MSc in  Medical Microbiology

PhD  in Medical Microbiology

Consultant Medical Specialist (Medical Microbiologist)

Head of Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University;  2003-2005

Head of Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, School of Medicine , College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University; August 2010 to date

Chair, Institutional review Board of the College of health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, 2012- to date

Project coordinator for the EDCTP grant for ETBIN project “Establishing and

Strengthening Health Research Ethics Committees in Ethiopia

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

Aklilu Lemma Research Grant for the Academic year 1997/1998 by the Aklilu Lemma fund for scholarships and research grants.

Grantee of  the grant from SIDA/MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency) for the research project “ Health care associated Infections in TAH”

Grantee of the  Swedish Research Links programme 2011 grant, for the research project “ Health care associated Infections in TAH”

Recognitions

Teacher of the year from DMIP in recognition of the outstanding contributions made to the academic achievements and personal growth of the class of 2011, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University

Best Teacher of the year from DMIP in recognition of the outstanding contributions made to the academic achievements and personal growth of the class of 2012, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University

Membership International bodies/journals/editorial roles

Board member of the Western Institutional Review Board, Olympia, Washington, USA. 2006 to date

Member of the Middleton International Fellows Association.,  Washington , USA 2009 to date

American Society for Microbiology (ASM) , global outreach member, 2002 to date

Member of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM), 2000-2006

Member of the Pan-African Medical Mycology Society (PAMMS) , 2006 to date

Regional surveyor for the SIDCER recognition program, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda, and World Health Organization Ethics Research Committee, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010/2011

Facilitator of the SIDCER recognition program in Ethiopia and other countries in Africa , 2009 to date

Editorial Board Member,  Ethiopia Medical Journal, 2002 to date

Member of the Appointment and Promotions Committee of the School of Medicine, 2012 to date

Member of MEPI Advisory Committee, School of Medicine, CHS

Chair, MSc and PhD program review in Medical Microbiology, 2013

Member, Module writing team (Undergraduate curriculum), School of Medicine, CHS

Reviewer of  the following peer reviewed journals : Ethiopian Medical Journal (EMJ), Ethiopian Journal of Health Development (EJHD), Ethiopian Journal of Biological Sciences (SINET)

Member of the National Advisory Committee for Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention and Containments (2007 to date)

Membership of professional associations :  Ethiopian Medical Association (EMA), Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA)-life member,  Ethiopian Public Health Laboratory Association (EPHLA)

Initiatives

Board member and Secretary of the Pan-African Bioethics Initiative, March 2011 to date

Board Member and Secretary of the Ethiopian Bioethics Initiative 2010 to date

Building: School of Medicine

Floor number: 2^nd

Office room no.: 69

Office tel.: +251-11- 552-87-26

Mobile: + 251-911-58-32

University email ID: yimtubezenash.wamanuel@aau.edu.et

Alternative email ID: yimtuwa@gmail.com

• Mengistie Z, Woldeamanuel Y, Asrat D, Yigeremu Y.  Comparison of Clinical and Gram Stain Diagnosis Methods of Bacterial Vaginosis among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia.  J Clin Diagn Res.. 2013 7(12): 2701-2703
• Beyene T, Woldeamanuel Y, Asrat D, Ayana G, Boulware DR. Comparison of Cryptococcal Antigenemia between Antiretroviral Naïve and Antiretroviral Experienced HIV Positive Patients at Two Hospitals in Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2013;8(10)
• Weldu Y, Asrat D, Woldeamanuel Y, Hailesilasie A. Comparative evaluation of a two-reagent cold stain method with Ziehl-Nelseen method for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis. BMC Res Notes 2013; 13; 6:323.
• Yismaw G, Asrat D, Woldeamanuel Y, Unakal C. Prevalence of candiduria in diabetic patients attending Gondar University Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia. Iran J Kidney Dis. 2013; 7:102-7.
• Lema T, Woldeamanuel Y, Asrat D, Hunegnaw M, Baraki A, Kebede Y, Yamuah L, Aseffa A. The pattern of bacterial isolates and drug sensitivities of infected ulcers in patients with leprosy in ALERT, Kuyera and Gambo Hospitals, Ethiopia. Lepr Rev 2012: 83: 40–51
• Yismaw G, Asrat D, Woldeamanuel Y, Unakal CG. Urinary Tract Infection: Bacterial etiologies, drug resistance profile and associated risk factors in diabetic patients attending Gondar University Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia. Eur J Expt Biol; 2012; 2: 889-898
• Mohammed M, Asrat D, Woldeamanuel Y, Demessie A. Prevalence of group B Streptococcus colonization among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic of Hawassa Health center, Hawassa, Ethiopia. Ethiop J Health Dev 2012 26:36-42
• Abreha T,  Woldeamanuel Y, Pietsch C, Maier M, Asrat D,  Abebe A, Hailegiorgis B, Aseffa A, Liebert UG. Genotypes and Viral Load of Hepatitis C Virus among Persons Attending a Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center in Ethiopia. J. Med Virol 2011; 83:776-782
• Mekonen M, Abate E, Aseffa A, Anagaw B, Elias D, Hailu E, Idh J, Moges F, Wolde-Amanuel Y, Asrat D, Yamuah L, Britton S, Stendahl O, Schön T. Identification of drug susceptibility pattern and mycobacterial species in sputum smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients with and without HIV co-infection in north west Ethiopia. Ethiop Med J. 2010; 48:203-10
• Tesfaye G, Asrat D, Woldeamanuel Y, Gizaw M. Microbiology of discharging ear in Ethiopia. Asian Pac J Trop Med 2009; 2:60-67

• Iwnetu R, van den Hombergh J, Woldeamanuel Y, Asfaw M,  Gebrekirstos M,  Negussie Y, Bekele T, Ashenafi S, Seyoum B, Melaku K, Yamuah Y, Tilahun H, Tadesse Z, Aseffa A. Is tuberculous lymphadenitis over-diagnosed in Ethiopia? Comparative performance of diagnostic tests for mycobacterial lymphadenitis in a high-burden country. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, Jan 2009, Vol. 41, No. 6-7, Pages 462-468.

• Ali J, Yifru S, Woldeamanuel Y. Prevalence of tinea capitis and the causative agents among school children in Gondar, North West Ethiopia. EMJ, 2009;47: 261-269.

• Ejigu G.S., Woldeamanuel Y, Shah N.S., Gebeyehu M, Selassie A, Lemma E.

Microscopic-observation drug susceptibility assay provides rapid and reliable             identification of MDR-TB. Int. J. Tubercle. Lung Dis. 2008; 12:332-337

• Aderaye G, Woldeamanuel Y, Asrat D, Lebbad M, Beser J, Worku A, Fernandez V, Lindquist L. Evaluation of Toluidine Blue O Staining for the Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jiroveci in Expectorated Sputum Sample and Bronchoalveolar Lavage from HIV-infected Patients in a Tertiary Care Referral Center in Ethiopia. Infection 2008; 36:237-243
• Aderaye G, Bruchfield J, Melaku K, Woldeamanuel Y, Asrat D, Assefa G, Nigussie Y, G-Egzabiher H, Worku A, Lebbad M, Lindquist L. Pneumocystits jiroveci pneumonia and other opportunistic pulmonary infections in smear-negative HIV infected patients in Ethiopia Scand J Infect Dis. 2007;39:1045-1053

• Shiferaw G, Woldeamanuel Y, Gebeyehu M, Girmachew F, Demessie D, Lemma E. Evaluation of Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility Assay for Detection of Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Clin.Microbiol. 2007 ; 45 (no.4): 1093–1097.
• Taye B, Woldeamanuel Y, Kebede E. Diagnostic detection of Human Immunodeficiency virus type 1 antibodies in urine, Jimma Hospital, South West Ethiopia. EMJ. 2007; 44: 363-368.

• Woldeamanuel Y, Leekassa R, Chryssanthou E, Mengistu Y, Petrini P. Clinicomycological Profile of Dermatophytosis in a Reference Centre for Leprosy and Dermatological Diseases in Addis Ababa. Mycopathologia 2006; 161:167-172.
• Woldeamanuel Y, Leekassa E, Chryssanthou E, Mengistu Y, Petrini B.Prevalence of tinea capitis in Ethiopian children. Mycoses 2005; 48:1-5.
• Woldeamanuel Y, Mengistu Y, Chryssanthou E & Petrini B. Dermatophytosis in Tulugudu Island , Ethiopia.. Medical Mycology 2005; 43:79-82.
• Woldeamanuel Y, Leekassa R, Petrini B, Chryssanthou E. White variants of

Trichophyton violaceum isolated in Ethiopia. APMIS 2005 ; 113 :708-12

• Woldeamanuel Y, Abate G, Chryssanthou E. In vitro activity of Phytolacca

dodecandra (Endod) against dermatophytes. EMJ. 2005; 43:31-34.

• Woldeamanuel Y, Haile T. Cryptococcus in patients from Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. EMJ, 2001;39: 185-192.
• Asrat D, Woldeamanuel Y. Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of

bacterial isolates from blood culture in Tikur Anbassa Hospital, Ethiopia. Ethiop        Med J. 2001; 39:97-104

• Woldeamanuel Y, Jemaneh L, Abate D. Isolation and characterization of Cryptococcus neoformans from environmental sources in Ethiopia. Ethiop.J.Health Dev, 2001; 15: 45-49

• Woldeamanuel Y, Abate D, Chryssantou E, Petrini B. Cryptococcus neoformans  isolated from Ethiopian HIV-positive patients with meningitis.(abstract) EMJ, 1996

• Woldeamanuel Y, Abate D. Characterization of Candida albicans isolates from Ethiopian HIV-positive patients EMJ, 1998; 36: 235-243.