Dr. Zainab Bibi

Dr. Zainab Bibi

HoD & Specialist at Clinical Nutrition Department, Shifa International Hospital Ltd.

  • Assistant Professor, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad.
  • Registered Dietitian from Pak. Nutrition and Dietetic Society
  • Member American Society for Parental & Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)
  • Islamabad Chapter Head of Pakistan Nutrition &Dietetic Society (PNDS)
  • PNDS License # L0121-14
  • Email: zainab.bibi@shifa.com.pk

Education Qualification

PhD Food & Nutrition

M.Phil./MS: Human Nutrition
Master/B.Sc(Hons): Human Nutrition (Distinction Holder)

Professional Certification

  • Advancing Patient-Centered Clinical Nutrition (Harvard School of Public Health)

Professional Membership

  • Pakistan Nutrition & Dietetic Society (PNDS)
  • American Society for Parental & Enteral Society(ASPEN)

Professional Skills

  • Compliance of departmental policies
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Risk Assessment & Identification
  • Flexibility &Motivation
  • Clinical Nutrition Management
  • Training & Hiring of staff
  • Nutritional analysis
  • Therapeutic Menu planning
  • Food Safety management
  • Planning & Coordination
  • Safe food Handling
  • Workflow planning

Academic Experience

Adjunct Faculty
  • Shifa College of Nursing (2018)
  • Shifa Institute of medical Technology (2013-dated)
  • Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University Islamabad (Jan 2022-dated)
Visiting Faculty
  • Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad(AIOU)
  • Pir Mehr Ali Shah University Rawalpindi.
Research Associate & Lecturer KPK Agriculture University Peshawar (AUP) 2007 – 2008

Professional Experience

Consultant Nutritionist & HoD Shifa International Hospital Islamabad Ltd Since – 2013
Executive Nutritionist. Shifa international Executive OPD clinic Since 2017
Nutritionist Specialist Shifa international Executive OPD clinic 2022 – 2024
Senior Specialist Shifa international Executive OPD clinic 2015 – 2022
Program Manager (Mother & Child Health & Nutrition) Organization: The Network for Consumer Protection (Funded by UNICEF) 2010 – 2011

Consultancy Projects

Pakistan Tobacco Company

  • Develop Cafeteria Plan
  • Nutritional aspect
  • Food budgeting
  • Special Services Group (SSG)
  • Develop food management plan (Budget, Nutrition, Food Safety)
  • Mari petroleum

Training/workshops Conducted at Shifa international hospital Islamabad

  • Role of healthy diet in healthy life
  • Free Nutrition Camp (March 2013 and 25thMarch2014).
  • Diabetes and Ramadan
  • Safe and healthy way of food handling.
  • Healthy Diet for School Children
  • Medical nutrition management for Renal Patients
  • The Network for Consumer Protection
  • Awareness Campaign for BF law in different health care facility in Rawalpindi Islamabad.
  • Awareness campaign for IDD/USI in different schools of Rawalpindi Islamabad.
  • Media Campaign about BF law and Salt Iodization Sarhad Rural Support Program (SRSP)
  • training about IYCF Aurat Welfare Trust Azad Kashmir: Project of World Bank
  • Training for health worker about IYCF and Breast Feeding

International Seminar Attended

  • NCD international Conference by PNDS (2021).
  • Dubai International Congress in Dubai (2019 & 2020)
  • International Nutrition Conference by PNDS (2019).
  • International Food Expo in Islamabad

Publications

  • Nutritional Risk Assessment of Critically Ill Patients Based On NUTRIC Score at Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad (JPMA)
  • Nutritional assessment of Covid-19 patients admitted in intensive care units in Pakistan
    (PAB)
  • Nutritional Counseling Improves the Nutritional Status, Liver Function, and Serum Electrolytes of Patients with Liver Transplantation (OIB).
  • Nutritional management of dyslipidemia with co-existing morbidities in Pakistan: a systematic review based on guidelines and literature review

Paper Submitted

  • Comparative Effect of Protein Dosage on Nitrogen Balance and Health outcomes in Critically Ill Patients (JPMA).
  • Advancing Phytochemical Delivery: Integrating Extraction, Nanotechnology, and Encapsulation for Food and Pharmaceutical Applications(Food Science & Nutrition)