2006 — Sudan
MBBS
University of Gezira
Foundational medical degree.
2010 — Sudan
Director, Education Development Centre
Academy of Health Sciences
Designed BSc programmes in Nursing, Midwifery, Laboratory Sciences and Pharmacy Technology; delivered national faculty training.
2012 — Sudan
Head, Medical Education Unit
Public Health Institute
Led curriculum design, review and quality assurance for postgraduate public health and family medicine programmes.
2015 — Saudi Arabia
Curriculum Coordinator & Head of Faculty Development
Qassim University
Led MBBS curriculum reform aligned with the SaudiMEDs national competency framework; directed faculty development across the college.
2018 — Sudan
PhD, Health Professions Education
University of Gezira
Doctoral research in health professions education.
2019 — UAE
Director, Medical Education Centre
University of Sharjah
Launched the GCC's first PhD in Health Professions Education; directed institution-wide faculty development strategy.
2020 — UAE
AoME accreditation secured
University of Sharjah
First AoME (UK)-accredited postgraduate HPE programme in the EMRO region — the MSc in Leadership in HPE.
2020 — UAE
Chair, COVID-19 Crisis Management Task Force
University of Sharjah
Led the university's medical and health sciences educational response to COVID-19 — rapid needs assessment, a three-scenario delivery framework, and faculty development that left hybrid/HyFlex delivery and digital OSCEs as lasting institutional capability.
2021 — UAE
National Coordinator, EmiratesMEDs
Commission for Academic Accreditation / UAE medical schools
Appointed by the deans of all seven accredited UAE medical schools, with the CAA and NIHS, to coordinate the national competency framework; secured Socially Accountable Practitioner as an explicit national graduate role.
2022 — United Kingdom
Honorary Associate Professor
University of East Anglia
Postgraduate supervision and curriculum advisory support; joint research collaboration.
2023 — United Kingdom
Fellow, Academy of Medical Educators (FAcadMEd)
Academy of Medical Educators
Highest professional recognition in medical education, UK.
2023 — UAE
Chair, PBL Taskforce
University of Sharjah
Realigned 72 problem-based learning cases and programme outcomes to EmiratesMEDs across seven colleges, affecting more than 4,000 students.
2023 — Sudan / UAE
Coordinator, academic support for displaced Sudanese students
Sudan Medical Council
Formally appointed by the Sudan Medical Council to design and coordinate an academic and clinical support programme for more than 600 displaced Sudanese medical students.
2023 — UAE
University of Ajman licensing agreement
University of Ajman
Negotiated an agreement enabling licensing examinations for more than 900 displaced Sudanese doctors; the most recent cohort sat in June 2026.
2025 — Sudan / UAE
Adaptive strategies during Sudan's armed conflict
University of Sharjah / cross-border
Coordinated academic and clinical training pathways for displaced Sudanese medical students; work cited by AMEE as a global benchmark.
2025 — UAE
PhD in HPE achieves AoME international accreditation
University of Sharjah
The GCC-first PhD secured CAA accreditation (2024) and then AoME international accreditation (2025) in close succession, with the first doctoral cohort enrolling in September 2025.
2025
Lead editor, Social Accountability of Medical Schools
Convened 60+ international contributors to produce the first comprehensive institutional guidance on embedding social accountability across medical schools (Springer Nature).
