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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).
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.…
Cathryn Salisbury
Researcher
Cathryn Salisbury has recently graduated with first class BSc (Hons) in Human Nutrition from the University of Westminster. She received a UoW bursary award for her final year project, investigating the impact public health messages have on diet quality and lifestyle choices of women during pregnancy, considering quality and effectiveness in the dissemination of current messages.…
Dr. Muna Abdel Aziz
Director
Muna Abdel Aziz is the Director of Public Health for Warrington. Muna has a medical degree and first started her career in public health in 1992 as an academic. She completed her MD in Sudan, PhD from Cambridge, and is professionally accredited as a specialist in public health in both countries.…
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.…
Tove Sørensen-Bentham
MBA Programme Leader
Tove has worked in senior management in the public and independent sectors since 1982 including 10 years as Assistant Chief Constable in the Danish national Police Service. She has an LLM and MSc in Social policy. …
Suliman Salih Dirar
Vice Chairman
Graduated from the Faculty of Law Cairo University, Khartoum Branch. Two higher diplomas in Marketing and market research, a higher Diploma in English language from UK. Courses in London in Journalism and copywriting. …
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.…
Dr. Mark Hughes
Reader
Mark is the Business School’s Reader in Organizational Change with all of his research, teaching scholarship and external engagement focusing upon this field. Research – Mark is the Deputy Director of the Centre for Research on Management and Employment (CROME).…
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. Mridula Chopra
Senior Lecturer
Dr. Mridula Chopra is a senior lecturer for the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Portsmouth. She is Mechanistic investigations into the pathology of cancer and cardiovascular disease.…
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. …
Amrit Banstola
Researcher
Amrit Banstola is a health researcher from Nepal. He currently leads the Department of Research and Training at Public Health Perspective Nepal and edits its monthly newsletter. His research interests include noncommunicable diseases, injury, nutrition, child health, climate change, policy analysis and health economics.
Dr. Mayada Abuaffan
Consultant in Public Health Medicine
Dr. Mayada Abu Affan Graduated from Khartoum Medical School in the Sudan , completed foundation training and the MD in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Sudan . During her working in obstetrics and gynaecology she became convinced that a combination of population and clinical perspectives are the most powerful approaches to improving health and achieving a bigger impact on health and health service quality, as a resulted she entered the Public Health higher specialist training programme in Scotland and obtained the Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in 2006.…
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. …
Tasneem Nagi
Architect
Tasneem Nagi is a MSc student at the Development Planning Unit, University College London. She is also an architect, research associate and co-founder of several youth-led grassroots movements operating around issues of climate change and post-disaster reconstruction.…
Dr. Joanne Fiona Murray
Researcher
Joanne Fiona Murray is a graduate of the University of Sydney where she first completed a BSc (Hons) in Agricultural Science specialising in the animal production and then completed a PhD.…
Victoria Richards
Senior Lecturer
Vicky Richards is a senior lecturer in organisational behaviour and human resource management and is course leader for the MSc Human Resource Management. As previous course leader for the MA in Personnel and Development, Vicky has extensive experience in teaching students working in professional HR roles and has subject expertise in employee relations, employee reward and strategic and international HRM.…
Dr. Orla Kennedy
Teaching and Learning Dean
Dr. Orla Kennedy is Teaching and Learning Dean at Reading University. She has secured funds for educational projects, focused on careers and employability and leading the Universities Science Skills project. She is co-investigator BBSRC Advanced training partnership bid, which will allow Food and Nutritional Sciences to develop courses at all levels for the food industry. …
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. 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.…