Degree University Country Date awarded
Ph.D. Cornell University USA June 1989
M.Sc. Cornell University USA August 1985
B. V.Sc. University of Khartoum Sudan June 1982
Major Subjects:
Majoring in Immunology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology.
M.Sc. Thesis Title:
Chemotactic response of Equine ploymorphonuclear Leukocytes to Streptococcus equi.
Ph.D. Thesis title:
The M protein and the heterogeneity of Streptococcus zooepidemicus.
Awards and academic prizes:
Distinctions in Anatomy, Physiology, Nutrition, Pharmacology, Parasitology, Pathology, Microbiology, Medicine, Animal production, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, and Surgery and Obstetrics.
Prizes: Best student prize in Anatomy, Histology, Microbiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Nutrition, Medicine, Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Best student prize in Part IV B.V.Sc., and Sudan Agriculture Bank prize for best final B.V.Sc. Student.
Training Courses:
1. World Health Organization (WHO) course on Immunology, Vaccinology and
Biotechnology applied to infectious diseases. WHO Immunology Research and Training
Center, Laussanne, Switzerland 9 September to 28th October 1992.
2. World Health Organization Research Fellow , Conducting research on Immunology and
DNA analysis of Leishmania Major. WHO Immunology Research and Training Center,
Laussanne, Switzerland, 28 October 92 to 31 March 1993.
3. World Health Organization advance Immunology, Vaccinology and Biotechnology course, Arusha Tanzania from 4 December 96 to 19 December 96.
Workshops attended:
1. Application of Atlas Geographical Information System (Atlas GIS) in Health and Mapping of diseases. Organized by TDR/WHO, 2 to 9th 1996, Kampala, Uganda.
2. The use of Atlas GIS in mapping of Onchocerca volvulus in Sudan
Organized By TDR/WHO,3 to 6 September 1996, Ouagadougou, Burkina Fasso.
3. Analysis of Onchocerca volvulus Rapid Epidemiological Mapping (REMO) data
Using Atlas GIS. Organized By TDR/WHO, 14 to 17 September 1997, Ouagadougou, Burkina Fasso.