Fekadu Abebe

Academic interests

• Infectious diseases epidemiology and control
• Infection and immunity, including vaccines and vaccinations, and immunodiagnosis
• Neglected tropical diseases
• Global Health 

Courses taught

• Teaching and supervision of PhD and masterstudents in International Community Health

Background

• PhD in immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo (2002)
• MSc, Microbiology/parasitology, Faculty of Natural Sceinces, Addis Abeba University (1993)

Positions held

• Senior scientist, University of Oslo, 2018 - present
• Scientist, University of Oslo, 2007-2018
• Postodctoral fellow, University of Oslo, 2005-2007
• PhD fellow, University of Oslo, 1997-2002
• Head, Schistosomiasis Unit, 1987-1991
• Lecturer and researcher, Addis Abeba University, 1983-1996

Committees served

• Member, Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative, 2012- present.
• Member, Network of NGOs for Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2017-present. 
• Associate editor (editorial board member), BMC Public Health, 2009-2017.
• Special issue editor (editorial board member), OMICS – Immunomycobacteriology ( Journal of Mycobacterial Diseases), 2009-2017.
• Member, Stop TB, New diagnostics Working Group (NDWG), 2010 - present
• Chairman, Laboratory and Animal House Management Committee, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Abeba University, 1993-1996
• Secretary, Inter-institutional Collaboration Committee (CIC) for the control of Tropical diseases in Ethiopia, 1990-1996
• Secretary, Research and Publications of Committee of Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Abeba University, 1989-1996