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(Based in Warwickshire, UK) <\/b><\/p><br>\n        <h3>Current Appointment<\/h3>\n        <ul>\n          <li> Director, Glocentrica Ltd, Kenilworth, UK.<\/li>\n          <li> Co-President, International Maillard Reaction Society (IMARS) https:\/\/www.imarsonline.com\/.<\/li>\n          <li> Executive Director of iDiagnostix Ltd Kenilworth UK.<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n\n      <div class=\"section\" id=\"education\">\n        <h2>Education\/Qualifications<\/h2>\n        <ul>\n          <li><strong>BSc. Biological and Medicinal Chemistry<\/strong>, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, U.K. (Upper second class, with honours), Oct 1995 &#8211; Jun 1998<\/li>\n          <li><strong>PhD.<\/strong> Chromatographic assay of advanced glycation endproducts and application to the study of human disease, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, U.K., Oct 1998 &#8211; Sep 2001<\/li>\n          <li><strong>MA Postgraduate Certificate in Academic &#038; Professional Practice<\/strong>, Warwick University, UK, Apr 2009 \u2013 Jun 2010<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"section\" id=\"training\">\n         <h3>Training<\/h3>\n        <ul>\n          <li><b>QSTP XLR8 Program<\/b> A 10-week program offering intensive training and mentorship, enabling promising innovators to transform tech-based ideas into commercially viable businesses Sep-Nov 2019<\/li>\n          <li><b>QU Pre incubation training<\/b> &#8211; from innovation to commercialisation April 2020<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"section\" id=\"appointments\">\n        <h2>Appointments<\/h2>\n        <ul>\n          <li>Adjunct Professor, QU-Health, Qatar University, Mar 2023 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n          <li>Lead Proteomics Core, School of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Feb 2021 &#8211; Mar 2023<\/li>\n          <li>Professor of Basic Medical Sciences, Chairperson of Metabolic Disorders and Diabetes Group, Qatar University, Jan 2020 \u2013 Mar 2023<\/li>\n          <li>Deputy Director of RTP &#8211; Proteomics, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Aug 2016 \u2013 Dec 2019<\/li>\n          <li>Reader in Experimental Systems Biology, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Jun 2014 \u2013 Dec 2019<\/li>\n          <li>Associate Professor of Experimental Systems Biology, Director of AGEomics and Systems Biology Group, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Oct 2010 \u2013 May 2014<\/li>\n          <li>Assistant Professor of Experimental Systems Biology, Warwick Medical School, Jan 2007 \u2013 Sep 2010<\/li>\n          <li>British Heart Foundation Intermediate Research Fellow, Warwick Medical School, Jan 2006 \u2013 Dec 2009<\/li>\n          <li>Part-time Lecturer in Biochemistry, University of Essex, Mar 2004 \u2013 Dec 2006<\/li>\n          <li>Welcome Trust Postdoctoral Research Officer, University of Essex, Jan 2004 \u2013 Dec 2005<\/li>\n          <li>Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Postdoctoral Research Officer, University of Essex, Jan 2002 \u2013 Dec 2003<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"section\" id=\"recognition\">\n        <h2>National and International Recognition<\/h2>\n        <p><strong>Citation Metrics:<\/strong><\/p>\n        <ul>\n          <li>Publication h-factor: 74<\/li>\n          <li>Career citations: 18,421 (Google Scholar)<\/li>\n                    <li>Top 2% of global Scientists <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        \n      <\/div>\n\n     <div class=\"section\" id=\"committees\">\n  <h2>Research Grant Review and Advisory Committees<\/h2>\n  <ul>\n    <li>Editorial Board: Nature Scientific Reports; 2016 \u2013 2023. Handling manuscripts for eligibility, for review and making decision on for publication<\/li>\n    <li>Associate Editor: BMC Endocrine Disorders; 2012 \u2013 2023<\/li>\n    <li>Editorial Board: Internationa Journal of Molecular science \u201cBiochemistry section\u201d; 2020 &#8211; 2024<\/li>\n    <li>Research grant review panel, Pathophysiology Evaluation committee of the French National Research Agency (ANR), 2017<\/li>\n    <li>Research grant review panel, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology committee of The academy of Finland, 2018 \u2013 2021<\/li>\n    <li>Member\/Chair of a Biochemical Society, Theme Panel Theme Panel III &#8211; Energy and Metabolism (2014 &#8211; 2019). Role involving:\n      <ul>\n        <li>to instigate, encourage, review or commission the different types of meetings that make up the Society\u2019s varied meeting programme throughout each year.<\/li>\n        <li>to play an important role in the identification of potential Award winners.<\/li>\n        <li>to identify gaps in the coverage of science both on the Panels and within the meetings programme.<\/li>\n        <li>to provide an opportunity to develop interdisciplinary activities and to collaborate with a number of Sister Societies.<\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>Council Member 2015 &#8211; 2021, International Maillard Reaction Society (IMARS), Tokyo, Japan.<\/li>\n    <li>Expert Group member on \u2018Characterization of and criteria for glycaemic exposure markers in the non-diabetic population\u2019 International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Europe; 2015 \u2013 2019.<\/li>\n    <li>Secretary of European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Study Group on Reactive Metabolites in Diabetes, Dusseldorf, Germany, 2014 &#8211; date.<\/li>\n    <li>Research grant review panel, Dutch Arthritis Foundation; 2014 -2015<\/li>\n    <li>Research grant review panel, Latvian Science Council (LSC); 2013<\/li>\n    <li>Co-Editor of Amino Acids journal &#8211; Glycation Section; 2010 \u2013 2012<\/li>\n    <li>Member of The Intellectual Property Advisory Committee, Office of Innovation and Intellectual Property, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar; 2021-2023<\/li>\n    <li>President-elect of International Maillard Reaction Society (IMARS) 2024-2027<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"section\" id=\"awards\">\n  <h2>Prizes and Awards<\/h2>\n  <ul>\n    <li>Shaul Massry Prize for the best oral poster presentation at the 4th International Congress on Uremic Research and Toxicity in Izmir, Turkey, 14th \u2013 16th September 2005<\/li>\n    <li>Eli Lilly Clinical Science Poster Award, (with Babaei-Jadidi, R., Al-Ali, H., Song, L., Ahmed, A., Bodmer, C. and Thornalley, P.J.), Diabetes UK Meeting, Birmingham, U.K., 2006.<\/li>\n    <li>2014 Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Internationale de Chirurgie Orthop\u00e9dique et de Traumatologie (SICOT) Prize (Best oral presentation award) A simple biochemical algorithm for the detection of early-stage osteoarthritis 21st SICOT Trainees meeting London 01st and 02nd June 2014<\/li>\n    <li>Research poster competition, 2nd place award in Medics category (Ahmed, U., Savage, R.S., Anwar, M.M., Costa, M.L., Filer, A., Raza, K., Watts, R.A., Winyard, P.G., Tarr, J., Haigh, R.C., Thornalley, P.J. and Rabbani, N. (2015) Biomarker combination detects early-stage and discriminates osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory joint disease. Scientific Reports 5: 9259), R &#038; I summit, Friday 14th July 2017, UHCW, Coventry.<\/li>\n    <li>Awarded 2nd Place Faculty Presentation on \u201cConversion of low density lipoprotein to the small, dense pro-atherogenic form by glycation with methylglyoxal &#8211; super-sticky \u2018ultra-bad\u2019 cholesterol at 5th QU Health Research Symposium, 15th November 2020.<\/li>\n    <li>Gold award and research excellence award \u201cmethod development of blood test for autism\u201d at the 7th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN 2022.<\/li>\n    <li>Received Qatar University Innovation Award for the method development of blood test for autism\u201d at Qatar University annual research forum 2022.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n     <div class=\"section\" id=\"memberships\">\n  <h2>Membership of Journal Editorial Boards and Learned\/Professional Societies<\/h2>\n  <ul>\n    <li>European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Dusseldorf, Germany \u2013 co founder (with Professors Paul Thornalley and Peter Nawroth, University of Heidelberg) of EASD Study Group on Reactive Metabolites in Diabetes.<\/li>\n    <li>The Biochemical Society, London, U.K.<\/li>\n    <li>International Maillard Reaction Society (IMARS), USA<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"section\" id=\"patents\">\n  <h2>Patents<\/h2>\n  <ul>\n    <li>P.J. Thornalley, N. Ahmed and O.K. Argirov. Assay of advanced glycation endproducts in proteins. Priority file May 2000.<\/li>\n    <li>P.J. Thornalley, N. Ahmed and O.K. Argirov. Novel therapeutic agent for the vascular complications of diabetes. Priority file September 2000.<\/li>\n    <li>P.J. Thornalley, N. Rabbani and M. Xue. (2011) Prevention of proteomic and genomic damage by dicarbonyl substrates of Glo 1. WO 2011161436.<\/li>\n    <li>R.S. Savage, U. Ahmed, N. Rabbani and P.J. Thornalley. Diagnostic for Determining Skeletal Health. (2014) WO2014016584 A2. Priority file: July 2012.<\/li>\n    <li>P.J. Thornalley and N. Rabbani. (2014) Quantitation and imaging of methylglyoxal and related dicarbonyls by fluorogenic derivatizing agents. WO 2014037697. Priority file: September 2012.<\/li>\n    <li>P.J. Thornalley, N. Rabbani, R.S. Savage and U. Ahmed. Markers for skeletal disorders. WO 2017149300. Priority file: March 2016.<\/li>\n    <li>Fowler, M.I., Jenkins, G., Messenger, D.J., Xue, M., Rabbani, N. and Thornalley, P.J. Composition for hair follicle growth. WO2017080958. Priority file November 2015.<\/li>\n    <li>Masania, J., Rabbani, N., Thornalley, P.J., Rajpoot, N., Rajpoot, K., Winklhofer-Roob, B.M., Roob, J. and Faustmann, G. Biomarkers of impaired health. Patent Application No. 1721723.3.<\/li>\n    <li>Rabbani, N., Thornalley, P.J., Rajpoot, K. and Marini, M. Method of diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder. Priority file January 2018.<\/li>\n    <li>Rabbani, N., De la Fuente, A. and Thornalley, P.J., Blood and urine-based test for prediction of progression of diabetic kidney disease. Filed December 2020.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"section\" id=\"conferences\">\n  <h2>Conference Organization<\/h2>\n  <ul>\n    <li>Methylglyoxal and glyoxalase conferences (unique to this investigator)<\/li>\n    <li>Glyoxalase Centennial \u2013 100 years of glyoxalase research and emergence of dicarbonyl stress (with Professor Paul J Thornalley), University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, 27th &#8211; 29th November 2013.<\/li>\n    <li>14th International Symposium on the Maillard Reaction (IMARS-14) \u2013 Glycation in food, health and disease (with Professor Paul J Thornalley), hybrid live in Doha, Qatar, and on-line, 20th \u2013 24th September 2021.<\/li><\/ul>\n    <p><h2><b>Other conferences<\/b><\/h2><\/p>\n<ul>\n    <li>Organiser (with Professor Paul J Thornalley), Glycation symposium, 12th International Congress on Amino Acids, Peptides and Protein, Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, 1st \u2013 5th August 2011.<\/li>\n    <li>Proteomics and related metabolomics of oxidative damage and glycation: Technical workshop (with Professor Paul J Thornalley), University of Warwick, 9th \u2013 11th July 2018.<\/li>\n    <li>European Association for the study of Diabetes (EASD) Reactive Metabolites Study Group (with Professor Paul J Thornalley), 4th October 2018, Berlin, Germany.<\/li>\n    <li>European Association for the study of Diabetes (EASD) Reactive Metabolites Study Group (with Professor Paul J Thornalley), 18th September 2019, Barcelona, Spain.<\/li>\n    <li>Mathematical metabolic modelling \u2013 towards intrinsic prediction of risk of developing insulin resistance and diabetic vascular complications. EASD Reactive Metabolites Study Group (RMSG) Symposium (with Professor Paul J Thornalley), 56th EASD Annual Meeting, 23rd September 2020.<\/li>\n    <li>Symposium on Reactive metabolites and increased risk of severe COVID-19 disease in obesity and diabetes. EASD Reactive Metabolites Study Group (RMSG) Symposium (with Professor Paul J Thornalley), 57th EASD Annual Meeting, 28th September 2021.<\/li>\n    <li>Symposium on Insulin resistance \u2013 new insights and nutritional approaches to therapy. EASD Reactive Metabolites Study Group (RMSG) Symposium (with Professor Paul J Thornalley), 58th EASD Annual Meeting, 20th September 2022.<\/li>\n    <li>15th International Symposium on the Maillard Reaction (IMARS-15) \u2013 Glycation in food, health and disease. Maastricht, The Netherlands. 16th \u2013 19th September 2021.<\/li>\n  <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"contact\">\n    <h3>If you have any questions or would like to get in touch, please <a href=\"https:\/\/nailarabbani.com\/index.php\/389-2\/\" class=\"contact-button\" style=\"background-color: #4CAF50; \/* Green *\/\n  border: none;\n  color: white;\n  padding: 6px 14px; \/* Adjusted padding *\/\n  text-align: center;\n  text-decoration: none;\n  display: inline-block;\n  font-size: 12px;\n  margin: 4px 2px;\n  transition-duration: 0.4s;\n  cursor: pointer;\"\n  onmouseover=\"this.style.backgroundColor='#45a049'\"\n  onmouseout=\"this.style.backgroundColor='#4CAF50'\">Contact Me<\/a><\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Naila Rabbani | Scientist &#038; Educator Professor Naila Rabbani Scientist &#038; Educator Personal Education Appointments Recognition Committees Awards Memberships Patents Conferences Personal Naila Rabbani, Professor Current Affiliation Director, GloVitality Ltd, 167-169 Great Portland street, 5th Floor, London, W1W 5PF UK . (Based in Warwickshire, UK) Current Appointment Director, Glocentrica Ltd, Kenilworth, UK. 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