"I graduated with an Msc in Medical Physiology from Jimma University, Ethiopia in February, 2021.
I am pursuing my PhD at Ghent University with the research project “Genetics of rare and undiagnosed neurological disorders in sub-Saharan Africa” under the main supervision of Prof. Dr. Dermaut.
The project is aimed to identify gene variants underlying rare and unexplained neurological disorders using NGS-based multi gene panel diagnostic testing at Dermaut Lab, Center for Medical Genetics Ghent (CMGG), Ghent university Hospital.
Our hope is to unveil novel genes and common variants underlying unexplained neurological disorders of sub-Saharan Africans; a region with the most diverse human genomes but represented by very few to rare published works."
Publications
Electrocardiographic-QT Interval Prolongation among Patients with Chronic Liver Disease Attending Jimma Medical Center Gastroenterology Clinic, Southwest Ethiopia.
Amanuel T, Zelalem B.
Research Reports in Clinical Cardiology.doi.org/10.2147/RRCC.S345825 2022;13:9-18
Magnitude and associated factors of peripheral neuropathy among diabetes patients attending Jimma University Medical Center,Southwest Ethiopia.
Daba Abdissa, Rebuma Sorsa, Asfaw Gerbi, Nigusse Hamba, Zelalem B.
Heliyon, Volume 7, Issue 11, 2021, doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08460
Magnitude of central obesity and associated factors among adults working in government offices in Bedele town, Buno Bedele zone, Southwest Ethiopia.
Tefera W, Shuremu M, Tadelle A, Abdissa D, Banjaw Z
SAGE Open Medicine. 2022;10. doi:10.1177/20503121221105993