Services Evaluation from the University of Nottingham in 2018. She is currently working as an assistant professor in clinical pharmacy department at King Saud University. Saja has authored and co-authored several peer-reviewed publications and presented her research at national and international conferences.Her research interests include health economics, pharmacy and evidence-based practices.

Dr. Abeer Alyami

Abeer Alyami is an Assistant Professor in the English Language Institute (ELI) at University of Jeddah. She did her undergraduate studies in Linguistics and Literature in 2004. She completed her Master's degree in 2015, and her PhD in Linguistics and TESOL in 2020 from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. She has been teaching English in the ELI for over 5 years. She has attended many workshops, seminars, conferences in Saudi Arabia and abroad. Her research interests include language learning anxiety, professional development, reflective practices, and teacher autonomy, all of which require creative thinking.

Dr. Marwah Almasri is a computer science expert, researcher, and reviewer. She has more than twenty publications in international journals and conferences in the field of autonomous mobile robots, wireless sensor networks, computer networks, cloud computing, blockchain, IoT, and data fusion. She has received many awards from various international honor societies such as Upsilon Pi Epsilon and Phi Kappa Phi. Currently, Dr. Marwah works as Dean of Graduate Studies, and Scientific Council Secretary at Saudi Electronic University.

Dr Sonda Elloumi

Dr. Sonda Elloumi is an Assistant professor of Quantitative Methods at the College of Science and Theoretical Studies at Saudi Electronic University. She was promoted to the position of Associate Professor at the University of Sfax in 2017. Dr. Sonda Elloumi has 15 years of teaching experience in Quantitative Methods and Statistics. Her research is mainly focused on the application of quantitative methods to promote sustainable development. Particularly, her interest is oriented toward mathematical programming, artificial intelligence tools, and real-world OR problems. Dr Sonda Elloumi has multiple scientific ISI publications. Most of them are Q1.

Dr. Rabab Ahmed Hashem

Dr. Rabab Hashem is an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at College of Languages and Translation at the University of Jeddah. She is interested in training and development for academic staff and students who wish to strengthen their research skills and produce high-quality research adhering to international publication standards.

Dr. Reem Al-Samiri

Dr. Reem Al-Samiri is an assistant professor of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at the University of Jeddah. She holds both master’s and doctorate degrees in Curriculum and Instruction of TESOL from the University of Kansas, USA, as well as a Certificate of English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) from the University of Cambridge, UK. During her doctoral studies, she was selected by the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society for her academic excellence and received first place in graduate student research at the doctoral stage. In addition to that, she created a graduate-level course for master's students in the TESOL program at an American university on the subject of evaluating language learners. Her research interests include theories of learning and teaching languages, developing academic writing, and developing academic research skills.

Dr. Lama Sameer Khoshaim

Dr. Lama Khoshaim is an Assistant Professor in the E-Commerce Department in the College of Finance and Administration at the Saudi Electronic University, and the head of the Curriculum and Programs Unit. Her research focuses on information dissemination and social media communication under the realm of e-commerce. She received her PhD in Interdisciplinary studies from Dalhousie university focusing on information management and computer science disciplines. She received her MEC degree in e-commerce from Dalhousie university.

Dr. Salameh Al-Mutlak is currently Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the Saudi Electronic University in Riyadh. She worked at the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) for twenty-three years in the Research Department (1992-2015) as Head of the Macroeconometric Modeling Division. She has taught at several universities and institutes including the University of Jordan. She worked in Public Administration Institute in the field of teaching and training in Riyadh (2009-2011). She worked in Ministry of Social Development. She participated in many official missions such as committees, seminars, workshops and conferences at the local and international level, especially on the topics of statistical work and economic and social statistics, including national accounts and balance of payments statistics, financial and monetary statistics, labor statistics, gender, poverty and other areas of development. She has participated in many other statistical missions as a statistical expert in the regional workshops on the GSBPM. She has participated in training both locally and internationally, such as training on national income accounts and quantitative methods financial analysis and methods of scientific research using SPSS software, economic analysis and forecasting using Eviews. She is a member of the National Committee for the Construction of Models of the General Balance of the Jordanian Economy, and a member of the Project for Scenarios for Jordan 2030. She holds an honorary doctorate from the International Talents University for her cultural and scientific role and her social and voluntary initiatives as a model for distinguished Arab women.

Dr. Aesha Mohammad Najem

Dr. Aesha is Head of the Basic Sciences Department at the Saudi Electronic University. She has a PhD in Statistics and an MA in Mathematics from the University of Durham, UK, and MA in Financial Management from Middlesex University in London. She is interested in the field of information reliability and operations research.

Dr. Farida Adnan Larry

'Dr. Farida is an Assistant Professor in Special Education and Psychology of Special Needs. She has professional expertise in interpretive qualitative approaches to data analysis, with a particular focus on critical discourse analysis and related methods.

Dr. Dalal Omar Alabbasi

Dr. Dalal Alabbasi is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Education Department at Dar AlHekma university. She has a PhD from the University of Manchester and is an Educational Consultant. Her research interests are in educational technology, online learning, female experiences in education and qualitative research.

Ms. Rania Mohammad Felemban

Ms. Rania Felemban has over 14 years of experience, nine of which are in the clinical research field. She earned a master's degree in Clinical Research from Eastern Michigan University in the USA. She is a certified member of the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SOCRA) and an accredited me+mber of the Return on Investment Institute (ROI). Also, she has her intellectual work featured in a book, journals, and other social media. She is currently working as the Director of Clinical Research at King Abdullah Medical City and the Manager of Research and Development at Naqaa Solutions for Environmental Services. Ms. Felemban is an experienced presenter leading groups to present virtual and interactive clinical research topics to enhance the research culture, orient concerned parties, train research teams, and guide those with challenges in research compliance. Her critical assets are clinical research, research administration, presenting, project management, proposal writing, strategic planning, and team building.

Ms. Amal Awad Alhassani

Ms. Amal has been working as a head of Innovation Awareness department in the Executive Administration of Research and Innovation (KAMC). She earned a BA in Health Administration and an Executive Master of Business Administration. She is certified in the field of innovation and excellence as an EFESO-Healthcare Innovation Professional. She is also an AIPMM-Certified Innovation Leader (CIL®) and a KAQA-Certified Internal Assessor. In addition, she is certified in facilitation as IAF- Certified Endorsed Facilitator (EFTM). She participated as an expert in national hackathons, such as 360 Hackathon with Tabadul Company and Health Entrepreneurship Hackathon with Makkah Chamber. In addition, she supervised one of Makkah's talent projects that is qualified for the final phase of the Ebdah Olympics 2019. Finally, she trained more than 3000 innovators over the past five years. She has an interest in design thinking, customer experience, and content marketing.