1987-1988     British Council award to do MSc Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT

Feb 1993        International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Trainee at Regional Training Course on Nuclear Medicine at

                       Kasr El-Einy Centre of Radiation, Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

April-Oct 1995 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Research Fellow and Scientist at the Royal Post-Graduate

                       Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0HS

Dec 1995-      Jan 2000 Association of Commonweal Universities award to be a Research Student: at the School of

                       Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK