Nada Abumrad

Nada A. Abumrad (born 1945) is a Lebanese-American scientist and the Dr. Robert C. Atkins Professor of Medicine and Obesity Research at the Washington University School of Medicine.

Personal life and education Abumrad was raised in Beirut, with her four siblings. Her mother was a math teacher and her father held several jobs, including for an airline and casino. Abumrad was interested in literature as a child, but chose to pursue biology in college, as a compromise to her parents, who wished that she study medicine. After pursuing degrees in natural science and nutrition from the Faculte Des Sciences and the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, she married Naji Abumrad, raised their son Jad Abumrad, then completed a doctorate in pharmacology at the State University of New York Medical Center. In 2004, Abumrad was named to the Atkins professorship at the Washington University in St. Louis. The position is the first named professorship in the United States to support the study of obesity. At WashU Medicine, Abumrad is affiliated with the Division of Nutritional Science & Obesity Medicine and the Diabetes Research Center.