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Research interests
I am a Senior Research Fellow (Australia's NHMRC Investigator Grant) involved in research work and supervising PhD students. I am interested in HIV care continuum, social determinants of health, and contemporary and alternative medicine. More recently, I am also interested in perilous medicine i.e. conflict and health in Africa. Currently, I am investigating the role of HIV peer counselors on testing uptake, treatment linkage and retention, and perilous medicine in Tigray. I apply quantitative methods including cross-sectional, cohort, and cluster randomized trial studies. I also apply systematic review and metanalysis, qualitative methods including in-depth interviews, and consensus methods such as nominal group technique analyzed using non-parametric analysis. I use R, SPSS, NVivio, RevMan, and Covidence softwares.
Research Profile
I am an energetic, adaptable, ambitious person who responsibly approach to any task that I undertake. Having more than 15 years experience in clinical activities, teaching and research in health areas mainly around communicable and non-communicable infectious illnesses starting from rural remotes of Ethiopia to Australia, I am excellent in working with others, delivering tasks punctually and in quality, and producing outcomes. I have been involved in several leadership skills in variety positions to variety audience. My management, communication and problem-solving skills made me in producing favourable outcomes. Recently, I am involved in researching infectious and non-infectious illnesses under normal and conflict/crisis situations. I am interested in HIV care, social determinants of health, contemporary and alternative medicine, and conflict and health using ystematic review and metanalysis; quantitative methods including cross-sectional, cohort, and cluster randomized trial studies; qualitative methods including in-depth interviews; and consensus methods such as nominal group technique. I apply descriptive and inferential statistical analyses including linear-, logistic- , and cox- regression, ANOVA, and different non-parametric analyses. I use R, SPSS, NVivio, RevMan, and Covidence softwares.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
1. PhD in Public Health (Awarded on 17 April 2019), College of Medicine & Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia 2. MPH in Epidemiology (Awarded on 28 June 2012), College of Medicine & Public Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia 3.BSc in Public Health (Awarded on 21 July 2007), College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Gondar University, Gondar, Ethiopia
March 2022- date: EL1, NHMRC Senior Research & Teaching Fellow (Level C), Torrens University Australia • August 2019- date: Honorary Assistant Prof, College of Health Sciences, Mekelle University, Tigray, Ethiopia • Jan 2022- Feb 2022: Emerging Leadership 1, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Level C, Flinders University, Australia • Jan 2020- Dec 2021: Emerging Leadership 1, NHMRC Investigator Fellow, Level B, Flinders University, Australia • Oct 2012- Feb 2015: Lecturer and Research Methods Course team leader, Department of Epidemiology, Jimma University, Ethiopia • Oct 2009-Sept 2010: Graduate Assistant – II, Department of Epidemiology, Jimma University, Ethiopia • Feb 2009- Sept 2009: Vice Head of District Health Office, Woreilu District Health Office, Amhara, Ethiopia • Oct 2007-Jan 2009: Head of Health Centre, Woreilu Health Centre, Amhara, Ethiopia
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Teach-Test-Link-Trace Model for the UNAIDS 90-90-90 Treatment Targets in Ethiopia: Acceptability and Effectiveness study
Gesesew, H. (Chief Investigator)
1/03/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Competitive Research Grant
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Challenges and Opportunities of Universal Health Coverage in Africa: A Scoping Review
Langat, E. C., Ward, P., Gesesew, H. & Mwanri, L., Jan 2025, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 22, 1, 86.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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From past to present: tracing Africa’s path to universal health coverage
Langat, E. C., Ward, P. R., Gesesew, H. & Mwanri, L., 2025, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 13, 1540006.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
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Prevalence of vicarious trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, and resilience among the Tigrayan diaspora in Australia: A cross-sectional study following the Tigray conflict
Gesesew, H. A., Tesfamicael, K. G., Mwanri, L., Atey, T. M., Gebremedhin, A., Gebremariam, K., Tesema, A. G., Hailu, S., Tesfay, F. H., Miruts, K., Musker, M., Tekle, D., Woldegiorgis, M. & Ward, P., 1 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 370, p. 34-44 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acceptability and use of HIV self-testing among young people in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed methods systematic review
Zeleke, E. A., Stephens, J. H., Gesesew, H. A., Gello, B. M. & Ziersch, A., Dec 2024, In: BMC Primary Care. 25, 1, 369.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A community-based study of intention to use HIV self-testing among young people in urban areas of southern Ethiopia
Zeleke, E. A., Stephens, J. H., Gesesew, H. A., Gello, B. M., Worsa, K. T. & Ziersch, A., Dec 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 26519.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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