Rania Nada

Rania Nada was born in Cairo, Egypt. In 1995, she completed her pre-university secondary education at Notre Dame de la Délivrande in Heliopolis, Cairo. In 1999 she obtained her Bachelor Degree in Oral and Dental Medicine with honors ranking 2nd on her class from the Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. She then spent one year in training as an intern at the different departments of the University hospital. In January 2001 she took a small detour from her dental career and got a scholarship from the Egyptian Ministry of Telecommunications in collaboration with IBM Egypt to study Information Technology for 8 months specializing in e-learning, Web-designing and development. At the end of 2001, Rania started her residency at the Department of Orthodontics, Cairo University. During her residency, in 2002 she spent one month as an exchange student at the Department of Orthodontics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. In 2005, she successfully passed the examination for the Diploma of Membership in Orthodontics (MOrth) from the Royal of College of Edinburgh and a year later in 2006 she successfully defended her Master thesis and obtained a Master Degree in Orthodontics and Pediatric dentistry from Cairo University, Egypt. Shortly afterwards, she started her PhD at the department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University, Nijmegen Medical Centre and joined the 3D Facial Imaging Group Nijmegen-Bruges. In 2010 she won the prize for the best research presentation during the 3rd International Congress on 3D Diagnosis and Virtual Treatment Planning. Rania still keeps her position as an assistant lecturer at the department of Orthodontics, Cairo University, Egypt