DrFisaha Tesfay

SBS Tigrigna, SBS Amharic, and Dedebit Media

Global Burden of Diseases collaborator, Memeber of the Ethiopian Public Health Association, Member of the Ethiopian burden of disease collaborative network, Member of Global Tigrean scholars association, Australian based researchers network executive member

1) A very competitive Deans postdoctoral research ( 2 years position)

College of Medicine and Public Health conference travel scholarship (AUD 500, Role: oral conference presenter).

2) Best session presenter award of 2018, 4PPthPP International Conference on Public Health, Bangkok -Thailand

3) Australian Government Research Training program (AUD 103,396, tuition fee Flinders University, Role: Ph.D. student) and AUD 25,000 per year stipend.

1. Fisaha Haile Tesfay (FT), Kathryn Backholer (KB), Christina Zorbas (CZ), Steven J. Bowe (SB), Laura Alston (LA), Catherine M Bennett (CB): The magnitude of NCD risk factors in Ethiopia: Meta-analysis and systematic review of evidence, ABReN second scientific forum, Sept 25/2021

2. Fisaha Haile Tesfay (FT), Christina Zorbas (CZ), Laura Alston (LA), Kathryn Backholer (KB), Steven J. Bowe (SB), Catherine M Bennett (CB): Mapping the prevalence of chronic noncommunicable diseases in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence, Wrold congress of Epidemiology, Sept 3-6 (virtual)

3. Fisaha Haile Tesfay, Sara, Javanparast, Anna Ziersch, Lillian Mwanri: Impact of nutritional programs in reducing undernutrition in adults living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa a systematic review and meta-analysis.International conference of Public Health. November 23-24: Virtual conference.

4. Fisaha Tesfay(FT), Anna Ziersch(AZ), Lillian Mwanri (LM), Sara Javanparast(SJ): Contextual and individual level factors influencing nutritional program effectiveness in HIV care setting in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia: mixed methods study. Flinders University, College of Health Sciences, Emerging leader scientific forum. Sept 13 /2019

5. Fisaha HaileTesfay, Sara Javanparast, Anna Ziersch, Lillian Mwanri, Afework Mulugeta: Food insecurity and nutritional programs in HIV care service, a qualitative analysis of impending challenges in Ethiopia. (21st November 2018, ASMR 2018 National Scientific Conference).

6. Fisaha Haile Tesfay, Sara Javanparast, Anna Ziersch, Lillian Mwanri, Afework Mulugeta: Contextual determinants influencing the utilization of nutritional program among adult patients with HIV in Ethiopia: A mixed methods study (19 21 July 2018, Bangkok, Thailand).

7. Fisaha HaileTesfay, Sara Javanparast, Anna Ziersch, Lillian Mwanri2, Afework Mulugeta: Experience of nutritional counselling in the nutritional program in HIV care in Ethiopia, Exploration of the policy-practice gap: (Australian Society for Medical Research, South Australian Scientific Meeting 6PPthPP June 2018, Adelaide South Australia).

2017

8. Fisaha Haile Tesfay, Sara Javanparast, Anna Ziersch, Lillian Mwanri, Afework Mulugeta: Stigma and discrimination: A barrier to the utilization of HIV/nutritional care services in Ethiopia. (SA population health conference 2017, October 21/2017, Adelaide South Australia).

2016

9. Ruth Jackson, Fisaha Haile, Mekelle University, Assefa Hailemariam, Tesfay G/her: Health Extension Workers and mothers attitudes to the utilization and acceptance of antenatal care and skilled birth attendance in Geter Adwa, Tigray Region. Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Public Health Association; 01/2015

Reviewer BMC series

BMJ Open

Reviewer BMJ Global Health

Reviewer Sahara-J: Journal of Social Aspects Of HIV/AIDS (Regular)

Reveiwer to Frontiers in Public Health

Reveiwer to Plos One

I am a passionate public researcher with 47 publications (10 as first author and 10 as a senior author or secondary author). Since 2017, I have earned 15, 768 total citations, and h-index = 25. I am working as research fellow at Deakin University. I completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship recently at Deakin University after I won a very competitive and prestigious Deans postdoctoral research fellowship, six months after I received my PhD. I have worked with complex dataset such as the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) and health service-related longitudinal data.