He is known in the medical field as a medical biographer, and noted for his role as founder of institutional research in the history of medicine and health heritage. He founded several organizations – governmental and non-governmental, including Traditional Medicine Research Institute in the National Council for Research (1981), WHO Collaborating Centre for Research in Traditional Medicine (1984), Sudan Medical Heritage Foundation (2005).

Member of Sudanese Society for Clinical Biology Editorial board member of Global Journal of Obesity, Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome {GJODMS}.Research on the emphasis on the use of medicinal plants to counteract some serious microbial infection on man, animals, and plants.In-vivo & in-vitro studies directed towards Cancer and Diabetes therapeutic potential of some Sudanese medicinal plants.

He is known in the medical field as a medical biographer, and noted for his role as founder of institutional research in the history of medicine and health heritage. He founded several organizations – governmental and non-governmental, including Traditional Medicine Research Institute in the National Council for Research (1981), WHO Collaborating Centre for Research in Traditional Medicine (1984), Sudan Medical Heritage Foundation (2005).