Dr. Serag is a physician a public health researcher. His previous work includes serving as global coordinator of the People's Health Movement (PHM is a global network of civil society organizations, academic institutes and health activists) and as the director of Health Policy and Systems Program of the Association Health and Environmental Development (a leading civil society organizations in Egypt). Dr. Serag has participated in designing and setting methodologies for several research projects (including surveys at national levels and comparative studies across countries). He has been involved in a wide range of educational and training activities in both the public and global health fields. He has planned, developed curricula for, and taught more than 30 training courses. Most of these courses target public health practitioners, especially from the nonprofit sector, and focus on health system research (regional and national training courses) and global health (on regional and global levels). He is also an experienced leader in fundraising and resource mobilization.