Dr Gizachew Tessema

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School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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Dr Gizachew Tessema is a perinatal and reproductive epidemiologist and health care services researcher with research interest that employed advanced statistical analyses, mixed methods research (MMR), and qualitative study. He obtained his PhD in Public Health (2018) from the University of Adelaide and received the Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. 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 honors and awards, of which notable awards include the WA Young Tall Poppy Award (2022), Early Career Researcher of the Year Award for the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University (2022), a National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Fellowship (2021-2025), the Charter Hall Research Collaboration Award from the Raine Medical Foundation (2020/21), and Adelaide Scholarship International Award from the University of Adelaide (2015-2018).

Gizachew's current research work is focusing on a developing a risk predicition 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 totaling 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. He is also keen to apply advanced data science methods including machine learning.

While he taught reproductive health, health promotion, and maternal and child health courses at the University of Gondar (Ethiopia), he is currently involved in teaching Research methods for Master of Dietetics Unit (statistical analysis component) at Curtin University.

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

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

Community Child Health Public Health and Health Services Child and Adolescent Health Fertility and Conception Pregnancy and Birth

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. DOI
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, 100691. DOI
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. DOI
2022	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. DOI Scopus192 WoS168 Europe PMC119
2022	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, 8 pages. DOI
2022	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. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 12 pages. DOI
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. DOI
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. DOI
2022	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. DOI
2022	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. DOI Scopus1
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. DOI
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. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2022	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. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2022	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. DOI
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. DOI
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. DOI Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2022	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. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2022	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. DOI Scopus4 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2022	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. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2022	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. DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC1
2022	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. DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2022	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. DOI
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. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2021	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. DOI Scopus25 WoS25 Europe PMC16
2021	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. DOI
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. DOI
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. DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2021	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. DOI
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. DOI WoS1
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). DOI
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. DOI Scopus22 WoS15 Europe PMC14
2021	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	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. DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2021	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. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2021	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. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2021	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. DOI Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC5
2021	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. DOI
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. DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2021	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. DOI Scopus106 WoS79 Europe PMC59
2020	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. DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
2020	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. DOI Scopus22 WoS33 Europe PMC14
2020	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. DOI Scopus18 WoS14 Europe PMC13
2020	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. DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC4
2020	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. DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC1
2019	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. DOI Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC11
2019	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. DOI Scopus1247 WoS859 Europe PMC775
2019	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. DOI Scopus24 Europe PMC23
2019	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. DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC3
2019	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. DOI Scopus99 WoS2158 Europe PMC204
2019	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. DOI Scopus5 Europe PMC6
2018	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. DOI Scopus1032 WoS894 Europe PMC626
2018	Roth, G., Abate, D., Abate, K., Abay, S., 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. DOI Scopus3524 WoS3474 Europe PMC2206
2018	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. DOI Scopus13 Europe PMC14
2018	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. DOI Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC12
2018	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. DOI Scopus5 Europe PMC3
2018	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). DOI
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. DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC3
2018	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. DOI Scopus4 WoS7
2017	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. DOI Scopus16 WoS15 Europe PMC11
2017	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. DOI Scopus50 WoS49 Europe PMC47
2017	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. DOI Scopus93 WoS89
2017	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. DOI
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 PMC11
2017	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. DOI Scopus196 WoS180 Europe PMC127
2017	Fitzmaurice, C., Allen, C., Barber, R., Barregard, L., Bhutta, Z., Brenner, H., . . . Tessema, G. (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. DOI Scopus2732 WoS2223 Europe PMC1643
2017	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. DOI Scopus100 WoS96 Europe PMC78
2017	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. DOI
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. DOI
2017	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. DOI Scopus1
2017	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. DOI
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. DOI Scopus2
2016	Wang, H., Wolock, T. M., Carter, A., Nguyen, G., Kyu, H. H., Gakidou, E., . . . CÃ¡rdenas, 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. DOI Europe PMC1
2016	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. DOI Scopus52 WoS55
2016	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. DOI Europe PMC41
2016	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. DOI Scopus29 WoS27 Europe PMC18
2016	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. DOI Scopus435 WoS405 Europe PMC311
2016	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. DOI Scopus6 Europe PMC7
2016	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. DOI Scopus38 WoS37 Europe PMC27
2016	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. DOI Scopus330 WoS62 Europe PMC176
2016	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. DOI Scopus1421 WoS1281 Europe PMC829
2016	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. DOI Scopus4500 WoS4261 Europe PMC2466
2016	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. DOI Scopus462 WoS41 Europe PMC314
2016	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. DOI Scopus611 WoS474 Europe PMC338
2016	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. DOI Scopus4091 WoS2875 Europe PMC2418
2016	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. DOI WoS293
2016	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. DOI WoS416
2015	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. DOI Scopus15 Europe PMC10
2015	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. DOI Scopus57 Europe PMC34
2015	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. DOI Scopus21 WoS18 Europe PMC16
2015	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. DOI Scopus34 WoS32 Europe PMC27
2015	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. DOI Scopus42 WoS43 Europe PMC34
2015	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. DOI Scopus28 WoS28 Europe PMC26
2015	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. DOI Scopus36 WoS42 Europe PMC38
2015	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. DOI Scopus19 Europe PMC11
2015	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. DOI Scopus9 Europe PMC5
2014	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. DOI Scopus38 WoS39 Europe PMC34
2013	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. DOI Scopus41 WoS36 Europe PMC38
2013	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. DOI Scopus46 WoS46 Europe PMC40
2013	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. Scopus21 Europe PMC17
2013	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). DOI Scopus25
-	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. DOI
-	Kaforau, L. S., Tessema, G. A., Bugoro, H., Pereira, G., & Jancey, J. (n.d.). Lived experiences of women with low birth weight infants in the Solomon Islands: A descriptive qualitative study. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(12), e0001008. DOI
-	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). DOI
-	Mruts, K. B., Tessema, G. A., Gebremedhin, A. T., Scott, J. A., & Pereira, G. (n.d.). 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. DOI
-	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). DOI

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. WoS1
2021	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.

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

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	Before the Beginning: Preconception Health for Adolescents and Young People	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Zahra Ali Padhani

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

Position: Titleholder
Email: gizachew.tessema@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Org Unit: Public Health

Dr Gizachew Tessema

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