Bakri Osman Saeed

Bakri Osman Saeed is president of the Association of African Universities. He is the former Pioneer Dean of St George’s International Medical School.

Early life and education
Bakri Osman Saeed is a Sudanese, a medical scientist. He was president of the Union of Sudanese Students in the United Kingdom and Ireland, London, (1982-1983).

Academics career
Professor Bakri Osman Saeed received his bachelor degree from the University of Khartoum in the field of medicine and surgery and his PhD from University of Leeds, he became a doctor of medicine from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He started his academic career as a lecturer at the University of Khartoum in Sudan in 1985. He was also one time lecturer at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia.

Selected publications

 * Peripheral Bone Mineral Density and Bone Turnover in Postmenopausal Women with Type 2 Diabetes
 * Traditional medicine in The Sudan
 * Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone
 * Effect of Quinoline-Type Antimalarial Drugs on the Binding of Oestradiol-17β and Progesterone by Rabbit and Human Uterine Cytosols
 * Dermal absorption of isopropyl alcohol from a commercial hand rub: Implications for its use in hand decontamination
 * Fasting homocysteine levels in adults with type 1 diabetes and retinopathy
 * Comparison of three homogeneous methods for measuring high-density lipoprotein cholesterol with a precipitation method in diabetic and non-diabetic subjects
 * Plasma homocysteine concentrations in patients with Type 1 diabetes
 * Severe hyponatraemia: investigation and management in a district general hospital
 * Calculation of coronary risk in Type II diabetes: another cause for concern

Awards and honors
He is the President of the Association of African Universities. He is also the president of Sudan International University.