Research activities focus on the application of GIS/RS for spatial planning of health services, analysis of socio-spatial health seeking patterns, and the relation between socio-economic characteristics, life style and health status, mainly at urban and regional scale. Over the past 20 years, Sherif has also been actively involved in GIS/RS education ranging from curriculum review and design of MSc and BSc programs, to the acquisition and execution of on-the-job training. In addition, he has led long-term capacity development assignments for, and in collaboration with, academic partners in the Global South, in countries such as Indonesia, China, Malawi, Egypt, Jordan, Tanzania and Rwanda.