Dr Fekede Kumsa
Research Staff Level B
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PhD in Public Health: University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia Aug 2017 - Feb 2022
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Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Teaching: Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Sep 2016 - 6 Jun 2017
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Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sep 2011 - 6 Jun 2013
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Bachelor of Science In Public Health: Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia Sept 2005 - Jun 2008
Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine
Dr. Fekede Kumsa is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), School of Clinical Medicine, Discipline Pediatrics and Child Health.
Prior to joining UNSW, he served as an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Haramaya University, Ethiopia, where he also served as Head of the School of Public Health. He has extensive teaching and supervision experience, delivering basic and advanced courses in epidemiology and research methodology to undergraduate and postgraduate students and supervising master’s and PhD research.
Dr. Kumsa has also worked as a public health consultant and Evidence-to-Policy Specialist with the FENOT project, implemented by the University of British Columbia and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He previously served as an Honorary Research Associate at the University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health.
He completed two years of postdoctoral fellowship training at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Center for Biomedical Informatics, in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and continues to contribute remotely as a Research Consultant with the Center.
His research interests include maternal and child health, maternal nutrition and gestational weight gain, cancer epidemiology, artificial intelligence in cancer care, and the social determinants of health.
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- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
1. 2018 - 2021. Haramaya University Staff Grant. Fekede Asefa Kumsa and Yadeta Dessie. Gestational Weight Gain in Central Ethiopia: Patterns, Predictors, Birth Weight, Women’s and Care Provider’s Views. A mixed method study. AUD$7,800. Role: PI
2. 2017-2022. The Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT-Ethiopia). Tadesse Gure, Abera Kenay, Mengistu Hailemariam, Munir Kassa, Abel Gedefaw, Fekede Asefa, Tinsae Genet, Yonas Girma, Thomas Mekuria, Demesew Amenu, and Beyene Moges. National study on Lactation Amenorrhea Method Utilization and Effectiveness in Ethiopia: a Prospective cohort study in Selected Hospitals. AUD $253,000. Role: Invesitator
3. 2011-2013.Haramaya University Staff Grant. Quality of life among patients living with HIV in Eastern Ethiopia AUD $2000. Role: PI
4. 2009-2011. Haramaya University Staff Grant. Fekede Asefa , Tariku Dingate, Ayele Geleto, and Yadeta Dessie.Adolescent Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes at Hiwot Fana Teaching Hospital: A Retrospective Case-Control Study. AUD $2000. Role: PI
5. 2009-2011. Haramaya University Staff Grant. Asnake Ararsa, Ayele Geleto, Fekede Asefa, and Yadeta Dessie. Do male partner involve in maternal care, on women following their ANC in Harari regional state. AUD $2000. Role: Investigator
Currently working on the evaluation of the impact of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation on short- and long-term health outcomes associated with respiratory infections among infants and children.
My Research Supervision
Birhanu Daba: Maternity Continuum of Care and Health System Bottlenecks in Horro Guduru Wallaga Zone: A mixed Method study. PhD (Co-supervisor). Wollega University, Ethiopia