Advisor in the Office of the Vice Chancellor at the United Arab Emirates University since August 2022, United Arab Emirates.

She held several positions at the United Arab Emirates University, including:

• The Associate Deputy for Student Affairs.
• Vice Dean of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences.
• Head of the Nutrition and Health Department at the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine.
• Assistant Dean for Professional Development in the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine.
• Head of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition.
• Head of the residential college.

Al Dhaheri also worked as an honorary senior lecturer and fellow at the Institute of Liver and Digestive Health at University College London, and as coordinator of the MEFOODS and GULFOODS programs at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO.

She holds a PhD in Clinical Nutrition from Oxford Brookes University in 2007, and a Master's degree in Environmental Science with a specialization in Clinical Nutrition from the United Arab Emirates University in 2002.