Dr. Karima Alabasi, PhD, RDN, LDN

Assistant Professor

Education

• Ph.D. Nutritional Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Science; University of Florida
• M.S. Food Science and Nutrition; University of Tripoli (Tripoli, Libya)
• B.S. Food Science and Nutrition; University of Tripoli (Tripoli, Libya)
• Dietetic Internship: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Courses Taught

• Medical Nutrition Therapy I
• Medical Nutrition Therapy II
• Nutrition and Diet Behavior
• Micronutrients
• Macronutrients

Academic Interests

• Functions of probiotics, fiber, functional foods, and diet quality on overall health and the mitigation of chronic diseases by altering the gut microbiota
• Nutritional assessment

Scholarly Activity

• Alabasi, K.M, N. J. Gal, W. J. Dahl. (2021). Validation of an older adult malnutrition screening tool for nutrition education program outcome assessment. Journal of the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. 15: 17–21.
• Dahl, W., O'Donoughue, A., & Alabasi, K. (2021). P58 Online Test-Retest Reliability of the COAST Malnutrition Screening Tool. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 53(7), S50-S51. https://www.jneb.org/article/S1499-4046(21)00244-X/fulltext
• Farhadfar, N., Gharaibeh, R. Z., Dahl, W. J., Mead, L., Alabasi, K. M., Newsome, R., IrizarryGatell, V., Weaver, M. T., Al-Mansour, Z., Jobin, C., Lyon, D., Wingard, J. R., & Kelly, D. L. (2021). Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis Associated with Persistent Fatigue in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Survivors. Transplantation and cellular therapy, 27(6), 498.e1–498.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtct.2021.02.017
• Alabasi, K., Gal, N. J., Dahl, W. (2020). COAST: A Comprehensive Older-Adult Screening Tool. EDIS, 2020 (4). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FS393
• Alabasi, K., Gal, N. J., Dahl, W., & Mendoza, D. R. (2020). COAST-ES: Herramienta integral de tamizaje para adultos mayores. EDIS, 2020(4). https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FS396
• Fatani, A., Vaher, K., Rivero-Mendoza, D., Alabasi, K., & Dahl, W. J. (2020). Fermented soy supplementation improves indicators of quality of life: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial in adults experiencing heartburn. BMC research notes, 13(1), 1-6. https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13104-020-05205-z
• Lynch Kelly, D., Farhadfar, N., Starkweather, A., Garrett, T. J., Yao, Y., Wingard, J. R., Mahmud, I., Menzies, V., Patel, P., Alabasi, K. M., & Lyon, D. (2020). Global Metabolomics in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Recipients Discordant for Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease. Biology of blood and marrow transplantation: journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, 26(10), 1803–1810. https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/32592859/Global_Metabolomics_in_Allogeneic_Hematopoietic_Cell_Transplant_Recipients_Discordant_for_Chronic_Graft-versus-Host_Disease.

Presentations

• Alabasi K, Fatani A, Dahl WJ. (2019). Associations among Muscle Mass, Hand Grip Strength, and Nutritional Risk by the Comprehensive Older Adult Screening Tool (COAST) in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. FNCE 2019. Philadelphia, PA. October 27, 2019.
• Alabasi K M, Gal NJ, Fatani AM, Mead LE, Dahl WJ. (2018). Development and Validation of a Comprehensive Older Adult Screening Tool (COAST): A Practical Tool for Malnutrition Identification. FNCE 2018. Washington, D.C. October 20, 2018.