Barakatun-Nisak Bt Mohd Yusof, is an Associate Professor and a Dietitian from Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UPM. Dr. Nisak earned her Ph.D. from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. She completed post-doctoral training at Joslin Diabetes Centre, Harvard Medical School in the field of Diabetes Clinical Nutrition under a great mentor, Dr. Osama Hamdy. With her mentor, she has co-authored a Ramadan Nutrition Plan for diabetes that is published by the International Diabetes Federation. Her research motivation is to help patients with diabetes achieving optimal glycemic control and reduce the risk of diabetes-related compilation thru a discovery of various aspects of clinical nutrition intervention.