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Chairman - Basic Medical Sciences Department

Riad Abdel Latif Bayoumi

riad.bayoumi@mbru.ac.ae +971 4 383 8701

Riad  Bayoumi was educated in Khartoum and the UK. He has made important contributions to human genetics research in the Sudan, UAE and Oman. In the study of genetic diseases he was instrumental in mapping of Joubert Syndrome, Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia and Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia. He is currently involved in the study of genetic susceptibility to obesity, diabetes mellitus and the evolution of lactase persistence among large extended Arab pedigrees.

Academic Appointments

1977-91

Assistant, Associate and Full Professor

University of Khartoum, Sudan;

1991-98

Professor of Biochemistry

United Arab Emirates University;

1998-2014

Chairman, Clinical Biochemistry Department,

College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman;

2015- to date

Chairman, Basic Medical Sciences Department,

Mohammed Bin Rashid University, Dubai Healthcare City, Dubai, UAE;

Professional Education

1967

MB BS.

University of Khartoum, Sudan.

1973

PhD (Biochemistry),

London University.

1975

MRCPath

Royal College of Pathologists, UK.

1995

FRCPath

Royal College of Pathologists, UK.

Teaching

Teaching Clinical Biochemistry and Genetics to undergaduate and postgraduate students over 30 years.

Honors and Awards

2004-13

Assessor of Third World Academy of Sciences Prize,

in Medical Sciences.

2001

Fellowship of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

Fellowship

1997

Deutcher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Visiting Scientist,

Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

1993

Danish Medical Research Council Visiting Scientist,

University Hospital, Copenhagen.

1990-91­

Wellcome Trust, UK. Senior Visiting Scientist.

University of Edinburgh, UK.

1986

International Atomic Energy Agency Fellow.

Cairo; Egypt.

1984-85

U.S. Public Health Service Research Fellow,

National Institute of Health; NIH, Michigan State University, USA.

1980

International Atomic Energy Agency Fellow,

Radioimmunoassay; Berlin; Germany.

1978

World Health Organization Fellow.

Medical Education Centre, Dundee, Scotland.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations

  • The World Academy of Sciences.
  • Biochemical Society, U.K.
  • Royal College of Pathology, U.K.
  • Sudanese Association of Biochemists, Khartoum.
  • Sudanese Association of Pathologists, Khartoum.
  • British Society for Parasitology.
  • African Soceity for Human Genetics.
  • Center of Arab Genomic Studies [CAGS], Sheikh Hamdan Prize, Dubai.

Research interests

  1. Genetic Mapping: Mapping of single gene disorders and multifactional disease such as diabetes, hypertension and obesity.
  2. Disease Associations:  Differential susceptibility of individuals to Cardiometabolic diseases.
  3. Population Genetics : Blood genetic markers among different ethnic groups. Abnormal haemoglobins.  DNA polymorphisms as applied to haemoglobinopathies, antigenic diversity of plasmodia.
  4. Phylogenetics of Lactase persistence among various ethnic groups.

Clinical and Community Service

  1. Hospital Clinical Biochemistry Service in Sudan and Oman.
  2. Adminstration and Service in 3 universities.
  3. Community service in 3 countries; Sudan, UAE and Oman.