Prof. Dr. Adla Bakri Hassan is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at Arabian Gulf University and a Consultant Rheumatologist at King Abdullah Medical City in Manama, Bahrain. She obtained her medical degree from Gezira University in Sudan and completed advanced training in Medicine and Rheumatology at Karolinska Institute and Karolinska Hospital in Sweden and Hope Hospital in the UK. Additionally, she holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound from UCAM University in Spain. Prof. Hassan's research interests primarily include rheumatology, SLE, MCTD, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, immunology, metabolic bone disease, and vitamin D deficiency.