Curriculum Vitae(Resume)

Personal information:

Date of Birth:   1970

Fax number: 00496421-58-66420

Place of Birth: Omdurman, Sudan

Marital status:  Marriage

Contact address:

Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, BMFZ, Hansmeerwein straße2, University of Marburg, 35033Marburg, Germany.

Academic education:

-MSc.

-PhD.  Student

Thesis / Dissertations:

Membership in societies:

- Editorial Board, International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health (IJCRIMPH)

- International Online Medical Conference 2011 (IOMC2011) Conference Reviewers’ Board

- International Online Medical Conference 2011 (IOMC2011) Conference Scientific Committee

-  Ahfad Biomedical Research Group, Sudan, member.

-  Sudanese Society of Clinical Biology (SSCB), member.

Current position:

Work experiences:

- Lecturer, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman – Sudan, July, 2003 to May, 2009.

- Researcher, Biomedical Resaerch Laboratory, Ahfad University for Women.

Research interests:

-Leishmania diagnosis

Research visits:

Workshop attendance:

- Workshop on “The Use of the Direct Agglutination Test Based on A Freeze-Dried Antigen For The Sero-diagnosis Of Visceral Leishmaniasis. KIT Biomedical Research Laboratory-The Netherlands in collaboration with the University of Khartoum, Sudan and the World Health Organization. July 2002.

- Workshop on “Ethics in Medical Research”. Research Directorate, Ministry of Health, Sudan in collaboration with World Health Organization. 21 Dec, 2004.

- Workshop on “Research Development”. Organized by Training Unit of the Research Directorate, Ministry of Health, Sudan. 5/2/2005 to 8/2/2005.

-  Practical workshop on “Genomic DNA Extraction, PCR, and RFLP ”. Organized by National Health Laboratory, MOH. For 36 hors, 25/1/2005 to 30/1/2005.

-  Workshop on “ Developing a National Policy for Leishmaniasis Control in Sudan”. Organized by Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan and the World Health Organization, February 2003.

Publications (Journals):

1- Reinhard, K., Huber, M., Weber, C., Hellhund, A., Toboldt, A., Abass , E., Casper, B., Herr, C., Bals, R., Steinhoff, U., Lohoff, M., Visekruna, A. (2011)c-Rel promotes type1 and type 17 immune responses during Leishmania major infection. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. In press.

2- Mansour, D., Abass, E., Mahamoud, A.E.,  Harith, A.E (2009) Qualitative and semi-quantitative comparison of an Rk39 strip test with direct agglutination test for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in the Sudan, Iran J Immunol., 6(4), pp. 208-15.

3-  Mansour, D., Abass, E., Mutasim, M., Mahamoud, A.E.,  Harith, A.E (2007) Use of a Newly Developed β-Mercaptoethanol Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay to Diagnose Visceral Leishmaniasis in Patients in Eastern Sudan,  Clin. Vaccine Immunol., 14, pp.  1592-1595.

4-  Abass, E., Mansour, D., Harith, A.E (2007) Demonstration of agglutinating anti-Leishmania donovani antibodies in lymph node aspirate for confirmation of kala-azar serodiagnosis,  J Med Microbiol,. 56, pp.  1256-1258.

5-  Abass, E., Mansour, D., Elmotasim, M., Hussein, M., Harith, A. E. (2006) Beta mercaptoethanol modified ELISA for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis, Journal of Medical Microbiology., 55, pp. 1193-1196.

6-  Motasim, M., Mansour, D., Abass, E., Wisam, M.H., Harith, A.E. (2006) Evaluation of a glycerol-preserved antigen in the direct agglutination test for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis at rural level in eastern Sudan, Journal of Medical Microbiology., 55, pp.  1343-1347.

7-  Harith, A.E.,  Mutasim, M., Mansour, D., Abass, E., Harold, A. (2003) Use of glycerol as an alternative to freeze drying for long term preservation of antigen for direct agglutination,  Tropical Medicine and International Health., 8( 11), pp. 1025 – 1029.

8-  Abass, E. (2003) Evaluation of an analogue direct agglutination test (DAT) antigen for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, M.Sc. thesis, University of Juba (unpublished).

9- Harith, A.E., Mutasim, M., Mansour, D., Abass, E., Shammat, I., Gilis, H. (2002) National and International Evaluation of the Locally Produced DAT for Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis, Sudan Medical Journal., 40( 1),pp.  3-11.

Papers presented in Symposiums or Congresses:

- Emerging Diseases: New Trends in Diagnosis and Control 21-23August 2007, Frienship Hall, Khartoum, National Center for Research.

-  Diagnosis of visceral Leishmaniasis using an analogue DAT antigen in an ELISA format. Conference on Endemic and Infectious Diseases in Sudan, Khartoum-Sudan. 2003.

-  Improvement of Direct agglutination Test (DAT) antigen for diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis.  Conference on Endemic and Infectious Diseases in Sudan, Khartoum-Sudan. 2003.

Books:

Awards:

Foreign languages proficiency:

- Arabic: native

-English

Hobbies:

playing Table Tennis, listen to Music