TabsSummaryDr. Al Saikhan is working as an Assistant Professor in and Chairperson of the Department of Cardiac Technology at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, and as an honorary researcher at UCL since 2022. She received her PhD in Cardiovascular Medicine from UCL in January 2022. Member of the Saudi Leadership Society since 2021. Awardee of Misk Fellowship and Higher Education Academy Fellowship since 2019. Awardee of the Certificate of Scientific Excellence from His Royal Highness Prince Muhammad bin Nawaf, the Saudi Arabia Ambassador in the UK. Winner of multiple awards including: The 2021 Young Investigators Award, British and Irish Hypertension Society Annual Meeting, Brighton, UK – 2021 The 3rd place Young Investigator Award, Artery 2019 Conference, Budapest, Hungry – 2019 Best of the Best Clinical (Imaging) Abstract Award, British Cardiovascular Society Annual Conference, Manchester, UK – 2019 Faculty of Medicine Dean’s Prize for Medical Ultrasound (Echocardiography), Imperial College London, UK – 2017 Prince Mohammed Bin Fahad Prize for Scientific Excellence in the Eastern province – 2010. Winner of multiple grants, including: Misk Fellowship, Prince Mohammed bin Salman Foundation – 2019 UCL Student Conference Fund Award, London, UK– 2019 ESC Congress Educational Grant Award, Paris, France – 2019 Dubai Harvard Foundation for Medical Research Scholarship – 2019 EuroEcho-2018 Grant Award, Milan, Italy – 2018 Awardee of many awards for Academic and Research Excellence, Exceptional Excellence awards from the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau in the UK, and Excellence awards from Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University. Participated in (and attended) many international scientific conferences and international forums. ResearchPublications: Association between carotid atherosclerosis and brain activation patterns during the Stroop task in older adults: An fNIRS investigation. Mason SA, Al Saikhan L, Jones S, James SN, Murray-Smith H, Rapala A, Williams S, Sudre C, Wong B, Richards M, Fox NC, Hardy R, Schott JM, Chaturvedi N, Hughes AD.Neuroimage. 2022 Aug 15;257:119302. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119302. Relationship Between Image Quality and Bias in 3D Echocardiographic Measures: Data From the SABRE (Southall and Brent Revisited) Study. Al Saikhan L, Park C, Tillin T, Lloyd G, Mayet J, Chaturvedi N, Hughes AD. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 May 3;11(9):e019183. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.019183. Is carotid artery atherosclerosis associated with poor cognitive function assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Anbar R, Sultan SR, Al Saikhan L, Alkharaiji M, Chaturvedi N, Hardy R, Richards M, Hughes A. BMJ Open. 2022Apr 19;12(4):e055131. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055131. Corrigendum: Imaging Protocol, Feasibility, and Reproducibility of Cardiovascular Phenotyping in a Large Tri-Ethnic Population-Based Study of Older People: The Southall and Brent Revisited (SABRE) Study. Al Saikhan L, Alobaida M, Bhuva A, Chaturvedi N, Heasman J, Hughes AD, Jones S, Eastwood S, Manisty C, March K, Ghosh AK, Mayet J, Oguntade A, Tillin T, Williams S, Wright A, Park C. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Nov 4;8:769050. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.769050. Imaging Protocol, Feasibility, and Reproducibility of Cardiovascular Phenotyping in a Large Tri-Ethnic Population-Based Study of Older People: The Southall and Brent Revisited (SABRE) Study. Al Saikhan L, Alobaida M, Bhuva A, Chaturvedi N, Heasman J, Hughes AD, Jones S, Eastwood S, Manisty C, March K, Ghosh AK, Mayet J, Oguntade A, Tillin T, Williams S, Wright A, Park C. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2020 Nov 13;7:591946. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.591946. Cohort Profile Update: Southall and Brent Revisited (SABRE) study: a UK population-based comparison of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in people of European, South Asian and African Caribbean heritage. Jones S, Tillin T, Park C, Williams S, Rapala A, Al Saikhan L, Eastwood SV, Richards M, Hughes AD, Chaturvedi N. Int J Epidemiol. 2020 Oct 1;49(5):1441-1442e. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyaa135. Study Protocol - Insight 46 Cardiovascular: A Sub-study of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development. Mason SA, Al Saikhan L, Jones S, Bale G, James SN, Murray-Smith H, Rapala A, Williams S, Wong B, Richards M, Fox NC, Hardy R, Schott JM, Chaturvedi N, Hughes AD. Artery Res. 2020 Sep;26(3):170-179. doi: 10.2991/artres.k.200417.001. Reproducibility of Left Ventricular Dyssynchrony Indices by Three-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography: The Impact of Sub-optimal Image Quality. Al Saikhan L, Park C, Hughes AD. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2019 Oct 10;6:149. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2019.00149. Left atrial function in heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction differs from that of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a 2D speckle-tracking echocardiographic study. Al Saikhan L, Hughes AD, Chung WS, Alsharqi M, Nihoyannopoulos P. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Mar 1;20(3):279-290. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jey171. Prognostic implications of left ventricular strain by speckle-tracking echocardiography in the general population: a meta-analysis. Al Saikhan L, Park C, Hardy R, Hughes A. Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2019 Jul 24;15:229-251. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S206747. Prognostic implications of left ventricular strain by speckle-tracking echocardiography in population-based studies: a systematic review protocol of the published literature. Al Saikhan L, Park C, Hardy R, Hughes A. BMJ Open. 2018 Jul 16;8(7):e023346. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023346. Correlation between ST segment shift and cardiac diastolic function in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Azoz A, Youssef A, Alshehri A, Gad A, Rashed M, Yahia M, Alsharqi M, Al Saikhan L. J Electrocardiol. 2018 Jul-Aug;51(4):592-597. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2018.03.006. CV Dr. Lamia Khaled Al Saikhan's CV Social Media
