Activities of the Institute During the Last Ten Years

 

Workshops and Scientific Meetings:

 

• Molecular Biology techniques in Research and Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases (1996) Course. Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum

 

• Application of Atlas Geographical Information system (Atlas GIS) in Health and Mapping of diseases. Organized by TDR/WHO, 1996, Kampala, Uganda

 

• The use of Atlas GIS in mapping of Onchocerca volvulus in Sudan Organized By TDR/WHO, 3 - 6 September 1996, Ouagadougou, Burkina Fasso


• Analysis of Onchocerca volvulus Rapid Epidemiological Mapping (REMO) data Using Atlas GIS. Organized By TDR/WHO, 14- 17 September 1997, Ouagadougou, Burkina Fasso.

 

• Biostatistics, using Statistical Package for Social Studies (SPSS) (1997). Tropical Medicine Institute. Sudan

 

• Introduction to Immunology and Molecular Biology (1997-1999). Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum.


• World Heath Organisation meeting 22nd September 1997 Wood Hole, USA.

 

• Malaria research in Denmark meeting 1st-2nd December 1998, Copenhagen, Denmark.


• The 2nd African malaria vaccine testing network meeting, 22nd –25th February 1998 Accra Gahanna.

 

• Institute of Endemic Diseases first Scientific Meeting. 1998- Khartoum -Sudan.


• Environmental health, nutritional status and diseases of refugees in the Sudan, Institute of Endemic Diseases, Commission of Refugees, Ministry of Interior Affairs, Sponsor: Fredrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation (1998).

 

• International Congress of Pediatrics, Amesterdam, The Netherlands. 1998

 

• The first meeting on the genetics of the populations of the Sudan (1998).

 

• Malaria in Africa: Challenges for cooperation 6th –9th January 1997, Dakar, Senegal.


• Surviving in Science workshop, for Wellcome Trust International Fellows, 16th -18th July 1998, London, and U.K.

 

• Malaria Gordon Conference, Somerville College, 26th July –1st August 1998, Oxford, U.K.

 

• The 10th Malaria meeting of the British Society for Parasitology, 21st-23rd September 1998, Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

• First Scientific Meeting, Institute of Endemic Diseases (Feb. 1999).

 

• MIM African Conference 14-19 March 1999. Durban, South Africa.

 

• Introduction to Immunology and Molecular Biology (1999). Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum


• Genotyping and Linkage Analysis Course (1999). Human Genome Resource Centre. Hinxton. Cambridge. UK

 

• Training at Cambridge Institute for Medical Research. (1999-2002). University of Cambridge. Funded by WHO/TDR and Wellcome Trust.

 

• Introduction to Bioinformatics (2000). Cambridge University. UK

 

• Introduction to Biostatistics and SPSS, Cambridge University, UK (2000)


• Bioinformatics course. Institute of Endeic Diseases (2000).

 

• Preventive Health in Displaced Camps, Institute of Endemic Diseases and Copenhagen University (2000).

 

• Research priority setting in El Gadarief and Kassala, Institute of endemic diseases and fedreal and state ministry of health (2000).

 

• Diarrhea in refugees' camp / institute of Endemic Diseases and commission for refugees (2000).

 

• National workshop for research priority setting and national conference of health research in the Sudan. 2000.

 

• Training for three months at Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge. UK. 2000

 

• The 3rd Leishmaniasis Vaccine Product Development Team (PDT) Meeting.TDR/WHO. Isfahan, Iran, 2-5 July 2000.

 

• Oxford 2000 “New Challenges in Tropical Medicine & Parasitology.” Oxford, UK- 18-22 September 2000.

 

• International conferenceon population studies Cairo; Egypt (2000).


• Workshop on designing and developing clinical trials (for leishmaniasis vaccines development). TDR/WHO. Ouro Preto, Brazil, 17-20 April 2000.

 

• The Fifth Conference of the Syrian Clinical Laboratory Association. Damascus, Syrian Arab republic.15th-17th September 2001.

 

• Product Development Team, Vaccines for Leishmaniasis: Geneva, Switzerland, 5th December 2001.


• Diabetes in Sudan Situation analysis / Institute of Endemic Diseases and national diabetic control programme (2001).


• External Examiners: Moi University Institute of Public Health and Faculty of public Health Department of Nutrition / undergraduate and post graduate students (2001-2004).

 

• Stop T.B Initative. In collaboration with National TB control Programme, Ahfad University for Women, Sudan Chest Association, University of Bahr El Gazal and Univerity of Khartoum (2001).

 

• Cytogentics and Molecular cytogenetic of Cance workshopr, Khartoum; Sudan (July, 2001).

 

• Ethics in medical research workshop. Medical Sciensces Campus, University of Khartoum (August, 2001).

 

• The Fifth Conference of the Syrian Clinical Laboratory Association. Damascus, Syrian Arab republic.15th-17th September 2001.

 

• Product Development Team, Vaccines for Leishmaniasis: Geneva, Switzerland, 5th December 2001.

 

• World Leish 11, Greece 2001.

 

• Final meeting: Leishamnia Major sequencing project, University of Trieste. Dept. of Biology, Trieste, Italy. September 2001.

 

• Immuno-epidemiological studies in Sudan, Presented at University of Stockholm, Sweden. June 2001.

 

• Global Forum for health research meeting / Forum 5 The 10/90 gap in health research ; assessing the progress .Geneva, Switzerland. 2001.

 

• Joint TDR/IDRI Leishmania Vaccine Clinical Trial Meeting: Geneva, Switzerland, 6th-7th December 2001.


• Joint TDR/IDRI Leishmania Vaccine Clinical Trial Meeting: Geneva, Switzerland, 6th-7th December 2001.

 

• Leishmaniasis Vaccine Product Development Team Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 24th – 25th October 2002.

 

• Nutrition in emergency situations / refugees health course institute of public health / Copenhagen University 2001-2002

 

• Keystone Symposium USA. 2001.

 

• The 6th International Meeting on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Diseases, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France. (2002).

 

• International Conference on Protozoan Diseases. Chicago, USA. 2002.

 

• Africa Malaria Research Leaders Management Training workshop, Arusha Tanzania, October 6-12 2002.

 

• MIM Meeting Arusha, Tanzania 2002.

 

• Workshop on Health research Ethics and good Clinical practice, 22-26 July 2002, University of Pretoria, South Africa.

 

• Populations of the Sudan, a genetic perspective in retrospect. 2nd meeting on the Genetics of the Population of the Sudan and East Africa. Institute of Endemic Diseases. University of Khartoum. Sudan. (2002).

 

• Leishmaniasis Vaccine Product Development Team Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland, 24th – 25th October 2002.

 

• Leishmaniasis Vaccine Product Development Team Meeting: Future Plans for Vaccine Development in Sudan. Khartoum, Sudan, 21st – 22nd February 2003.

 

• Workshop on Developing a National Policy on Leishmaniasis Control in the Sudan. (Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan; WHO; MSF-Holland) Khartoum, Sudan, 23rd – 24th February 2003.

 

• Conference on Endemic & Infectious Diseases in the Sudan: Ministry of Science and Technology, National Centre for Research; Tropical Medicine Research Institute; Instiute of Endemic Diseases, U. of Khartoum & TDR/WHO. Khartoum, Sudan, 5-8 May 2003.

 

• Workshop on Ethics in Health Research in Africa, Khartoum, Sudan 11-16 January 2003.

 

• Leishmaniasis Vaccine Product Development Team Meeting: Future Plans For Vaccine Development in Sudan. Khartoum, Sudan, 21st – 22nd February 2003.

 

• Workshop on Developing a National Policy on Leishmaniasis Control in the Sudan. (Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan; WHO; MSF-Holland) Khartoum, Sudan, 23rd – 24th February 2003.

 

• Conference on Endemic & Infectious Diseases in the Sudan: Ministry of Science and Technology, National Centre for Research; Tropical Medicine Research Institute; Institute of Endemic Diseases, U. of Khartoum & TDR/WHO. Khartoum, Sudan, 5-8 May 2003.

 

• Workshop in Ethics on Health Research in Africa, Khartoum, Sudan (11-16 January 2003).

 

• WHO/TDR advance course in Immunology and biotechnology for infectious diseases, (2003, 2006). Lausanne- Switzerland, Annecy- France.

 

• Nutrition courses, Faculty of Public and Environmental Health, Khartoum University On going.

 

• Workshop in Ethics on Health Research in Africa, Khartoum, Sudan 11-16 January 2003.

 

• The genetics of Ethnicity and Disease, Medical Genetics in the developing World, Course at the ICGEB Trieste Italy 2003.

 

• African Health Sciences Congress(AHSC), 29-30 Sept. 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


• Regional Scientific meeting of malaria vaccine Researchers, Maputo, Mozambique 10-11 November 2003.

 

• Molecular Diagnostics and therapeuatics a viable case for Africa 1st World Biotechnology Forum 2-5 March Concepcion Chile 2004.

 

• Good Clinical Practice Course WHO/TDR/DNDi Khartoum 26th-27th September, 2004.

 

• Health Genes and Culture from an African popultion perspective, 2nd Annual Africa Genome Conference. Cairo,March 2004.

 

• The 2nd Lebansese Congress of Clinical Biology. 30th September 2nd October 2004. Beyriuth, Lebanon.

 

• XXIVth International Congress of the World Federation of Haemophilia. Bangkok, Thailand, 17th 21st October 2004.

 

• GCP introductory Course. DNDi/TDR/WHO. Khartoum, Sudan 26th – 27th September 2004.

 

• Application of Integrated management of child hood illness strategy in refugee camps in Sudan Institute of Endemic Diseases / commission for refugees United nation Higher commission for refugee UNHCR , Girba, Gedarif State, Sudan (2004).

 

• Audiometry & ECG practical Training Course for Researchers of the LEAP group in Collaboration with DNDi, Geneva, Switzerland, November 2004, Khartoum, Sudan.

 

• Post graduate course on Immunology for post graduate students, the Lieden University, The Netherlands, 2004

 

• GCP introductory Course. DNDi/TDR/WHO. Khartoum, Sudan 26th – 27th September 2004.

 

• The 2nd Lenasese Congress of Clinical Biology. 30th September 2nd October 2004. Beyriuth, Lebanon.

 

• The 3nd LEAP (Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform)/DNDi Geneva meeting “Multicentre, randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of Paromomycin versus SSG versus SSG/Paromomycin combination for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis.” Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 12-13.05.2004.

 

• GCP training course for the investigators of DNDi Geneva in preparation for “Multicentre, randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of Paromomycin versus SSG versus SSG/Paromomycin combination for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis.” Khartoum, Sudan 26-27.09.2004.

 

• The 4th LEAP (Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform)/DNDi Geneva meeting “Multicentre, randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of Paromomycin versus SSG versus SSG/Paromomycin combination for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis.” KEMRI, Kenya, 8-9.10.2004.

 

• Regional Training Course on Bioinformatics Applied to Tropical Diseases in Africa .South African National Bioinformatics Institute University of the Western Cape. 2004

 

• Audiometry training course for the investigators of DNDi/Geneva in preparation for “Multicentre, randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of Paromomycin versus SSG versus SSG/Paromomycin combination for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis.” Khartoum, Sudan, November 2004.

 

• The 5th LEAP (Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform)/DNDi Geneva meeting “Multicentre, randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of Paromomycin versus SSG versus SSG/Paromomycin combination for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis.” Khartoum, Sudan 11-12.03.2005.

 

• Immunological Techniques from the field to bench, AHRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 12-21, 2005.

 

• 4th MIM Pan-African Malaria conference- Cameroon 2005.

 

• BioMalrPar Heidelberg 2-4 March 2005.

 

• The Global forum for Bioethics meeting, 17th-19th March 2005 Blantyre, Malawi.

 

• Immunological Techniques from the field to bench, AHRI, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 12-21, 2005.

 

• First Annual BiomalPar Conference on the Biology of the malaria, March 2-4 2005 Heidelberg (Germany).

 

• Brazilian Society of Protozology, Coxambu 7-10 Nov 2005.

 

• Advanced Regional Training Program in Bioinformatics, Muscat, Oman, 10-14 December 2005

 

• Winter school of bioinformatics and statistical genetics (2005-On going).

 

• Health system and Health research in conflict areas, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum and Department of International Health, University of Copenhagen (Khartoum 28-30th July 2005).

 

• Training course at Institute for Staff Skills Development -University of Khartoum (2006, 2009).

 

• the 2nd Annual BiomalPar Conference on the Biology of the malaria, March 2-4 2006 Heidelberg (Germany)

 

• The 4th Annual African Society Conference of Human Genetics, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 3-5 June 2006.

 

• Chloroquine-resistant P.falciparum malaria in Sudan: examining the evidence, three years after stopping chlorquine. July 2006. In collaboration with Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum & the Sudanese Society of Clinical Biology.

 

• Multiple Polio vaccinations: Benefits & harms. In association with Sudanese Association of Clinical Biologists, Sudanese Association of Paediatricians. September 2006. Khartoum, Sudan.

 

• The first Scientific Conference of the Sudanese Society of Clinical Biology, in association with the Sudanese Association of Clinical Biology. November 2006.

 

• The 2nd DNDi consultative meeting on the pharmacokinetics of paromycin, paromycin/SSG combination in Sudanese patients with visceral leishmaniasisanalysis as part of the multicenter randomised clinical trial to test Paromomycin versus SSG versus a combination of SSG and Paromomycin for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis,8-9.06.2006, KEMRI, Nairobi, Kenya.

 

• The 11th Conference of Pan Arab Association of Clinical Biology, Damascus, April/May; Syria 2006.

 

• XXVIIth Interantional Congress of of haemophilia. May 2006.

 

• The 6th LEAP (Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform)/DNDi Geneva meeting “Multicentre, randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of Paromomycin versus SSG versus SSG/Paromomycin combination for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis.” Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 11-12.02.2006.

 

• African Society of Human Genetics Meeting –Addis Ababa, Ethiopia- 2006.

 

• International Congress of Parasitology , Glasgow. United Kingdom. 2006

 

• Workshop on Chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum malaria in Sudan, July 2006. University of Khartoum.

 

• The first scientific meeting of the Sudanese society of Clinical Biology Khartoum,24-27th November 2006.

 

• Third Annual BiomalPar Conference on the Biology of the malaria, April 10-12 2007 Heidelberg (Germany).

 

• Molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases (leishmaniasis, Malaria, Tuberculosis), Khartoum 8-11 July 2007.

 

• Immunology of poverty related diseases in Africa, Addis Ababa. Ethiopia. 09-11 September 2007

 

• Gordon Malaria conference .Oxford. United Kingdom 2007.

 

• African Society of Human Genetics Meeting. Cairo-Egypt.2007.

 

• The 7th LEAP (Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform)/DNDi Geneva meeting “Multicentre, randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of Paromomycin versus SSG versus SSG/Paromomycin combination for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis.” Kampala, Uganda 15-16.03.2007.

 

• The Annual Meeting of the Tunisian Association of Clinical Biology, Tunisia, Tunisia May 2007.

 

• Functional Genomic of Malaria Parasites (Biotec, Thiland ). March -2007. WHO/TDR and BioMalPar

 

• Malaria research capability strengthening in Africa and informal consultation on malaria research Capacity needs, WHO Regional office for Africa(AFRO), Brazzaville, 26-30 March 2007

 

• Best Practices in Ethical Review. 24-26 July 2007. Organized by HAT Platform, Good Clinical Practice Alliance – Europe and Tropical Medicine Institute, NCR, Khartoum-Sudan -Khartoum –Sudan

 

• The 2nd Scientific Conference of the Sudanese Society of Clinical Biology, in association with the Sudanese Association of Clinical Biology. November 2007.

 

• Molecular medicine and Genomics in Africa: ICGEB/IEND, Khartoum, Sudan. 19-24 January 2008.

 

• The winter course of life science on Immunology .Al-Neelain University –Sudan.5-10 January 2008.

 

• Leishmaniasis East African Platform (LEAP)/DNDi-Geneva: consultative meeting, Khartoum, Sudan 18-20 February 2008

 

• Sudanese- Ethiopian MIM Project: Example of South-South collaboration. MIM/TDR meeting 10-11 March 2008. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 

• Immunology of Health and Diseases.. Monkey Valley Resort. Cape Town. South Africa. 9-14 March 2008.

 

• National training course on the use of stable isotopne techniques in nutrition: International Atomic Energey Agency/IEND. Khartoum, Sudan 7-10 April 2008.

 

• XIIth conference of Syrian Clinical Laboratory Association; Damascus May 2008.

 

• XXVIIIth Interantional Congress of the World Federation of Haemophilia. Istanbul, Turkey, May 2008.

 

• Afro-Immunoassay project-2 workshop-Standardization of Immunoassay and introductory statistics. Ghana July-2008

 

• “Neglected Tropical Diseases: Hidden Successes, Emerging Opportunities” International Conference in the framework of a European Foundations Initiative Bamako, Mali Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory 25-27 September 2008.

 

• World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting of the New Champions 25-28 September 2008. Tianjin- China.

 

• In conversation with Dr. Hiba Mohamed –The Royal Society- London-3rd of November 2008

 

• TWAS XIX General Meeting. Invited as TWAS Young Affiliate, 8-13 November 2008, Mexico City, Mexico

 

• Training at Department of Parasitology, Biomdeical Primate Research Centre (Part of my PhD), Leiden University, The Netherlands (2004-2008).Funded by EMVI/ Europian Union and Biomedical primate research centre, The Netherlands

 

• On line Course on Analysis of epidemiological data using R software and Epicalc, Epidemiology Unit, prince of Songkla University, Thailand 2008.

 

• Immunity to malaria (Cluster 4_ BiomalPar Project) 8-10 December 2008 st.Odile France

 

• Scientific and research collaborative meeting between the Institute of Endemic Diseases and Medical research institute Kilifi Kenya 31/6- 1/7 2008

 

• Search consortium meeting 25/07/2008 Nairobi Kenya.

 

• The 3rd imitative to strengthen health research capacity in Africa 6-8 August 2008. Nairobi, Kenya.

 

• Worldleish 4 Congress on Leishmaniasis. Lucknow. India 3-7 February 2009.

 

• Sudanese academy of young scientist .First conference. February 2009

 

• Third conference of the Society of Clinical biology 2009 Sudan.

 

• Proposal writing and research management. EDCTP. Uganda .March 2009.

 

• GCLP in VL laboratories (organized by WHO) 18-21 August 2009.

 

• Malaria mapping seminar, In collaboration with Gezira university and The Welcome Trust centre at Kenyan medical research institute /Oxford University, Held at university of Khartoum on 17 March 2009

 

• Update on malaria in Africa, convergent ethical issue in HIV, Tb, Malaria vaccine trials in Africa work shop, university of Kwazulu natal South Africa 10-11 February 2009.

 

• Malaria epidemiology and control in Africa, Institute`for virology and immunology, University of Wϋrburg, Germany 20 May 2009

 

• African Society of Human Genetics Meeting, Yaounde Cameroon, March 2009

 

• Leishmaniiasis: Collaborative Research opportunities in North Africa and the Middle East 21-25 June 2009

• World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2009. Dalian-China.

 

• TDR/RSG Proposal development workshop for potential Research Strengthening Group Grantees 21-24 september 2009 , Abuja , Nigeria.

 

• The Fifth forum of European and development countries clinical trial program for malaria, Tb, and HIV. Arusha , Tanzania 12-14 October 2009

 

• BioMalPar meeting, Heidelburg 2009.

 

• MIM meeting, Nairobi 2009

 

• Young scientist 1st meeting. Institute of Endemic Diseases and Nile college , Khartoum,


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