Education attended

Master of Public Health (MPH), AAU, 2002

BSc. in Nursing, Jimma University, 1998

Advanced Diploma in  Pedagogy, Teaching/Learning (Tutor’s Training   rogram), MOH, 1993

Diploma in Comprehensive Nursing (RN), Etege Menen School of Nursing,1978

Administrative positions held

Member of Managing Counsel of the College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, 2012 to date

Member of College-level Programme Review Committee, Addis Ababa University, 2012 to date

Member of University-level Programme Review Committee, Addis Ababa University, 2012 to date

Member of the Ethiopian University-based Health and Demographic Surveillance Network, 2008 to date

Member of the Research and Development Team in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, November 2008 to date

Member & Secretary of the Institutional Research Review Board (IRB) of the College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, September 2007 to January 2013

Associate Dean for Services of Students of the School of Nursing, School of Midwifery, Dental Training Center; School of Radiography & School of Medical Laboratory, 2006 to 2008

Coordinator of Graduate Programmes & Research of the School of Nursing & Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine of the Addis Ababa University, 2006 to 2008

Auditor (internal) of the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA), being Member of the Executive Board of the EPHA, 2006-2010

Chair person of Curriculum Development in Nursing for Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery in Ethiopia, 2002 to 2007

Scientific Manager & Coordinator of the Addis Ababa Mortality Surveillance Program (AAMSP) hosted in the School of Nursing & Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, 2001 to date

Director of the Centralized School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, 1998 to 1999

Auditor (internal) of the Ethiopian Nurses Association (ENA), being Member of the Executive Board of the ENA, 1996 to 2000

Awards, recognitions, memberships of international bodies/ journals – editorial roles/ initiatives etc

• Awarded for a STUDENT- RESEARCHER THIRD PLACE PRIZE by The New York Academy of Medicine-1216 Fifth Avenue, New York. NY 10029, www.nyam.org by presenting a research title “Trends in Mortality from Road Traffic Accidents in Addis Ababa: Evidence from Burial Surveillance in the 9^th International Conference on Urban Health-2010,  October 27-29, 2010.
• Awarded in the 25^th Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) Silver Jubilee Anniversary for serving as a member of the Executive Board of EPHA from 2006 to 2010.

RECOGNITIONS:

Recognition obtained from Addis Ababa University (AAU) for an Excellent Achievement and Enthusiasm as a Female Academician and Researcher of AAU on the occasion of the December 23^rd, 2013 Addis Ababa University Women’s Day, Aimed at Honoring successful Women (Rare success) of AAU, Addis Ababa.

MEMBERSHIPS:

–          Life member of the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) and internal auditor from 2006-2010. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

–          Member of the Institutional Research Review Board (IRB) of the College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, September 2007 to January 2013.

–          Member of the IUSSP Association, 2005 to date

–          Member of the Population Association of America (PAA), 2005 to date

–          Member of the Addis Ababa University Employees’ Savings and Credit Limited Liability Cooperative Society, 2001 to date

–          Member of the Ethiopian Nurses Association (ENA), 1997 to date