Background
Hussein, Laila Abbas was born on January 2, 1938 in Giza, Egypt. Daughter of Abbas Helmy Husstin and Souad Mohammed Salem.
researcher nutritional scientist
Hussein, Laila Abbas was born on January 2, 1938 in Giza, Egypt. Daughter of Abbas Helmy Husstin and Souad Mohammed Salem.
Bachelor of Agricultural, Cairo University, 1958. Master of Science in Animal Nutrition, Cairo University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Chemistry and Nutrition, University Bonn, Germany, 1967.
Fellow University California, Davis, 1967-1968. Associate professor University Hamburg, Germany, 1975-1977. Researcher National Research Center, Giza, since 1978, head department nutrition science, 1994-1997.
Visiting professor King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1993-1994. National project leader Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)/TCP, Giza, since 1997. Managing training course use of stable isotopes International Agency Atomic Energy, 1999.
Researcher in field; national project director Technology Cooperative Program Production Nutrient Data Base for Local Egyptian Foods, 1997-1999. Principal investigator food consumption patterns and average nutrient intakes project, 1994-1999.
Member Egyptian University Women Association (board directors), International Federation University Women, National Nutrition Committee, Academy of Sciences Research and Technology (nutrition committee since 1987), International Union Nutritional Sciences (member vitamin food description committee), Heliopolis Sporting Club.