Consultant for the development of medical radiation programs at the “Medical Education Department” at the “Dubai Health Authority”.

She holds the position of National Project Coordinator in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, and Director of the Scientific Research Project to Study Radiation Doses to Patients in Diagnostic Radiology.

She participated in establishing the Medical Physics Department at the College of Science at the United Arab Emirates University. She also contributed to establishing and developing the Nuclear Medicine Department in Dubai since 1996, and in including the service of treating patients with radioactive iodine. In 2000, she established the Radiation Protection Unit in the Nuclear Medicine Department, and then established the Medical Physics Department at Dubai Hospital, and included within it the Radiation Protection Unit for Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic X-rays.

During 2002, she participated in preparing and drafting the first federal law on radiation protection, and contributed to preparing the regulatory regulations accompanying the law. In 2009, she established a laboratory for preparing radiopharmaceuticals for blood in cooperation with the International Society for Radiological Blood Testing, which is the only laboratory that meets international standards in the region.

Al-Suwaidi has established periodic educational programs in the field of basic principles of radiation protection in hospitals and the field of radiation protection in dentistry. These programs are considered basic requirements for licensing workers in the field of radiation in medicine.

Al-Suwaidi holds a Master’s and PhD in Radiation Physics from the University of Surrey in the UK.