Qatar University students from Biomedical Science, Public Health and Human Nutrition programmes under the college of College of Health Sciences presented their graduation projects. The projects concluded their fruitful journey in Qatar University.
In the Biomedical Science programme, 11 students presented six different graduation projects. The students, Abeer Mohbeddin and Nawar Haj Ahmed, presented the first project to study the effect of innate immunity on metabolism, while the students Sara Rashwan and Jawaher al-Asmar, presented the second one to explore the effect of bacterial infection on host survival and metabolism. Furthermore, two students, Wigdan Ali and Fatima al-Kuwari, investigated the effect of new generation anti-diabetic drug using the Zebrafish model. Haya Kordi and Ameena Alsadi studied the effect of the nitric oxide nanoparticle carrier for acute lung disease and Prattyasha Debnath and Fatima Amanullah, conducted a study titled “Prevalence of anti-nuclear antibodies among healthy individual with different nationalities residing in Qatar.” The biomedical graduation project day was concluded with the student, Sumaya Abdullah Ahmed who presented her project titled “The expression of bile acid receptor in adipose tissue and obesity”.
In the Human Nutrition programme, the students Hana Dahir, Alaa Mohamed and Sara al-Saeedi conducted a study on “Determination of organocholorine pesticide and persistent organic pollutant levels in locally grown vegetables and dates in Qatar and their health implications that showed that there were no health risk from the pesticide residuals in vegetables and dates. Another research topic titled “Association between sleep duration, food consumption and obesity among adolescents in Qatar” was conducted and presented by Sara Mohamed, Nosheen Zehra and Saima Sheikh. This study found that lack of sufficient sleep and decreased consumption of healthy foods have an association with increased risk obesity among adolescents.
This was followed by a study, conducted, by Aram Alhmmadi, Fatema El Sayed, Zahra Babiker and Alanood Alahmad on “The Relationship between eating patterns and body composition in young females in Qatar”. This study concluded that body composition is not significantly associated with healthy and unhealthy eating patterns among young females.
Two additional groups in the Human Nutrition programme presented their research projects. Kateba al-Ghazali, Ayesha Musleh and Sana Eltayeb conducted a study on “Serum Magnesium and cognitive function among Qatari Adults”. This study demonstrated a positive association between serum magnesium and cognitive function. The next group of students, Rim Khatib, Asma Ouagueni and Marwa Alaradi presented their study on “Dietary patterns and glycemic control among Qatari adults with Type 2 Diabetes”. They found that fast food pattern was inversely associated with glycemic control.
Rouda Qassmi, Fatima al-Naimi and Aysha al-Khalaqi also presented their research topic titled “Predictive power of body visceral adiposity index, body adiposity index and body mass index for type 2 diabetes in Qatari population”. They found that visceral adiposity index was a strong and independent predictor of type 2 diabetes among the Qatari adult population. Therefore, it could be a useful tool for predicting the risk of type 2 diabetes among Qatari adults.
Another group of students Haya Abu Hijleh, Juod Alalwani and Dana Alkhatib conducted research on “Muscle strength and glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes”. This study found no association found between handgrip and glycemic control among patients with diabetes.
In the next two projects, students Sumaya Yusuf, Zainab Dookhy and Asma al-Obahi presented their study on “ The Association of Vitamin D concentration and respiratory function in Smokers” and the results showed that Vitamin D is associated with improved lung function but not with asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. This translates into serum vitamin D being significantly associated with improved lung function markers. The last project in this programme was presented by Reem Abudobaa, Haneen othman and Menatallah Zewein under the title“Validation of Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) against food records for vitamin D consumption in Qatari population” and results indicated that the FFQ can be used as a valid dietary method to assess vitamin D status in Qatar’s population.
In the Human Nutrition programme, the students Hana Dahir, Alaa Mohamed and Sara al-Saeedi conducted a study on “Determination of organocholorine pesticide and persistent organic pollutant levels in locally grown vegetables and dates in Qatar and their health implications that showed that there were no health risk from the pesticide residuals in vegetables and dates. Another research topic titled “Association between sleep duration, food consumption and obesity among adolescents in Qatar” was conducted and presented by Sara Mohamed, Nosheen Zehra and Saima Sheikh. This study found that lack of sufficient sleep and decreased consumption of healthy foods have an association with increased risk obesity among adolescents.
This was followed by a study, conducted, by Aram Alhmmadi, Fatema El Sayed, Zahra Babiker and Alanood Alahmad on “The Relationship between eating patterns and body composition in young females in Qatar”. This study concluded that body composition is not significantly associated with healthy and unhealthy eating patterns among young females.
Two additional groups in the Human Nutrition programme presented their research projects. Kateba al-Ghazali, Ayesha Musleh and Sana Eltayeb conducted a study on “Serum Magnesium and cognitive function among Qatari Adults”. This study demonstrated a positive association between serum magnesium and cognitive function. The next group of students, Rim Khatib, Asma Ouagueni and Marwa Alaradi presented their study on “Dietary patterns and glycemic control among Qatari adults with Type 2 Diabetes”. They found that fast food pattern was inversely associated with glycemic control.
Rouda Qassmi, Fatima al-Naimi and Aysha al-Khalaqi also presented their research topic titled “Predictive power of body visceral adiposity index, body adiposity index and body mass index for type 2 diabetes in Qatari population”. They found that visceral adiposity index was a strong and independent predictor of type 2 diabetes among the Qatari adult population. Therefore, it could be a useful tool for predicting the risk of type 2 diabetes among Qatari adults.
Another group of students Haya Abu Hijleh, Juod Alalwani and Dana Alkhatib conducted research on “Muscle strength and glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes”. This study found no association found between handgrip and glycemic control among patients with diabetes.
In the next two projects, students Sumaya Yusuf, Zainab Dookhy and Asma al-Obahi presented their study on “ The Association of Vitamin D concentration and respiratory function in Smokers” and the results showed that Vitamin D is associated with improved lung function but not with asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. This translates into serum vitamin D being significantly associated with improved lung function markers. The last project in this programme was presented by Reem Abudobaa, Haneen othman and Menatallah Zewein under the title“Validation of Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) against food records for vitamin D consumption in Qatari population” and results indicated that the FFQ can be used as a valid dietary method to assess vitamin D status in Qatar’s population.
