List of PhD Research Projects

Ongoing
• Demisew Amenu: Epidemiological evidence to inform policy-making about human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection and Cervical Cancer Burden and Mortality in Ethiopia
• Shimalis Girma: Effects of Management of small & nutritionally At-risk under six months old Infants & their Mothers (MAMI) Care pathway on maternal breastfeeding satisfaction and child development in Oromia, Ethiopia:
• Abonesh Taye: The progression of metabolic syndrome components during pregnancy, and the risks for adverse pregnancy outcomes in Jimma zone, Southwest Ethiopia: A prospective cohort study
• Gemechu Amaya: lipidomic markers as indicators of long-term health and disease outcomes following early-life malnutrition and famine exposure
• Beakal Zinab: The associations fat and fat-free mass accretion and linear growth accretion during childhood with kidney outcomes of school age children aged 8-11 in JUMC, Ethiopia
• Getu Gizaw: short- and long-term effects of exposure to acute malnutrition on growth, body composition, physical function, NCD risk, and cognitive development.
• Rahma Ali: Associations of fat and fat-free mass accretion and Linear growth trajectories during childhood with school achievement and cognitive function at later childhood, The Ethiopian iABC birth cohort
Completed
• Bikila Soboka: Growth in early childhood and later body composition and cardiometabolic health in Ethiopian children
• Getenet Tesfaw: Gut microbiome in Ethiopia. Gut microbiome dynamics in childhood diarrhea, enteric infections and malnutrition in Ethiopian children below the age of five years
• Øystein Haarklau Johanen: Cryptosporidiosis in low-resource healthcare settings : Near-patient diagnostics, risk factors, and parasite shedding dynamics in young Ethiopian children
• Hiwot Amare: Glucose metabolism, insulin and cardiovascular function in HIV positive adults in Ethiopia
• Mike Zangenberg: Severe acute malnutrition in Ethiopia – the appetite test, blood stream infections, prolonged and persistent diarrhea
• Sarha Fredsted Villadsen: Development of a participatory antenatal care strengthening intervention in Jimma, Ethiopia
• Rasmus Wibæk Christensen: Trajectories of growth in early childhood and body composition and cardiometabolic risk markers in Ethiopian children, PhD thesis 2019
• Bitiya Admassu: The role of early infancy body composition on linear growth and body composition during childhood: a follow-up of Ethiopian iABC cohort. PhD Thesis 2018.
• Mubarek Abera : Body composition during early infancy and mental and developmental outcomes of young children: A longitudinal cohort study from birth to 5-years of age; PhD Thesis 2018
• Markos Tesfaye: Quality of life among people living with HIV in Jimma, Ethiopia: the role of mental health, food, and nutrition
• Daniel Yilma: Renal function and vitamin D level in HIV positive adults in Ethiopia: the effect of antiretroviral treatment and nutrition
• Tsinuel Girma: Bioimpedance in severely malnourished children: An emerging method for monitoring hydration of children with severe acute malnutrition
• Alemseged Abdissa: Improving efficacy and safety of antiretroviral therapy by nutritional supplementation: Immunological, Virological and Pharmacokinetics aspects
• Gregers Stig Andersen: Body composition in Ethiopian infants: Air-displacement plethysmography from birth to six months of age”
• Mette Frahm Olsen: Olsen MF. Nutritional supplementation of HIV patients: effects and feasibility of a lipid-based nutrient supplement among patients initiating ART in Jimma, Ethiopia. PhD thesis. 2013. list-phd-research-projects