Epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic studies on leishmaniasis in the Sudan.
Evaluation of molecular biological and serological methods in the diagnosis of leishmaniasis under field conditions.
Immunopathology of leishmaniasis.
Vaccines against leishmaniasis.
Epidemiology and immunopathology of mycetoma in the Sudan.
Epidemiology of leprosy in the southern part of Gedaref State, Sudan.
Epidemiology of malaria in two villages on the Rahad River, Gedarif State, Sudan.
Cancer and infectious agents
Research grants: Grants received from TDR, EC, Wellcome Trust, DANIDA and most recently from The Academy of Sciences for the Third World (TWAS) to work on nasopharyngeal cancer