Dr. Mohammed Khogali is a Senior Technical Advisor of Vital Strategies with over 10 years of experience in public health programs and public health research .Prior to joining Vital Strategies, Mohammed served as a Senior Operational Research Fellow at Médecins Sans Frontières in Luxembourg, where he, through the operational research and training initiative (SORT-IT) led by the WHO-TDR, supported countries to undertake operational research projects in accordance with their own priorities. In addition, Mohammed has published over 50 papers in operational research and has also mentored several colleagues in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Mohammed has earned his MBBS from the University of Khartoum, his master 's degree in Public Health from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium and his PhD degree in Operational Research from the university of Radboud in the Netherland.