Positions Held

May 1962-March 1963

Research Assistant, Department of Bacteriology and Parasitoiogy, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum

April 1963-April 1965

Ph.D. student in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London. Ph.D. obtained August 1965

April-July 1965

Worked in the Public Health Laboratory Service in Brighton, England. Experience in routine diagnostic service and public health microbiology

July-October 1965

Worked in the Bacteriology Department, St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, the Wright-Fleming Institute, London. More experience in handling microbiological specimens

October 1965-June 1966

Attended the course for the Academic Post-graduate Diploma in Bacteriology of the University of London in the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and obtained the Diploma in Bacteriology in June, 1966

July 1966

Appointed lecturer in the Department of Bacteriology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum

July 1969

Appointed Senior Lecturer

July 1972

Appointed Reader

July 1974

Appointed Professor

July 1976-July 1977

On Sabbatical Leave at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine doing research on the role of cell-mediated immunity in fungal infections with special reference to mycetoma.

Gave lectures to both undergraduate and postgraduate students at several medical schools and hospitals in the University of London on Mycology Research.

Also, gained experience in clinical microbiology diagnosis in the West Middlesex Hospital, London.

July 1977-1984

Professor of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

During this period, has established the new Department in the Faculty of Medicine and King Khalid Hospital and supervised all routine diagnostic services in both King Khalid and King Abd Al Aziz University Hospitals. This period witnessed substantial increase in the teaching of clinical microbiology at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and hospital servicesSupervised and participated in teaching medical microbiology to medical, dental and postgraduate students.

At the end of this period, the Department of Pathology (Microbiology) was recognized as a training place for clinical microbiology by the Royal College of Pathologists in UK.

July 1979-1984

Head, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud Universit7y, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

In charge of the Infection Control Committees in both King Khalid and King Abd Al Aziz University Hospitals, and a member of the Faculty Board

July 1984-November 1985 November 1985-April 1988

Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan

Head, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Khartoum University, Khartoum, Sudan