Diabetes Educators Committee

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Mrs. Zainab Alabadla is a nursing expert working currently at Al Jalila children’s specialty hospital – Dubai as a senior diabetes clinical nurse specialist. She is Holding a Master degree of Science in Public Health form Hamdan bin Mohammed smart University. In 2014, Mrs. Zainab had her Post graduated diploma in diabetes education from Imperial collage - Landon. Since then, she served in the field of diabetes as a Diabetes clinical care specialist in well-known Tertiary Diabetes Centers and hospitals within UAE, gaining significant experience in Diabetes self-management education and support for adult, pediatric and Antenatal patients, with in-depth knowledge in dealing with all diabetes management technologies available in UAE. In 2021, Mrs. Zainab had a specialized course in Pediatric diabetes from Medvarsity university and narrowed her specialty to manage diabetes among pediatric community only. Moreover, in 2022, she was officially announced as a founder and president of Emirates diabetes educator club. She is voluntary working as a board member in friends for diabetes society and actively involved in different community awareness campaigns and events. She was awarded last year by Sheikha Jawaher AL Qasimi for her markable voluntary work in supporting diabetes community. Mrs. Zainab published many articles tackled different sectors in diabetes management. Mrs. Zainab is also a member of different associations such as EDS, ENA and AADE.

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Mohammad Khalifah is a Diabetes Educator at Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, a Mubadala Health partner, with more than 13 years of experience in areas such as Diabetes Education and Health Education. Mohammad is also a Registered Nurse.

In his role, he helps patients achieve excellent long-term success in their health goals by providing proper Diabetes Education plans and continuous support.

Mohammad graduated from Alzaytoonah Jordan University, with a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing Science, in 2011, and attained a specialized certification in Diabetes Education in 2015 from the Imperial Diabetes Educator Training Program. He is a licensed Health Educator (DoH). In 2022, Mohammad acquired the Strategic Centre for Obesity Professional Education (SCOPE) Certification, an internationally recognized standard of obesity management expertise. Mohammad is also a certified insulin pump trainer.

Prior to joining ICLDC, Mohammad’s roles included working at Al Khalidi medical center in Amman, Jordan, for around 6 years as a Registered Nurse. He has also attended and conducted presentations at many educational programs and is a faculty member of the Imperial Diabetes Educator Training Programme.

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Nesreen Aldawi is Senior certified Diabetes Educator at Fakeeh University Hospital

Post Graduate diploma in Diabetes Cardiff University, Bachelor of Science in Nursing Sharjah University UAE, certified insulin pump trainer.

Working as a diabetes specialist educator, staff trainer, and diabetes technology specialist.

Speaker in different national conferences. Member of research committee, working on different diabetes researches and has different publications.

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Bachelor degree in nursing from University Amman Master in health management from Atlanta university. Postgraduate Diploma in diabetes Education and clinical care , Malmo university.

Post graduate Diploma in Diabetes,Leicester University, UK Insulin pump certification.

working at DOH Abu Dhabi as charge nurse Diabetes educator.

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Manar Abu Asaba is Diabetes Educator at Imperial College London Diabetes Centre in Abu Dhabi, a Mubadala Health partner, where she has worked with endocrinologists for over 15 years.

She is the clinic leader for the practice and provides diabetes care and education for children, adults, and their families. Uses her positive attitude, vast knowledge and skills to successfully educate people with diabetes, allowing them to empower themselves and understand and control their condition.

Manar received her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Hashemite University, in Jordan, before going on to attain a Postgraduate diploma in Advance Diabetes Education, from Malmo University, in Sweden, in 2014.She is Certified insulin Pump trainer since 2010.

She has been a member of the core faculty on the ICLDC Diabetes Educator course (IDET) since 2014. She has also co-authored a book on Insulin Pump for Paediatrics and has completed numerous presentations. Manar is also part of the team which led the development of the ICLDC structured education program specifically designed for patients with type 1 diabetes.

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Registered dietitian, Certified diabetes Educator, and Certified Bariatric Counselor whom currently at Health plus Diabetes and Endocrinology Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE. She has more than 10 years of experience in Jordan and UAE. Over the years she has helped thousands of people to eat and live well by addressing the root cause of an individual’s health concerns by considering their diet, lifestyle and their physical and mental being. She has been a speaker at multiple nutrition conferences, interviewed by local newspapers and TV channels, and currently offers Evidence based Dietary advice to patients with diabetes and works as part of multidisciplinary team in implementing the latest technologies for Diabetic patients. Ms. Faten has completed her MSc in Nutrition and Food Technology from Jordan University of Science & Technology, 2008, She is a registered Clinical dietitian From Department of Health in Abudhabi since 2014, And Became Certified Diabetes Educator from Imperial college of London Diabetes Center in 2017.

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Registered nurse and certified diabetes educator at Dubai Hospital -DAHC,

Active member in different diabetes related committees Emirates Diabetes and Endocrine Society (EDES), DAHC- Co-Chair of Diabetes Educators Committee, Dubai Hospital Diabetes Education Team, Emirates Diabetes Educator Club (EDEC).

Certified as diabetes educator from UAE University -Al Ain / IDF – 2007, Johnson and Johnson diabetes institute-2009-2010, Post Graduate Diploma in Diabetes from Cardiff University – 2020.

Certified Insulin Pump trainer- Medical education - Medtronic diabetes-2017 and 2019.

Certified conversation map facilitator- Lilly Company-2013, 1ST Research Methodology and Biostatics Course for Nurses and Midwives – 2019.

Active member in research as a researcher and study nurse coordinator, 1st publication-Pre-diabetes Risk Assessment for Health care workers in Dubai Hospital - published in International Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism 2019. DAR Project Dubai Hospital (AlJaleela Foundation) 2016 - (In collaboration with DH endocrine team), a. Diabetes and Ramadan-DAR research 2018, DIA Ramadan study 2019.

Clinical Trails and Research contribution as a Research Nurse/ Study Coordinator in many research and clinical trials.