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MEKEI, in conjunction with WASD, has built a strong network of researchers, policy makers, educators, consultants and employers from all parts of the world to exchange knowledge and experience and discuss current developments and challenges. This directory can be used to help find, support and collaborate with experts from the network. Interested in joining the expert directory? Complete the application form. Please check your details in our directory after 48 hrs and if you can not find your name, please contact the directory coordinator at admin@wasd.org.uk. You can also join the expert directories of our sister organisation: World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD) and Sudan Knowledge (SK).
Prof. Charles Dennis
Director of Research
Charles Dennis is a professor of marketing and retailing and Director of Research at Lincoln Business School, Lincoln, UK. His teaching and research area is (e-)retail and consumer behaviour. Charles is a chartered marketer and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.…
Folashade Alloh
Researcher
Folashade Alloh holds an MSc in Public health and is currently a Postgraduate Researcher at Bournemouth
University. Her research interests are in Type 2 diabetes among African migrants, and she is currently looking at how environment and lifestyle factors in uence the development and management of the condition among the black and ethnic minority population in the UK.
Dr. Keith Perks
Reader
Keith Perks has an MBA from Manchester Business School and a PhD in International Marketing from Loughborough University. He researches in the fields of international marketing, international entrepreneurship and CSR communications and has published his work in the International Business Review, Journal of Business Research and Strategic Change among others.…
Prof. Siraj Sait
Director of Research
Professor Siraj Sait is the Director of Research and Director of the Centre for Islamic Finance, Law and Communities (CIFLAC) at the Royal Docks School of Business and Law, University of East London.…
Dr. Basma ElSafi
Consultant
Basma ElSafi studied Medicine at the University of Bucharest, Romania. She is a Consultant in Acute Medicine
at Kings College Hospital in London. She holds MBBS, MD (MRCP equivalent), and the Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning (DFFP).…
H. E. Dr. Fawzan AlFares
Head of Office
Dr. Fawzan AlFares is a PhD graduate from Brunel University. He completed his thesis on ‘Optimisation Algorithms on Quantum Computing Principles’ in 2004 and is currently working at the Embassy of the State of Kuwait as the Head of the Kuwait Cultural Office, based in London.…
Dr. Leila Cheikh
Lecturer
Dr. Leila Cheikh is a Lecturer at the University of Oxford. She is a Director of Field Studies (OMPHI) and Project Leader of (INTERGROWTH-21ST). Dr. Leila Cheikh is A key role that involved contributing to decision making, implementation and overall management of major research projects.…
prof. Michael Hobday
Professor
Professor Hobday was co-director of the ESRC Complex Product Systems (CoPS) Innovation Centre, until 2006, when the programme formally ended. Mike continues to work on innovation management in CoPS, project-based industries and East and South Asian innovation studies.…
Dr. Victor Joseph
Consultant
Victor Joseph is a Consultant in Public Health at Doncaster Council. He is the Deputy Chair of Public Health Africa, Special Interest Group of the UK Faculty of Public Health; Chair of Africa-UK Telemedicine Working Group and a founding member of Sudan Health Consultancy.…
Dr. Jonathan E. Brown
Lecturer
Dr. Jonathan E. Brown is a lecturer at the University of Surrey. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology of the University of Bath. …
Dr. Adil Dafa’Alla
Specialist Member
Dr. Adil A. Dafa’Alla (Ph.D; C.Eng.; EurIng) has graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Khartoum, Sudan in 1981. He then did his postgraduate studies at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in England, where he was awarded his Ph.D degree in 1988.…
Andi Gaywood
Researcher
Andi Gaywood been employed as a Family Cards Worker and Social Work Instructor he went on to work in the field of IT and banking. During this time he developed a keen interest in nutrition, obesity and healthy living which motivated him to an undertaking and achieving first-class honour in a human nutrition degree.…
Dr. Puspa Raj Pant
Researcher
Puspa Raj Pant is a researcher at the University of the West of England, Bristol. His recent work is more on injury prevention and safety promotion, where he has used a range of approaches to achieve research objectives, from mixed-methods to community mobilization.…
Graham Clifford
Senior Lecturer
Graham is a senior lecturer and teaches on the MBA and postgraduate courses, also acting as dissertation supervisor. Graham leads the Strategy subject group and takes a keen interest in management buy-outs, family businesses, turnaround, venture capital, and acquisitions and mergers.…
Jadia Osman
TV Presenter/Producer
Understanding that, presenters are the public face of television, entertaining and informing audiences on national and regional television, and satellite and cable channels, my profile was developed under these considerations. I have good experience working with most kinds of live or recorded programs, also I consider myself as programs producer and broadcast journalist working at newsroom as well, I’ve worked with different program such as news and current affairs; art bulletin news; music shows; chat shows; special interest programs such as travel or history documentary. …
Dr. Huda H. Mohamed
Director in Public Health
Huda H. Mohamed studied Medicine at Ain Shams University, Cairo. She completed the Master in Community Medicine, University of Khartoum and UK Specialist Training in Public Health. She is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health and has experience in medical education, leadership development, communicable disease control, prevention and surveillance.…
Dr. Faris Elasha
Lecturer
Faris is a Lecturer in Dynamics at Coventry University. Previously he was a Research Fellow at Cranfield University. Through his career, Faris has over 10 years experience as a Mechanical Engineer.…
Dr. Rayan Gaafar
Foundation Year 1 Doctor
Rayan is a foundation doctor who completed her training at Newcastle University. Between her fourth and fifth years, she completed a Masters of Research in Epidemiology. This involved a research project assessing the barriers that Sudanese women face when accessing antenatal care in Sudan.…
Richard Hutson
Researcher
Richard Hutson has completed a BSc in Human Nutrition from the University of Westminster, London. The work reported in this study is based on research carried out for his final year project as part of the undergraduate study.…
Dr. Hassan Hamdoun
Research Fellow
Research Fellow at Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen. Working on data analysis and Complex networks modelling and optimisation with applications to Communications networks, Health, broadband networks, Information Communications Technology (ICT) Energy Management and internet of things (IOT)-based networks. …