Department: Faculty of Medical Science

1. Personal Information

• Full Name: Tesfaye Adugna Leta
• Title:Mr.
• status: MSc. in Medical Biochemistry
• rank: Lecturer

2. Publications:
3. Waritu NC, Nair SKP, Birhan B, Adugna T, Awgichew GB, Jemal M. Serum Lipid Profiles, Blood Glucose, and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels Among People Living with HIV Taking Dolutegravir and Ritonavir-Boosted Atazanavir-Based Antiretroviral Therapy at Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia, 2021. HIV AIDS (Auckl). 2024;16:17-32. doi: 10.2147/HIV.S430310.
4. Asaye S, Bekele M, Getachew A, Fufa D, Adugna T, Tadese E. Hyperbilirubinemia and Associated Factors Among Neonates Admitted to the Neonatal Care Unit in Jimma Medical Center. Clin Med Insights Pediatr. 2023;17:11795565231193910. doi: 10.1177/11795565231193910.
5. Behaile Teklemariam, A., Kelta Wabalo, E., Adugna Leta, T., Shimeles Assefa, S., & Chekol Abebe, E. Evaluation of Lactate Dehydrogenase and Gamma Glutamyl Transferase Among Pregnant Women with Hypertensive Disorders and Their Association with Disease Severity in Jimma Medical Center, Ethiopia. Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Cancer Research, 2022;7(6), 497-506. doi: 10.30699/jogcr.7.6.497
6. Gerema U, Kene K, Abera D, et al. Abnormal uterine bleeding and associated factors among reproductive age women in Jimma town, Oromia Region, Southwest Ethiopia. Womens Health (Lond). 2022;18:17455057221077577. doi:10.1177/17455057221077577
7. Debela D, Ababulgu E, Desu G, Abebe S, Adugna T. Distal Deep Vein Thrombosis in a Patient Cured of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia at Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia 2021: A Rare Case Report. Int Med Case Rep J. 2021;14:519-522. doi:10.2147/IMCRJ.S322301
8. Kene et al., “Prevalence and determinants of Impaired Serum Creatinine and Urea among type 2 diabetic patients of jimma medical center, Jimma, Southwestern Ethiopia, 2019,” Endocrine and Metabolic Science, vol. 3, p. 100096, 2021 DOI:10.1016/J.ENDMTS.2021.100096
9. Abdissa D, Adugna T, Gerema U, Dereje D. Prevalence of Diabetic Foot Ulcer and Associated Factors among Adult Diabetic Patients on Follow-Up Clinic at Jimma Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia, 2019: An Institutional-Based Cross-Sectional Study. J Diabetes Res. 2020;2020:4106383. doi:10.1155/2020/4106383
10. Urgesa, H.E., Tereffe, Z.A., Leta, T.A. et al. Metabolic syndrome and associated factors among benign prostatic hyperplasia patients at Jimma University Medical center, Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia. Cardiovasc. Diabetol. – Endocrinol. Rep. 11, 25 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40842-025-00226-8
11. Urgesa, H.E., Leta, T.A., Feyisa, T.O. et al. Prevalence and association of metabolic syndrome components with benign prostate hyperplasia. Cardiovasc. Diabetol. – Endocrinol. Rep. 12, 5 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40842-025-00266-0

3. Research Interest:

• Medical Biochemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Genetics and Genetic Disorders
• Metabolomics
• Clinical Chemistry
• Cancer Biology and Biomarker Discovery
• Enzymology
• Endocrinology (Hormonal Studies)
• Immunology

4. Contact Details

• Email: tesfayeaduna@gmail.com
• Email: adugna.leta@ju.edu.et
• Tel: +251941494053 or +251913371173

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1. Personal Information

• Full Name: Rebuma Sorsa Jeben
• Title: Mr
• status: Masters in Clinical Anatomy and Masters of Public Health In Epidemiology
• rank: Lecturer

2. Publications:
3. Abdissa D, Sorsa R, Gerbi A, Hamba N, Banjaw Z. Magnitude and associated factors of peripheral neuropathy among diabetes patients attending Jimma University Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia. Heliyon. 2021 Nov 1;7(11) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08460)
4. Sorsa R, Adugna T, Kene K, Abera D, Dereje D, Leta B, Gobena H, Sufa D, Gerema U. Determinants of meconium- stained amniotic fluid among women delivered at southwestern referral hospitals, Southwest Ethiopia: a multi-center case- control study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2024 Oct 14;24(1):672 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024- 06867-4)
5. Sorsa R, Hamba N, Abdissa D, Banjaw Z, Gobena H, Hamza M, Abere M, Nigatu Experimental Evaluation of Dose‐ Dependent Hepatorenal Toxicity of Traditionally Prepared Arak in Swiss Albino Mice. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2025;2025(1):9304159. (https://doi.org/10.1155/jnme/9304159)
6. Mensah GA, Fuster V, Murray CJ, Roth GA, and collaborators, including Sorsa R, Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks Global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risks, 1990-2022. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023 Dec 19;82(25):2350-473 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.11.007)
7. Nhassengo S, Laflamme L, Sengoelge M collaborate, including Sorsa R Trends and demographic differences in interpersonal violence against children in sub-Saharan Africa: findings from the 1990–2019 Global Burden of Disease Study. BMJ Open. 2025 Apr 1;15(4): e083070 (https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083070)
8. Gemechu S, Wolde AM, Sorsa R, Negese DT, Kebede Y. Incidence, survival, and risk factors for first-line antiretroviral therapy failure among adults on ART follow-up in health facilities in Southwest Shoa, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2023: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2026 Mar 18. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-026-13067-2
9. Arersa KK, Jara D, Sorsa R, Leta B, Bayeta SG. Incidence of mortality and its predictors among preterm neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit of Adama Hospital Medical College, Adama, Ethiopia. A retrospective follow-up study.
10. Research Interest:

• Neurosciences, Histology, Embryology and Human Anatomy
• Endocrinology DM, Thyroid disorders, adrenal disorders
• Cancer cervical, breast, colorectal
• Histopathology, Epidemiology of neurodegenerative disease and movement disorders

4. Contact Details

• Email: rebumasorsa998@gmail.com
• Email: rebuma.sorsa@ju.edu.et
• Tel: +251911040194

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