- Dr Al Saikhan is working as the Vice Dean for Scientific Research and Innovation of the College of Applied Medical Sciences at Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU), Saudi Arabia since 2024. She is an Assistant Professor and Chairperson of the Cardiac Technology Department at IAU, Saudi Arabia, and 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:
- 1st Rank Dr Soliman Fakeek Award (Medical Research Track) (Sponsored by RDIA), Saudi Arabia – 2024
- 2021 Young Investigators Award, British and Irish Hypertension Society Annual Meeting, Brighton, UK – 2021
-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 the Scientific Excellence in the Eastern province, Saudi Arabia – 2010
- Winner of multiple grants including:
- EuroEcho-2024 Educational Grant Award, Berlin, Germany – 2024
- 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 Academic and Research Excellence awards and Exceptional Excellence awards from the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau in the UK.
- Awardee of many Scientific Publication Excellence awards from IAU.
- Participated in (and attended) many international scientific conferences and international forums.
