Nutrition and Dietary Interventions in Cancer

Dr. Rida Fatima Saeed is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. She received her BSc degree in Biochemistry and MSc in Bioscience from the University of Leeds, UK. She got her PhD degree in 2016 in biochemistry and cancer biology from the University of Bradford, UK. Her PhD work was on the development of in vitro assays to assess the functionality and selectivity of novel small inhibitors of polysialyltransferases for use in neuroblastoma therapy. She is the author of numerous book chapters and research articles. Dr Saeed's research experience with teaching is more than seven years. She has been active in research related to cancer diagnostics, therapeutic, biomarkers, nanobiotechnology and phytochemistry. She has presented multiple times at international meetings, both orally and through posters. Furthermore, she also serves as the editorial member and reviewers of several reputed journals.

Dr. Shaheed, a Bahauddin Zakariya University graduate with a Bachelor of Pharmacy, earned an MSc in Oncology from the University of Bradford UK in 2011. For five years, he served as a Research Technician in Proteomics at the same institute, contributing significantly to biomarker identification in human cancers. In 2017, he completed a PhD at the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics, where his research focused on early detection and stratification of breast cancer subtypes through innovative Proteomics. From 2017 to 2019, Dr. Shaheed played a key role in a Drug Development Programme funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research UK. In 2019, he joined the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, managing the Proteomics facility and leading the development of new methods for protein analysis. Since 2020, in his role as a Translational Omics Scientist at the University of Oxford, Dr. Shaheed has been making notable advancements in the field of solid organ transplantation.