Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Selected Publications
Selected Thesis Projects supervision
Selected Thesis Examination
RESEARCH GRANTS
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Aliaa Amr Alamoudi

Jeddah,Saudi-Arabia

Summary

I am a committed academic with extensive experience in teaching and learning, research, and academic administration, particularly in the fields of academic accreditation and curriculum development. I have actively contributed to the design and successful implementation of innovative educational programs that promote an engaging and intellectually stimulating learning environment.

My administrative experience has equipped me with strong project management and leadership skills, enabling effective collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to achieve institutional objectives .

My research interests lie broadly within Clinical Biochemistry, with a focused emphasis on cancer biology. I am currently expanding my expertise in bioinformatics, aiming to develop advanced skills in this emerging area to further enhance my research contributions.

I value creativity, collaborative teamwork, and continuous professional development, and I am driven by a strong commitment to academic excellence and innovation.


Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Associate Professor Clinical Biochemistry

Faculty of Medicine , King Abdulaziz University
05.2015 - Current
  • Utilize various teaching strategies (Lectures, PBL,TBL,Flipped classes,SDL) to teach undergraduate and postgraduate subjects including : Cellular metabolism and Molecular biology, Cancer biology , Research critical appraisal
  • Designing curriculum, course content,and assessments, and course coordination
  • Participate in various committees to contribute to the development of the academic program
  • Supervise undergrad and postgrad students projects

Visiting professor

McGill University
Montreal
07.2024 - 07.2025

Engaged in specialized research training under the supervision of Dr. David Labbé at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), focusing on transcriptomic data analysis within the context of drug response in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patient-derived xenografts (PDX) models.

Key skills and methodologies acquired include:

  • Transcriptomic analysis using R
  • Differential gene expression analysis using DESeq2
  • WGCNA (Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis)
  • Development of predictive models for drug response

Adjunct Faculty Medical Education

Medical education department, Faculty of Medicine
01.2018 - Current
  • Prepared and delivered lectures on diverse topics related to Medical education including : Scholarship and Conceptual frameworks, Program evaluation.
  • Supervised postgraduate thesis projects related to medical education
  • Publish research findings in medical education in reputable scientific journals
  • Contributed to department and faculty meetings to continuously assess and improve internal practices.

Master program director

Clinical Biochemistry department , KAU
01.2017 - 07.2024
  • Head of the curriculum development committee : developed and reviewed program outcomes, upgraded courses , implemented strategies to improve KPIs
  • Oversaw the implementation and continuous development of postgraduate programs, ensuring alignment with academic standards, institutional goals, and accreditation requirements.


Head of the Regenerative medicine unit

King Fahad Center for Medical Research, KAU
02.2020 - 07.2024
  • Established a collaborative research culture.
  • Secured significant research funding through successful grant applications.
  • Provided mentorship and guidance to junior researchers, fostering their professional growth and development.
  • Developed strategies to increase the unit's visibility and impact through presentations at conferences, symposiums, and other academic gatherings.
  • Successfully established new laboratory techniques and protocols, enhancing the efficiency and accuracy of experiments and data analysis

Head of female department

Clinical Biochemistry , KAU
01.2018 - 01.2020

CNS module course coordinator

Faculty of Medicine
08.2018 - 08.2023

Cancer biology course coordinator

Clinical Biochemistry Master program
08.2018 - 08.2024
  • Designed and established the Cancer Biology course, developing its curriculum to align with current scientific advances and educational best practices.
  • Oversaw the implementation and delivery of the course, ensuring high-quality instruction and continuous improvement based on student feedback and academic standards.

Member of Master program advisory board

Clinical Biochemistry program
01.2021 - Current

Member of the Executive Curriculum Committee

Faculty of Medicine , KAU
01.2021 - 07.2024

Member of KAU-Oxford CAIPM

CAIPM KAU-Oxford collaboration
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Involved in preliminary meetings for establishing a proposal on ''Applying neural network on Familial Hypercholesterolemia genomic data: Prognosis and response to therapy predictions''


Member

Students' Research and Innovation Unit, KAU
01.2022 - 07.2024
  • Evaluator of medical undergraduate students' projects proposals


Instructor

University Professional Development Diploma , CTLD
09.2018 - 09.2023
  • One of the three instructors on teaching and learning strategies section


Medical intern

KAU, NGHA
08.2007 - 08.2008

Education

Master of Medical Science in Medical Education -

KAU-, University of Illinois at Chicago
01.2016 - 01.2019

DPhil in Clinical Pharmacology - Gene therapy in cancer

Univeristy of Oxford
01.2010 - 01.2014

MSc in Molecular Medicine -

University of Sheffield
09.2008 - 09.2009

MBBS degree in Medicine and Surgery -

King Abdulaziz university
08.2000 - 08.2006

Skills

  • "Patient-derived xenografts (PDX) preclinical trial reveal CHK1 inhibition as a potential treatment for castration-resistant prostate cancer": Surgical and Interventional sciences research day,McGill University, Montreal, 2025
  • :IDIGH/CRP Joint Research Day, RI-MUHC ,McGill University ,Montreal 2025
  • "Thymoquinone induces the expression of clock genes in breast cancer cells":American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) , Atlanta, USA , 2019:
  • "Evaluating a novel phytobiologic mixture against breast cancer cell lines: Effect of glycolytic enzymes and EMT gene expression profile ": American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) , Chicago, USA , 2018:
  • "Regulated Antagonism of Immune-suppressive Molecules in Tumours": Annual Conference of the British Society for Gene and Cell Therapy, UCL, London , UK , 2014:


Selected Publications


-Alamoudi AA. The Role of Non-Coding RNAs in MYC-Mediated Metabolic Regulation: Feedback Loops and Interactions. Noncoding RNA. 2025 Mar 18;11(2):27. doi: 10.3390/ncrna11020027. PMID: 40126351; PMCID: PMC11932256.

-Eldakhakhny B, Bima A, Alamoudi AA, Alnami A, Abo-Elkhair SM, Sakr H, Almoghrabi Y, Ghoneim FM, Nagib RM, Elsamanoudy A. The role of low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet in modulating autophagy and endoplasmic reticulum stress in aortic endothelial dysfunction of metabolic syndrome animal model. Front Nutr. 2024 Nov 13;11:1467719. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1467719. PMID: 39610878; PMCID: PMC11603365.

-Barnawi A, Sonbol AM, Al-Shawwa L, Abulaban A, Asiri K, Bagasi A, Alafari R, Alamoudi AA. Employing students' evaluations and tutors' perceptions to evaluate a faculty development program on problem-based learning at the Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University. BMC Med Educ. 2024 Jul 1;24(1):708. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05662-1. PMID: 38951776; PMCID: PMC11218292.

-Alamoudi AA, Eldakhakhny S, Banjar H, Ajabnoor G, Aljohani SB, Basheer RR, Eldakhakhny B, Badawi M, Elsamanoudy A. Association between laboratory markers and Covid-19 disease severity and outcome: a retrospective cohort study in Saudi Arabia. Front Immunol. 2023 Jul 11;14:1198530. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1198530. PMID: 37497238; PMCID: PMC10366441.

-Alqarni AA, Alamoudi AA, Allam RM, Ajabnoor GM, Harakeh SM, Al-Abd AM. The influence of antioxidant dietary-derived polyphenolic combination on breast cancer: Molecular study. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 2022 May 1;149:112835.

-Alnami A, Bima A, Alamoudi A, Eldakhakhny B, Sakr H, Elsamanoudy A. Modulation of Dyslipidemia Markers Apo B/Apo A and Triglycerides/HDL-Cholesterol Ratios by Low-Carbohydrate High-Fat Diet in a Rat Model of Metabolic Syndrome. Nutrients. 2022 May 1;14(9):1903.

-Alamoudi AA, Fallatah HI, Eldakhakhny BM, Kamel FO, AlShawwa LA, Elsamanoudy AZ. Relationship between admission criteria and academic performance in basic science courses in health science colleges in KAU. BMC Medical Education. 2021 Dec;21(1):1-8.

-Algehani RA, Abou Khouzam R, Hegazy GA, Alamoudi AA, El-Halawany AM, El Dine RS, Ajabnoor GA, Al-Abbasi FA, Baghdadi MA, Elsayed I, Hattori M. Colossolactone-G synergizes the anticancer properties of 5-fluorouracil and gemcitabine against colorectal cancer cells. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 2021 Aug 1;140:111730

-Alamoudi AA, Al Shawwa LA, Gad H, Tekian A. Team‐based learning versus traditional didactic lectures in teaching clinical biochemistry at King Abdulaziz University; learning outcomes and student satisfaction. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 2021 Jul;49(4):546-59.

-Alamoudi AA. Why do cancer cells break from host circadian rhythm? Insights from unicellular organisms. BioEssays. 2021 Apr;43(4):2000205.

-Eldakhakhny BM, Alamoudi AA, Binmahfooz SK, Alamoudi SA, Akshawi ME, Linjawi JH. The Glycemic Index of Food-Should It Be Gender Specific?. Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal. 2021 Apr 16;9(1):202-10.

-Ajabnoor GM, Bahijri S, Alamoudi AA, Al Raddadi R, Al-Ahmadi J, Jambi H, Borai A, Toumilehto J. The association between hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors among non-diabetic Saudis adults–A cross sectional study. Plos one. 2021 Feb 23;16(2):e0246568.

-Al-Hazmi SF, Gad HG, Alamoudi AA, Eldakhakhny BM, Binmahfooz SK, Alhozali AM. Evaluation of early biomarkers of renal dysfunction in diabetic patients. Saudi medical journal. 2020 Jul;41(7):690.

-Bashmail HA, Alamoudi AA, Noorwali A, Hegazy GA, Ajabnoor GM, Al-Abd AM. Thymoquinone enhances paclitaxel anti-breast cancer activity via inhibiting tumor-associated stem cells despite apparent mathematical antagonism. Molecules. 2020 Jan 20;25(2):426.

-Bashmail HA, Alamoudi AA, Noorwali A, Hegazy GA, AJabnoor G, Choudhry H, Al-Abd AM. Thymoquinone synergizes gemcitabine anti-breast cancer activity via modulating its apoptotic and autophagic activities. Scientific reports. 2018 Aug 3;8(1):1-1.

-Alamoudi AA, Alnoury A, Gad H. miRNA in tumour metabolism and why could it be the preferred pathway for energy reprograming. Briefings in functional genomics. 2018 May;17(3):157-69.

-Alamoudi A, Hassanien M, Al Shawwa L, Bima A, Gad H, Tekian A. Introducing TBL in clinical biochemistry: perceptions of students and faculty. MedEdPublish. 2018 Jan 25;7.

-Ajabnoor GM, Bahijri S, Shaik NA, Borai A, Alamoudi AA, Al-Aama JY, Chrousos GP. Ramadan fasting in Saudi Arabia is associated with altered expression of CLOCK, DUSP and IL-1alpha genes, as well as changes in cardiometabolic risk factors. PloS one. 2017 Apr 6;12(4):e0174342.

-Alamoudi AA, El-Deek BS, Park YS, Al Shawwa LA, Tekian A. Evaluating the long-term impact of faculty development programs on MCQ item analysis. Medical teacher. 2017 Mar 16;39(sup1):S45-9.

-Cawood R, Hills T, Wong SL, Alamoudi AA, Beadle S, Fisher KD, Seymour LW. Recombinant viral vaccines for cancer. Trends in molecular medicine. 2012 Sep 1;18(9):564-74.

Selected Thesis Projects supervision

Selected Thesis Examination

*External examiner :PhD thesis of  Nawal Alsadi: Role of Polyphenolic Compounds in Chemoprevention of Skin Cancer by Epigenetic Mechanisms, University of Ottowa, Canada 


* Internal examiner :MSc thesis of Modhi alenezi: Evaluating the Effect of Chicken Cathelicidin Peptides on Innate and Adaptive Antitumor Immunity in Mouse Model, Clinical Biochemistry Department , KAU  


* External examiner: MSc thesis of Hanan Althiga: Determinants of Nursing Faculty Research Productivity in three Saudi public universities , Medical Education Department, KAU 

RESEARCH GRANTS

*2017 - Present Principle investigator, Association of circadian clock disturbance with breast cancer metabolism and development. DSR, King Abdulaziz University, SA (180,000 SR)
*2016 - 2022, Evaluation of a novel anticancer formulation for the treatment of breast cancer. DSR,King Abdulaziz University, SA ( 70,000 SR)
*2016 - 2018 Principle investigator, Evaluating cytotoxic effect of phytochemical mixture (PB) and its impact on breast cancer related microRNA. DSR, King Abdulaziz University, SA (60,000 SR)

Timeline

Visiting professor

McGill University
07.2024 - 07.2025

Member

Students' Research and Innovation Unit, KAU
01.2022 - 07.2024

Member of Master program advisory board

Clinical Biochemistry program
01.2021 - Current

Member of the Executive Curriculum Committee

Faculty of Medicine , KAU
01.2021 - 07.2024

Head of the Regenerative medicine unit

King Fahad Center for Medical Research, KAU
02.2020 - 07.2024

Member of KAU-Oxford CAIPM

CAIPM KAU-Oxford collaboration
01.2020 - 01.2022

Instructor

University Professional Development Diploma , CTLD
09.2018 - 09.2023

CNS module course coordinator

Faculty of Medicine
08.2018 - 08.2023

Cancer biology course coordinator

Clinical Biochemistry Master program
08.2018 - 08.2024

Adjunct Faculty Medical Education

Medical education department, Faculty of Medicine
01.2018 - Current

Head of female department

Clinical Biochemistry , KAU
01.2018 - 01.2020

Master program director

Clinical Biochemistry department , KAU
01.2017 - 07.2024

Master of Medical Science in Medical Education -

KAU-, University of Illinois at Chicago
01.2016 - 01.2019

Associate Professor Clinical Biochemistry

Faculty of Medicine , King Abdulaziz University
05.2015 - Current

DPhil in Clinical Pharmacology - Gene therapy in cancer

Univeristy of Oxford
01.2010 - 01.2014

MSc in Molecular Medicine -

University of Sheffield
09.2008 - 09.2009

Medical intern

KAU, NGHA
08.2007 - 08.2008

MBBS degree in Medicine and Surgery -

King Abdulaziz university
08.2000 - 08.2006
Aliaa Amr Alamoudi