Multidisciplinary(statistics/computer science/Mathematics/Agriculture/sociology) and team-oriented researcher with demonstrated expertise in the areas of statistical analysis, computer programming, statistical consultancy, public health, data mining and simulation, with over 10 years of experience in higher education and research work on a number of projects funded through international and national donors, including the Ethiopian Public Health Association(EPHA) and Center for disease Control(CDC).
- 1. Dedefo M, Oljira L, Assefa N. Small area clustering of under-five children's mortality and associated factors using geo-additive Bayesian discrete-time survival model in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia. Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology. 2016 Feb 29;16:43-9.
2.Murray, Christopher JL, et al. "Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013." The Lancet 384.9947 (2014): 1005-1070.
3.Dedefo M, Zelalem D, Eskinder B, Assefa N, Ashenafi W, Baraki N, Tesfatsion MD, Oljira L, Haile A. Causes of death among children aged 5 to 14 years old from 2008 to 2013 in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia. PLoS one. 2016 Jun 15;11(6):e0151929.
4.Assefa N, Lakew Y, Belay B, Kedir H, Zelalem D, Baraki N, Damena M, Oljira L, Ashenafi W, Dedefo M. Neonatal mortality and causes of death in Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Kersa HDSS), Ethiopia, 2008–2013. Maternal Health, Neonatology and Perinatology. 2016 Jul 19;2(1):7.
5. Lim, Stephen S., et al. "Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015." The Lancet 388.10053 (2016): 1813-1850.