Bibliography – Hayder A. Giha Personal Statement (Orcid: http://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-6343-1949) My name is Hayder A. Giha. I graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, in 1988. I was appointed as a teaching assistant in the Department of Medical Biochemistry at the same university in 1992. I spent 2 years training in basic laboratory skills, malaria parasite culture at Khartoum University and Copenhagen University. I was then awarded a PhD scholarship in 1996 to study at Copenhagen University, the Faculty of Health Sciences. My study was part of a malaria project between Denmark, Sudan, and Edinburgh. I rejoined the Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, in 1999, to establish an independent research program on malaria and to train and supervise university students. Then, I moved to a position in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Arabian Gulf University (AGU) in Bahrain in 2005. In Aug 2020, I returned to Sudan to resume academic work at the University of Khartoum. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown of most of academic institutions. Unfortunately, after the declaration of the WHO of the end of the pandemic or at least the emergency, in early 2023, the war started in Sudan. Therefore, I couldn’t join the university, and I started my research activities online in collaboration with different local and regional institutes, as a self-employed academician, which resulted in a fair publication outcome (see CV for publications between 2020 – 2025). My current academic status, MD, Ph.D., Professor of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Teaching Medical Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, and Genetics for undergraduate medical students and postgraduates, and pursuing biomedical research with a high standard and broad international collaboration. Achievement: ResearchGate– as of 23/Mar/2025: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hayder-Giha/stats. Research Interest: 1,291; Citations: 3,067; Reads: 9,682; h-index: 31. Postgraduate students’ supervision (MSc, PhD): 16 students, Publications: 82, First author = 29, Senior author = 32, Other Co-author = 21. I am a reviewer for several international peer-reviewed Journals and have been invited to the editorial board and as associate editor to many journals (see enclosed CV). Self-description: I believe genuine science needs a very dedicated, enthusiastic, professional, ethical, honest, and innovative scientist, and I hope I am up to this challenge. Moreover, I used to work in multidisciplinary teams, which is the best approach for success. My qualifying experience: I am a medical biochemist involved in teaching basic, medical, clinical, and advanced biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology courses for undergraduate medical students and post-graduate biomedical students for more than 20 years. I have been a career biomedical researcher for approximately 25 years. My current research is focused on T2D research with several publications in peer-reviewed international journals, in addition to my work in vitamin D, ghrelin, inflammation, and obesity, which are all very relevant to diabetes mellitus. My past research was on malaria, which was done in collaboration with Danish and British scientists with support from DANIDA, Wellcome Trust, and WHO. Also, I participated in other research domains of biomedical sciences (see the CV). However, my research plans are more focused and deeper, targeting signal transduction, mitochondrial dysfunction, and the genetics of T2D. My strategy is to be broad enough to accommodate a larger number of topics as a research background and go deep into specified domains within my current research to pursue cutting-edge, up-to-date, globally sound, and competitive research that encourages global collaboration with eminent institutions. Regarding the hands-on lab experience, nowadays most of the machines are fully automated, as well as there is a fast turnover of the types of machines, which undercuts the value of the hands-on experience relative to the method's principles of knowledge. I am up-to-date concerning the laboratory developments, both clinical and for research purposes. However, what matters is understanding the exact objective behind running any test and the significance of the obtained results. I am in a position to deal with most research methods in terms of principles and interpretation of the results, as well as with some hands-on methods in immunology, molecular biology, and biochemistry. Scholarships, awards, and funds: I received many scholarships and awards, A PhD Scholarship from DANIDA, Copenhagen University for malaria immuno-epidemiology study in Eastern Sudan (1994 -1999). British Society for Parasitology (BSP) Awarded for attending the malaria meeting in Edinburgh in 1998, based on abstract selection. Award for the best paper (poster) at the BSP meeting, Edinburgh, UK, 1998. Award from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and British Council, for a 3-month training on deployment of molecular techniques in drug resistance detection at Edinburgh University, UK, 2002. Gordon Scholarship, Gordon conference in malaria epidemiology, Oxford, July /2003. Also, I got many funds: Internationally funded projects were; Principal investigator: World Health Organization (EMRO/TDR/WHO), Deployment of Anti-malarial drug combination in Sudan, (SGS02/110), 2002. Co-Principal investigator: World Health Organization, MIM/TDR/WHO, A00003, the pathogenesis of severe malaria, October 2000 to October 2003. Collaborator: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regional project, S2501, molecular aspects of anti-malarial drug resistance, 2001 – 2003. Collaborator: British Medical Research Council (MRC) project ‘Molecular aspects of gametocytogenesis’, 2001 – 2003. Principal investigator: Molecular basis of T2DM insulin resistance, WHO / EMRO (TSA 200303689) (2011 – 2012). Locally funded Research projects (Principal investigator): Study of drug resistance and deployment of the anti-malarial drug combination in malaria sentinel sites in Sudan (2003 – 2005). Insulin resistance in T2DM (2011-2012). Metabolic syndrome (2014-2016) – funded. Inborn error of metabolism – a new approach, AGU funded, 2020-2022. I hold several managerial posts included: Acting Deans’ Assistant at the College of Medicine and Medical Sciences (AGU); Head of the Department of Medical Biochemistry (AGU), Head of the Biochemistry Department, College of Medicine, Al-Neelain University (Sudan), Chair of Research and Ethics Committee, Chair of Admission Committee, Chair of Year 1 Committee, Coordinator for Biochemistry and Cell Biology / Genetics courses, Member of Promotion Committee, Coordinator of Basic Medical Sciences examinations. Finally, I love football, basketball, and decent and calm songs.