Saudi female physician and scientist.

She has been a Principal Scientist and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Scientific Computing at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre since June 2024.

She has also been a visiting physician at Harvard University since 2018, a senior researcher and head of the Epidemiological Research Center at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center since 2004, chair of the Saudi Commission for Women in Science, and a principal investigator at the National Health and Life Stress Survey Program since 2009. She has also been a member of the board of directors of the Al Nahda Women's Charitable Society since 2014 and a member of the editorial advisory board of Nutrition Today magazine.

Her research focuses on epidemiology and monitoring risk factors for non-communicable diseases. She is also interested in combating the obesity epidemic prevalent in Saudi society in general, and among women and children in particular.

She is also one of 35 women featured in the book "Arab Women Rising" and was included in the 2014 BBC World 100 Women International List.

She received a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Texas Health Science Center in 2002, a PhD in Epidemiology from Tufts University in the United States of America in 2002, a Master's degree in Epidemiology from the same university in 1996, and a Bachelor's degree in Community Health from King Saud University in 1992.