
Gizachew Tessema
School of Public Health
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
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Dr Gizachew Tessema is a perinatal and reproductive epidemiologist and health services researcher with research interest that employed advanced statistical analyses, mixed methods research (MMR), and qualitative design. He obtained his PhD in Public Health (2018; Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence) from the University of Adelaide. Prior to that, he graduated with MPH (2012) and Bachelor's degree in Public Health (2009) in Ethiopia. Following his Gro Harlem Brundtland Visiting Fellowship from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in 2020, he has been located in Norway between Jan and Mar 2020 and worked as a visiting scientist at the Centre for Fertility and Health.
He has received several honours and awards, of which notable awards include: the WA Young Tall Poppy Award (2022), STEM Early Career Researcher of the Year Award at Curtin (2022), Early- and Mid-Career Researcher (EMCR) of the Year Award from the enAble Institute at Curtin, Commendation in Postgraduate Research Supervision from Curtin (2022), Early Career Researcher of the Year Award for the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin (2022). Gizachew is a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow (Level 1) and also received the Charter Hall Research Collaboration Award from the Raine Medical Foundation (2020) to expand his international collaboration.
Gizachew's current research work is focusing on a developing a risk prediction model to prevent avoidable adverse perinatal outcomes in Australia. This work expands from his project that aimed to investigate the effect of interpregnancy intervals on adverse perinatal outcomes in high-income countries spanning Australia, Norway, Finland, United States (California), and Canada involving birth registries totalling over 11 million births of more than three decades. He published >100 high quality journal articles including a first authored papers in Lancet Global Health, PLoS Medicine, BMJ Global Health, and BJOG, and several co-authored papers in the Lancet, Lancet HIV, JAMA Oncology.
Gizachew is an academic and educator, and teaching and coordinating units at Curtin including Epidemiology and Evidence Unit - a core unit in the School of Population Health - for postgraduate students. Previously, he taught Reproductive Health, Health Education, and Maternal and Child Health courses at the University of Gondar (Ethiopia).
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2022 Achievement WA Young Tall Poppy Awards Australian Institute of Policy and Science Australia - 2022 Award Early Career Researcher of the Year Award Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University Australia - 2022 Award Commendation in Research Supervision Curtin University Australia - 2022 Award STEM Early Career Researcher Award Curtin University Australia - 2022 Research Award Raine Research Prize Raine Medical Research Foundation Australia - 2022 Award Early- and Mid-Career Researcher (EMCR) Award enAble Institute, Curtin University Australia - 2020 Fellowship The Gro Harlem Brundtland Visiting Scholarship Norwegian Institute of Public Health Norway - 2019 Research Award Charter Hall Research Collaboration Award Raine Medical Research Foundation Australia - 2018 Award Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence University of Adelaide Australia - 2017 Fellowship DR Stranks Travelling Fellowship 2016 University of Adelaide Australia - 2017 Scholarship Research Abroad Scholarship 2016 - - - 2015 Scholarship Adelaide Scholarship International University of Adelaide Australia - -
Language Competencies
Language Competency Amharic Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2015 - 2018 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Public and Community Health 2011 - 2012 University of Gondar Ethiopia MPH (Reproductive and Child Health Speciality) 2005 - 2009 Hawassa University Ethiopia BSc (Public Health) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2023 Duko, B., Gebremedhin, A. T., Tessema, G. A., Alati, R., & Pereira, G. (2023). Average treatment effect of maternal prenatal tobacco smoking on offspring developmental vulnerability in early childhood. Annals of Epidemiology, 78, 35-43.
2023 Kaforau, L. S., Tessema, G. A., Jancey, J., Bugoro, H., & Pereira, G. (2023). Prevalence and risk factors associated with under-five mortality in the Solomon Islands: an investigation from the 2015 Solomon Islands demographic and health survey data. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 33, 100691.
2023 Nyadanu, S. D., Tessema, G. A., Mullins, B., Kumi-Boateng, B., Ofosu, A. A., & Pereira, G. (2023). Prenatal exposure to long-term heat stress and stillbirth in Ghana: A within-space time-series analysis. Environmental Research, 222, 115385.
Scopus3 Europe PMC12023 Gebremedhin, A. T., Mitter, V. R., Duko, B., Tessema, G. A., & Pereira, G. F. (2023). Associations between endometriosis and adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes: a population-based cohort study. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
2023 Kaforau, L. S., Tessema, G. A., Jancey, J., Bugoro, H., & Pereira, G. (2023). Prevalence and Factors Associated With Low Birth Weight in the Solomon Islands: Evidence From the 2015 Solomon Islands Demographic and Health Survey data. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 35(2-3), 136-144.
2023 Mengesha, E. W., Tessema, G. A., Assefa, Y., & Alene, G. D. (2023). Social capital and its role to improve maternal and child health services in Northwest Ethiopia: A qualitative study. PLoS One, 18(4), e0284592-1-e0284592-121.
2023 Mruts, K. B., Tessema, G. A., Kassaw, N. A., Gebremedhin, A. T., Scott, J. A., & Pereira, G. (2023). Achieving reductions in the unmet need for contraception with postpartum family planning counselling in Ethiopia, 2019–2020: a national longitudinal study. Archives of Public Health, 81(1), 79.
2023 Gebremedhin, A. T., Regan, A. K., Håberg, S. E., Luke Marinovich, M., Tessema, G. A., & Pereira, G. (2023). The influence of birth outcomes and pregnancy complications on interpregnancy interval: a quantile regression analysis. Annals of Epidemiology, S1047-2797(23)00096-0.
2023 Berheto, T. M., Sengoelge, M., Tadesse, S., Workie, S. B., Tessema, G., Memirie, S. T., . . . Misganaw, A. (2023). Neglected burden of injuries in Ethiopia, from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis of the global burden of diseases study 2019. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1149966.
2023 Tessema, G. A., Berheto, T. M., Pereira, G., Misganaw, A., Kinfu, Y., & GBD 2019 Ethiopia Child Mortality Collaborators. (2023). National and subnational burden of under-5, infant, and neonatal mortality in Ethiopia, 1990-2019: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.. PLOS global public health, 3(6), e0001471.
2023 Duko, B., Gebremedhin, A. T., Tessema, G. A., & Pereira, G. (2023). Influence of preterm birth on the association between gestational diabetes mellitus and childhood developmental vulnerability: a causal mediation analysis. World Journal of Pediatrics.
2022 Dunne, J., Tessema, G. A., & Pereira, G. (2022). The role of confounding in the association between pregnancy complications and subsequent preterm birth: a cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 129(6), 890-899.
Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC22022 Global Burden of Disease 2019 Cancer Collaboration., Kocarnik, J. M., Compton, K., Dean, F. E., Fu, W., Gaw, B. L., . . . Force, L. M. (2022). Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. JAMA Oncology, 8(3), 420-444.
Scopus458 WoS305 Europe PMC3062022 Dachew, B. A., Pereira, G., Tessema, G. A., Dhamrait, G. K., & Alati, R. (2022). Interpregnancy interval and the risk of oppositional defiant disorder in offspring. Development and Psychopathology, 35(2), 8 pages.
2022 Erku, D., Scuffham, P., Gething, K., Norman, R., Mekonnen, A. B., Gebretekle, G. B., . . . Tessema, G. A. (2022). Stated Preference Research in Reproductive and Maternal Healthcare Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review. The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, 15(3), 287-306.
2022 Kaforau, L. S. K., Tessema, G. A., Jancey, J., Dhamrait, G., Bugoro, H., & Pereira, G. (2022). Prevalence and risk factors of adverse birth outcomes in the Pacific Island region: A scoping review. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 21, 100402.
Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC52022 Mruts, K. B., Tessema, G. A., Gebremedhin, A. T., Scott, J., & Pereira, G. (2022). The effect of family planning counselling on postpartum modern contraceptive uptake in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review. Public Health, 206, 46-56.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC22022 Nyadanu, S. D., Tessema, G. A., Mullins, B., & Pereira, G. (2022). Maternal acute thermophysiological stress and stillbirth in Western Australia, 2000–2015: A space-time-stratified case-crossover analysis. Science of The Total Environment, 836, 155750-1-155750-11.
Scopus6 WoS2 Europe PMC12022 Mruts, K. B., Tessema, G. A., Dunne, J., Gebremedhin, A. T., Scott, J., & Pereira, G. F. (2022). Does family planning counselling during health service contact improve postpartum modern contraceptive uptake in Ethiopia? A nationwide cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 12(5), e060308-1-e060308- 8.
Scopus1 WoS12022 Nyadanu, S. D., Dunne, J., Tessema, G. A., Mullins, B., Kumi-Boateng, B., Lee Bell, M., . . . Pereira, G. (2022). Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution and adverse birth outcomes: An umbrella review of 36 systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Environmental Pollution, 306, 119465-1-119465-25.
Scopus20 WoS17 Europe PMC62022 Tessema, G. A., Håberg, S. E., Pereira, G., & Magnus, M. C. (2022). The role of intervening pregnancy loss in the association between interpregnancy interval and adverse pregnancy outcomes. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 129(11), 1853-1861.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12022 Foo, D., Dunne, J., Pereira, G., Gebremedhin, A., Duko, B., & Tessema, G. A. (2022). Diabetic and Hypertensive Disorders Following Miscarriage: A Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(14), 8324-1-8324-6.
2022 Nyadanu, S. D., Tessema, G. A., Mullins, B., Kumi-Boateng, B., Ofosu, A. A., & Pereira, G. (2022). Ambient particulate matter air pollution and stillbirth in Ghana: A difference-in-differences approach. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 13(7), 101471.
Scopus1 WoS12022 Mruts, K. B., Tessema, G. A., Gebremedhin, A. T., Scott, J. A., & Pereira, G. (2022). The role of family planning counselling during maternal and child health services in postpartum modern contraceptive uptake in Ethiopia: A national longitudinal study. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(8), e0000563.
Europe PMC12022 Nyadanu, S. D., Tessema, G. A., Mullins, B., & Pereira, G. (2022). Prenatal acute thermophysiological stress and spontaneous preterm birth in Western Australia, 2000-2015: A space-time-stratified case-crossover analysis. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 245, 114029-1-114029-10.
Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC12022 Mruts, K. B., Tessema, G. A., Kassaw, N. A., Gebremedhin, A. T., Scott, J. A., & Pereira, G. (2022). Short interpregnancy interval and its predictors in Ethiopia: implications for policy and practice. Pan African Medical Journal, 42, 199.
2022 Mruts, K. B., Gebremedhin, A. T., Tessema, G. A., Scott, J. A., & Pereira, G. (2022). Interbirth interval and maternal anaemia in 21 sub-Saharan African countries: A fractionalpolynomial analysis. PLoS ONE, 17(9 September), 15 pages.
Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC12022 Dachew, B. A., Tessema, G. A., & Alati, R. (2022). Association between obstetric mode of delivery and emotional and behavioural problems in children and adolescents: the children of the 90s health study.. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 58(6), 949-960.
2022 Bailey, H. D., Gray, C., Adane, A. A., Strobel, N. A., White, S. W., Marriott, R., . . . Sharp, M. (2022). Early mortality among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women who had a preterm birth in Western Australia: A population-based cohort study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 37(1), 1-14.
2022 Wong, K., Tessema, G. A., Chai, K., & Pereira, G. (2022). Development of prognostic model for preterm birth using machine learning in a population-based cohort of Western Australia births between 1980 and 2015. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-16.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12022 Dunne, J., Tessema, G. A., Gebremedhin, A. T., & Pereira, G. (2022). Bias in the association between advanced maternal age and stillbirth using left truncated data. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-9.
Scopus1 WoS12022 Tessema, G. A., Håberg, S. E., Pereira, G., Regan, A. K., Dunne, J., & Magnus, M. C. (2022). Interpregnancy interval and adverse pregnancy outcomes among pregnancies following miscarriages or induced abortions in Norway (2008–2016): A cohort study. PLoS Medicine, 19(11), e1004129-1-e1004129-19.
Scopus2 WoS22022 Kaforau, L. S., Tessema, G. A., Bugoro, H., Pereira, G., & Jancey, J. (2022). Lived experiences of women with low birth weight infants in the Solomon Islands: A descriptive qualitative study. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(12), e0001008.
2021 Tessema, G., Håberg, S. E., Pereira, G., & Magnus, M. C. (2021). 748Misclassification of interpregnancy interval attributable to miscarriages/induced abortions: quantifying its impact on preterm births. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(Supplement_1).
2021 Jahagirdar, D., Walters, M. K., Novotney, A., Brewer, E. D., Frank, T. D., Carter, A., . . . Kyu, H. H. (2021). Global, regional, and national sex-specific burden and control of the HIV epidemic, 1990–2019, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019. The Lancet HIV, 8(10), e633-e651.
Scopus38 WoS22 Europe PMC292021 Dunne, J., Tessema, G. A., & Pereira, G. (2021). Confounding in the association between pregnancy complications and subsequent preterm birth. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 50(Supplement_1), 64.
2021 Dunne, J., Tessema, G. A., Ognjenovic, M., & Pereira, G. (2021). The application of simulation to quantifying the influence of bias in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 50(Supplement_1), 2 pages.
2021 Pereira, G., Regan, A. K., Wong, K., & Tessema, G. A. (2021). Gestational age as a predictor for subsequent preterm birth in New South Wales, Australia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 21(1), 607-1-607-7.
Scopus2 WoS22021 Mengesha, E. W., Alene, G. D., Amare, D., Assefa, Y., & Tessema, G. A. (2021). Social capital and maternal and child health services uptake in low- and middle-income countries: mixed methods systematic review. BMC Health Services Research, 21(1), 1142-1-1142-16.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12021 Belayihun, B., Asnake, M., Tessema, G., & Molla, Y. (2021). From Illusive to all-Inclusive: How Pathfinder International amplified learning by doing scientific writing training. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 35(5), 1-2. 2021 Gebremedhin, A. T., Tessema, G. A., Regan, A. K., & Pereira, G. F. (2021). Association between interpregnancy interval and pregnancy complications by history of complications: A population-based cohort study. BMJ Open, 11(12), e046962-1-e046962-10.
Scopus2 WoS22021 Tessema, G. A., Kinfu, Y., Dachew, B. A., Tesema, A. G., Assefa, Y., Alene, K. A., . . . Tesfay, F. H. (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic and healthcare systems in Africa: a scoping review of preparedness, impact and response. BMJ Global Health, 6(12), e007179-1-e007179-14.
Scopus54 WoS53 Europe PMC522021 Pereira, E., Tessema, G., Gissler, M., Regan, A. K., & Pereira, G. (2021). Re-evaluation of gestational age as a predictor for subsequent preterm birth. PLoS One, 16(1), e0245935-1-e0245935-10.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12021 Kaforau, L. S. K., Tessema, G. A., Jancey, J., Dhamrait, G. K., Bugoro, H., & Pereira, G. F. (2021). Prevalence and risk factors of adverse birth outcomes in the Pacific Island region: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 11(4), e042423-1-e042423-6.
Scopus2 WoS12021 Gebremedhin, A. T., Tessema, G. A., Regan, A. K., & Pereira, G. (2021). Association between interpregnancy interval and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: effect modification by maternal age. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 35(4), 415-424.
Scopus1 WoS12021 Tessema, G. A., Marinovich, M. L., Håberg, S. E., Gissler, M., Mayo, J. A., Nassar, N., . . . Pereira, G. (2021). Interpregnancy intervals and adverse birth outcomes in high-income countries: an international cohort study. PLoS ONE, 16(7 July 2021), 1-17.
Scopus16 WoS13 Europe PMC72021 Pereira, G., Dunne, J., Regan, A. K., & Tessema, G. A. (2021). Smoking cessation and preterm birth in second pregnancy among women who smoked in their first. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 23(12), 2013-2018.
2021 Dunne, J., Tessema, G. A., Ognjenovic, M., & Pereira, G. (2021). Quantifying the influence of bias in reproductive and perinatal epidemiology through simulation. Annals of Epidemiology, 63, 86-101.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12021 GBD 2019 Under-5 Mortality Collaborators., Bhandari, D., Ciobanu, L., Gill, T., Lassi, Z., Tessema, G., . . . Ahmed, M. (2021). Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 398(10303), 870-905.
Scopus170 WoS79 Europe PMC1072020 Tessema, G. A., & Pereira, G. (2020). Challenging the assumption that interpregnancy interval causes stillbirth in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet Global Health, 8(1), e16-e17.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC22020 Haagsma, J. A., James, S. L., Castle, C. D., Dingels, Z. V., Fox, J. T., Hamilton, E. B., . . . Vos, T. (2020). Burden of injury along the development spectrum: associations between the Socio-demographic Index and disability-adjusted life year estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.. Inj Prev, 26(SUPP_1), 1-15.
Scopus27 WoS35 Europe PMC202020 Malacova, E., Tippaya, S., Bailey, H. D., Chai, K., Farrant, B. M., Gebremedhin, A. T., . . . Pereira, G. (2020). Stillbirth risk prediction using machine learning for a large cohort of births from Western Australia, 1980-2015. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 5354-1-5354-8.
Scopus25 WoS21 Europe PMC172020 Tessema, G. A., Mahmood, M. A., Gomersall, J., Assefa, Y., Zemedu, T. G., Kifle, M., & Laurence, C. O. (2020). Structural quality of services and use of family planning services in primary health care facilities in Ethiopia. How do public and private facilities compare?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(12), 4201-1-4201-12.
Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC72020 Nyadanu, S. D., Tessema, G. A., Mullins, B., Kumi-Boateng, B., Bell, M. L., & Pereira, G. (2020). Ambient air pollution, extreme temperatures and birth outcomes: a protocol for an umbrella review, systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(22), 1-18.
Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC12019 Reta, M. M., Tessema, G. A., & Shiferaw, G. (2019). Prevalence of dual contraceptive use and associated factors among HIV positive women at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. BMC Research Notes, 12(1), 36.
Scopus6 Europe PMC82019 Deribew, A., Biadgilign, S., Deribe, K., Dejene, T., Tessema, G. A., Melaku, Y. A., . . . Wang, H. (2019). The Burden of HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia from 1990 to 2016: Evidence from the Global Burden of Diseases 2016 Study. Ethiopian journal of health sciences, 29(1), 859-868.
Scopus28 Europe PMC262019 Tessema, G. A., Gomersall, J. S., Laurence, C. O., & Mahmood, M. A. (2019). Healthcare providers' perspectives on use of the national guideline for family planning services in Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A qualitative study. BMJ Open, 9(2), e023403.
Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC72019 Orpana, H., Marczak, L., Arora, M., Abbasi, N., Abdulkader, R., Abebe, Z., . . . Jha, R. (2019). Global, regional, and national burden of suicide mortality 1990 to 2016: Systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. BMJ (Online), 364(1), 11 pages.
Scopus125 WoS1880 Europe PMC2592019 Wondie, A. G., Zeleke, A. A., Yenus, H., & Tessema, G. A. (2019). Cesarean delivery among women who gave birth in Dessie town hospitals, Northeast Ethiopia. PLoS ONE, 14(5), 13 pages.
Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC132019 Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration., Fitzmaurice, C., Abate, D., Abbasi, N., Abbastabar, H., Abd-Allah, F., . . . Murray, C. J. L. (2019). Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.. JAMA Oncol, 5(12), 1749-1768.
Scopus1504 WoS241 Europe PMC9662018 Roth, G. A., Abate, D., Abate, K. H., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., Abbasi, N., . . . Badawi, A. (2018). Erratum: Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (The Lancet (2018) 392(10159) (1736–1788)(S0140673618322037)(10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32203-7)). The Lancet, 392(10160), 2170.
Scopus5 WoS72018 Fitzmaurice, C. (2018). Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 2006 to 2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, 36(15), 1 page.
WoS10432018 Deribew, A., Deribe, K., Dejene, T., Tessema, G. A., Melaku, Y. A., Lakew, Y., . . . Biadgilign, S. (2018). Tuberculosis Burden in Ethiopia from 1990 to 2016: Evidence from the Global Burden of Diseases 2016 Study. Ethiopian journal of health sciences, 28(5), 519-528.
Scopus16 Europe PMC152018 Tessema, G. A., Mekonnen, T. T., Mengesha, Z. B., & Tumlinson, K. (2018). Association between skilled maternal healthcare and postpartum contraceptive use in Ethiopia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 18(1), 13 pages.
Scopus15 WoS15 Europe PMC162018 Yesufe, A. A., Assefa, M., Bekele, A., Ergete, W., Aynalem, A., Wondemagegnehu, T., . . . Jemal, A. (2018). Adequacy of pathologic reports of invasive breast cancer from mastectomy specimens at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Oncology center in Ethiopia. Journal of Global Oncology, 2018(4), 1-12.
Scopus5 Europe PMC32018 Fitzmaurice, C., Akinyemiju, T., Al Lami, F., Alam, T., Alizadeh-Navaei, R., Allen, C., . . . Mokdad, A. (2018). Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2016: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. JAMA oncology, 4(11), 1553-1568.
Scopus1135 WoS945 Europe PMC6912018 Roth, G. A., Abate, D., Abate, K. H., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., Abbasi, N., . . . Badawi, A. (2018). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392(10159), 1736-1788.
Scopus4194 WoS4887 Europe PMC24942018 James, S. L., Abate, D., Abate, K. H., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., Abbasi, N., . . . Olagunju, A. (2018). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 Diseases and Injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet, 392(10159), 1789-1858.
Scopus7209 WoS4565 Europe PMC41672018 Ayele, G., Tessema, B., Amsalu, A., Ferede, G., & Yismaw, G. (2018). Prevalence and associated factors of treatment failure among HIV/AIDS patients on HAART attending University of Gondar Referral Hospital Northwest Ethiopia. BMC Immunology, 19(1).
2018 Melaku, Y., Wassie, M., Gill, T., Zhou, S., Tessema, G., Amare, A., . . . Deribew, A. (2018). Burden of disease attributable to suboptimal diet, metabolic risks and low physical activity in Ethiopia and comparison with Eastern sub-Saharan African countries, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 552-1-552-20.
Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC22017 Tessema, G., Mahmood, M., Gomersall, J., Assefa, Y., Zemedu, T., Kifle, M., & Laurence, C. (2017). Client and facility level determinants of quality of care in family planning services in Ethiopia: multilevel modelling. PloS one, 12(6), e0179167-1-e0179167-20.
Scopus20 WoS18 Europe PMC152017 Deribew, A., Dejene, T., Kebede, B., Tessema, G., Melaku, Y., Misganaw, A., . . . Stanaway, J. (2017). Incidence, prevalence and mortality rates of malaria in Ethiopia from 1990 to 2015: Analysis of the global burden of diseases 2015. Malaria Journal, 16(1), 7 pages.
Scopus51 WoS49 Europe PMC482017 Misganaw, A., Haregu, T., Deribe, K., Tessema, G., Deribew, A., Melaku, Y., . . . Naghavi, M. (2017). National mortality burden due to communicable, non-communicable, and other diseases in Ethiopia, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Population Health Metrics, 15(1), 29-1-29-17.
Scopus104 WoS892017 Salih, M. H., Tessema, G. A., Cherkos, E. A., Ferede, A. J., & Zelalem Anlay, D. (2017). Stigma towards People Living on HIV/AIDS and Associated Factors among Nurses’ Working in Amhara Region Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Advances in Nursing, 2017, 1-7.
2017 Deribew, A., Kebede, B., Tessema, G., Adama, Y., Misganaw, A., Gebre, T., . . . Deribe, K. (2017). Mortality and disability-adjusted life-years (dalys) for common neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia, 1990-2015: Evidence from the global burden of disease study 2015. Ethiopian Medical Journal, 55(Suppl 1), 3-14.
Scopus16 Europe PMC112017 Fullman, N., Barber, R. M., Abajobir, A. A., Abate, K. H., Abbafati, C., Abbas, K. M., . . . Brauer, M. (2017). Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet, 390(10100), 1423-1459.
Scopus217 WoS180 Europe PMC1332017 Fitzmaurice, C., Allen, C., Barber, R., Barregard, L., Bhutta, Z., Brenner, H., . . . Tessema, G. A. (2017). Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. JAMA oncology, 3(4), 524-548.
Scopus2966 WoS2055 Europe PMC17742017 Laurence, C., Tessema, G., Melaku, Y., Misganaw, A., Woldie, S., Hiruye, A., . . . Deribew, A. (2017). Trends and causes of maternal mortality in Ethiopia during 1990-2013: findings from the Global Burden of Diseases study 2013. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 1-8.
Scopus109 WoS101 Europe PMC812017 Wang, H., Bhutta, Z. A., Coates, M. M., Coggeshall, M., Dandona, L., Diallo, K., . . . Bazargan-Hejazi, S. (2017). Erratum: Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (The Lancet (2016) 388(10053) (1725–1774)(S0140673616315756)(10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31575-6)). The Lancet, 389(10064), e1.
2017 Kassebaum, N. J., Barber, R. M., Dandona, L., Hay, S. I., Larson, H. J., Lim, S. S., . . . Bärnighausen, T. (2017). Erratum: Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (The Lancet (2016) 388(10053) (1775–1812)(S0140673616314702)(10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31470-2)). The Lancet, 389(10064), e1.
Scopus12017 Fullman, N., Barber, R. M., Abajobir, A. A., Abate, K. H., Abbafati, C., Abbas, K. M., . . . Brauer, M. (2017). Erratum: Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (The Lancet (2017) 390(10100) (1423–1459) (S014067361732336X) (10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32336-X)). The Lancet, 390(10106), e38.
Scopus12017 Fullman, N., Barber, R. M., Abajobir, A. A., Abate, K. H., Abbafati, C., Abbas, K. M., . . . Brauer, M. (2017). Erratum:Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (The Lancet (2017) 390(10100) (1423–1459) (S014067361732336X)(10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32336-X)). The Lancet, 390(10102), e23.
2017 Kassebaum, N. J., Barber, R. M., Dandona, L., Hay, S. I., Larson, H. J., Lim, S. S., . . . Bärnighausen, T. (2017). Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey, 72(1), 11-13.
Scopus22016 Wang, H., Wolock, T. M., Carter, A., Nguyen, G., Kyu, H. H., Gakidou, E., . . . Cárdenas, R. (2016). Erratum: Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980-2015: The Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (The Lancet HIV (2016) 3 (e361-e387) PII: S235230181630087X DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(16)30087-X). The Lancet HIV, 3(9), e408.
Europe PMC12016 Deribew, A., Tessema, G. A., Deribe, K., Melaku, Y. A., Lakew, Y., Amare, A. T., . . . Kassebaum, N. (2016). Trends, causes, and risk factors of mortality among children under 5 in Ethiopia, 1990-2013: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Population Health Metrics, 14(1), 42-1-42-10.
Scopus56 WoS572016 Deribew, A., Tessema, G. A., Deribe, K., Melaku, Y. A., Lakew, Y., Amare, A. T., . . . Kassebaum, N. (2016). Trends, causes, and risk factors of mortality among children under 5 in Ethiopia, 1990-2013: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.. Population health metrics, 14, 42.
Europe PMC442016 Melaku, Y., Temesgen, A., Deribew, A., Tessema, G., Deribe, K., Sahle, B., . . . Forouzanfar, M. (2016). The impact of dietary risk factors on the burden of non-communicable diseases in ethiopia: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2013. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 13(1), 13 pages.
Scopus30 WoS29 Europe PMC202016 Wang, H., Wolock, T. M., Carter, A., Nguyen, G., Kyu, H. H., Gakidou, E., . . . Amare, A. (2016). Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet HIV, 3(8), 361-387.
Scopus454 WoS405 Europe PMC3242016 Tessema, G., Laurence, C., Mahmood, M., & Gomersall, J. (2016). Factors determining quality of care in family planning services in Africa: a systematic review protocol. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 14(8), 103-114.
Scopus6 Europe PMC72016 Tessema, G., Gomersall, J., Mahmood, M., & Laurence, C. (2016). Factors determining quality of care in family planning services in Africa: A systematic review of mixed evidence. PLoS ONE, 11(11), 23 pages.
Scopus50 WoS46 Europe PMC342016 Lim, S., Allen, K., Bhutta, Z., Dandona, L., Forouzanfar, M., Fullman, N., . . . Bayou, T. (2016). 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), 1813-1850.
Scopus353 WoS62 Europe PMC1862016 Kassebaum, N., Arora, M., Barber, R., Bhutta, Z., Brown, J., Carter, A., . . . Amberbir, A. (2016). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1603-1658.
Scopus1534 WoS1120 Europe PMC9082016 Vos, T., Allen, C., Arora, M., Barber, R., Bhutta, Z., Brown, A., . . . Amberbir, A. (2016). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1545-1602.
Scopus4990 WoS2756 Europe PMC27202016 GBF 2015 Maternal Mortality Collaborators., Wang, H., Amare, A., Hancock, J., Lalloo, R., Melaku, Y., & Tessema, G. (2016). Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1725-1774.
Scopus520 WoS41 Europe PMC3532016 GBF 2015 Maternal Mortality Collaborators., Kassebaum, N., Amare, A., Ciobanu, L., Hancock, J., Lalloo, R., . . . Azzopardi, P. (2016). Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1775-1812.
Scopus693 WoS581 Europe PMC3942016 Wang, H., Naghavi, M., Allen, C., Barber, R., Bhutta, Z., Carter, A., . . . Alexander, L. (2016). Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1459-1544.
Scopus4479 WoS3543 Europe PMC26252016 Lim, S. S., Allen, K., Bhutta, Z. A., Dandona, L., Forouzanfar, M. H., Fullman, N., . . . Murray, C. J. (2016). Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. LANCET, 388(10053), 1813-1850.
WoS3022016 Wang, H., Bhutta, Z. A., Coates, M. M., Coggeshall, M., Dandona, L., Diallo, K., . . . Murray, C. J. L. (2016). Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. LANCET, 388(10053), 1725-1774.
WoS4322015 Birhane, T., Assefa Tessema, G., Addis Alene, K., & Dadi, A. F. (2015). Knowledge of pregnant women on mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Meket district, northeast Ethiopia. Journal of Pregnancy, 2015, 960830.
Scopus16 Europe PMC112015 Fute, M., Mengesha, Z. B., Wakgari, N., & Tessema, G. A. (2015). High prevalence of workplace violence among nurses working at public health facilities in Southern Ethiopia. BMC Nursing, 14(1), 9.
Scopus65 Europe PMC402015 Wakgari, N., Amano, A., Berta, M., & Tessema, G. A. (2015). Partograph utilization and associated factors among obstetric care providers in north shoa zone, central ethiopia: A cross sectional study. African Health Sciences, 15(2), 552-559.
Scopus22 WoS18 Europe PMC162015 Biks, G. A., Tariku, A., & Tessema, G. A. (2015). Effects of antenatal care and institutional delivery on exclusive breastfeeding practice in northwest Ethiopia: a nested case–control study. International Breastfeeding Journal, 10(1), 6 pages.
Scopus38 WoS34 Europe PMC282015 Tessema, G. A., Tekeste, A., & Ayele, T. A. (2015). Preeclampsia and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Dessie referral hospital, Northeast Ethiopia: A hospital-based study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15(1), 7 pages.
Scopus46 WoS46 Europe PMC352015 Worku, A. G., Tessema, G. A., & Zeleke, A. A. (2015). Trends of modern contraceptive use among young married women based on the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys: a multivariate decomposition analysis. PLoS ONE, 10(1), e0116525=1-e0116525-14.
Scopus30 WoS28 Europe PMC282015 Abera, Y., Mengesha, Z. B., & Tessema, G. A. (2015). Postpartum contraceptive use in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study. BMC Women's Health, 15(1), 8 pages.
Scopus42 WoS47 Europe PMC422015 Tamene, M. M., Tessema, G. A., & Beyera, G. K. (2015). Condom utilization and sexual behavior of female sex workers in Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. Pan African Medical Journal, 21, 50.
Scopus20 Europe PMC122015 Wakgari, N., Tessema, G. A., & Amano, A. (2015). Knowledge of partograph and its associated factors among obstetric care providers in North Shoa Zone, Central Ethiopia: a cross sectional study. BMC Research Notes, 8(1), 407.
Scopus10 Europe PMC52014 Arage, G., Tessema, G. A., & Kassa, H. (2014). Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and its associated factors among children at South Wollo Zone Hospitals, Northeast Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 7 pages.
Scopus44 WoS43 Europe PMC392013 Gedefaw, A., Astatkie, A., & Tessema, G. A. (2013). The prevalence of precancerous cervical cancer lesion among HIV-infected women in Southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE, 8(12), 8 pages.
Scopus42 WoS36 Europe PMC382013 Mengesha, Z. B., Biks, G. A., Ayele, T. A., Tessema, G. A., & Koye, D. N. (2013). Determinants of skilled attendance for delivery in Northwest Ethiopia: A community based nested case control study. BMC Public Health, 13(1), 6 pages.
Scopus48 WoS48 Europe PMC432013 Tessema, G., Zeleke, B., & Ayele, T. (2013). Birth interval and its predictors among married women in Dabat District, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective follow up study.. African journal of reproductive health, 17(2), 39-45.
Scopus23 Europe PMC222013 Melsew, Y. A., Terefe, M. W., Tessema, G. A., & Ayele, T. A. (2013). Rate of immunological failure and its predictors among patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy at Debremarkos Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A retrospective follow up study. Journal of AIDS and Clinical Research, 4(5).
Scopus28- Awoke Ayele, T., Zeleke, B. M., Tessema, G. A., & Fentie Melak, M. (n.d.). Magnitude and patterns of injuries among patients in Gondar University Hospital, northwest Ethiopia: an institutional-based study. Open Access Surgery, Volume 10, 25-31.
- Tessema, G., Misganaw, A., Berheto, T., Pereira, G., & Kinfu, Y. (n.d.). National and subnational burden of under-5 mortality in Ethiopia: evaluation of data from three decades using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Population Medicine, 5(Supplement).
- Dunne, J., Tessema, G., & Pereira, G. (n.d.). Bias in exposure-outcome associations when using left truncated birth datasets.. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(3).
- Tessema, G., Dunne, J., & Pereira, G. (n.d.). What matters to short interpregnancy intervals between pregnancies in Western Australia?. International Journal of Population Data Science, 7(3).
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2021 Mruts, K. B., Tessema, G. A., Gebremedhin, A. T., Scott, J., & Pereira, G. (2021). Interbirth interval and maternal anaemia in 21 sub-Saharan African countries: a multinational cross-sectional study. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Vol. 50 (pp. 163). OXFORD UNIV PRESS. 2021 Nyadanu, S. D., Dunne, J., Tessema, G. A., Mullins, B., Duko, B., & Pereira, G. (2021). Ambient air pollution and adverse birth outcomes: a systematic synthesis of meta-analyses of epidemiological studies. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Vol. 50 (pp. 2 pages). OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
WoS12021 Tessema, G., Haberg, S. E., Pereira, G., & Magnus, M. C. (2021). Misclassification of interpregnancy interval attributable to miscarriages/induced abortions: quantifying its impact on preterm births. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Vol. 50 (pp. 233). OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
- 2022 - Early- and Mid-Career Reaearcher (EMCR) Award, enAble Institute, Curtin University
- 2022 - Raine Research Prize, Raine Medical Research Foundation, WA
- 2022 - STEM Early Career Researcher Award, Curtin University
- 2022 - Commendation in Research Supervision, Excellence in Teaching Awards, Curtin University
- 2022 - Early Career Researcher of the Year Award for Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University
- 2022 - WA Young Tall Poppy Awards, Australian Institute of Policy and Science
- 2021 - Finalist for Business, Society & Community ECR the Year Award, Curtin University
- 2020 - Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Fellowship, Australia
- 2020 - Charter Hall Research Collaboration Award, Raine Medical Research Foundation, WA
- 2019 - The Gro Harlem Brundtland Visiting Scholarship, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
- 2017 - DR Strank Travelling Fellowship, University of Adelaide
- 2016 - Research Abroad Scholarship, University of Adelaide
- 2015 - PhD Scholarship, Adelaide Scholarship International from the University of Adelaide, SA
- 2014 - Demograhic and Health Survey (DHS) Fellowship - ICF International and DHS Program, US
2023 - Epidemiology and Evidence (Curtin University)
2022 - Reproductive & Perinatal Epidemiology (PHEB 622) at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health, USA (Invited Guest Lecture)
2020-2022 - Guest Lecturer for International Health Unit
2016- Conducted tutorials and marked assignments for Public Health 1A for Public Health students
2016- Conducted tutorials on International Health for Public Health and Medical students
2009-2014- Taught various public health courses (Health Promotion, Reproductive Health, Disaster Prevention and Preparedness) for Health and Medical Sciences students and taught Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health, and Family Planning and Demography for MPH students in Ethiopia
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2023 Co-Supervisor Integration of family planning into Maternal and Child Health services Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Farina Gul 2022 Co-Supervisor Preconception Interventions and Risk Factors Among Adolescents and Young Adults Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Zahra Ali Padhani
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2019 - ongoing Member Australian Epidemiology Association (AEA) Australia 2019 - ongoing Member Australia Epidemiology Association (AEA) Australia 2017 - ongoing Member Australian Health Promotion Association Australia 2015 - ongoing Member Global Burden of Diseases and Injuries (GBD) United States 2013 - ongoing Member Ethiopian Public Health Officers Association Ethiopia 2013 - ongoing Member Ethiopian Red Cross Assocation Ethiopia 2013 - ongoing Member Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE) Ethiopia 2007 - ongoing Member Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) Ethiopia
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