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Head of Department:

  • Emiru MerdassaHead of Department: Emiru Merdassa
  • Specialty: Masters in Biostatistics and Health Informatics

Academic rank: Assistant Professor

Research area/interest: Communicable disease, chronic diseases, women health, maternal and child health, Mental health problems, clinical trials, health behaviors and Health informatics

Publication: Over 25 publications (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4083-2189 )

Contact address:

Phone: +251938179470

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Title

author

Journal name

Link/doi

1

Individual and community-level risk factors of women's acceptance of intimate partner violence in Ethiopia: multilevel analysis of 2011 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey.

Emiru Merdassa Atomssa

Dr Arya Abrha Medhaniyie

Dr Girmatsion Fisseha

BMC Women Health

https://bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12905-021-01427-w

2

Determinants of anemia among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Horo Guduru Wollega Zone, West Ethiopia: Unmatched case-control study

Tulu, B. D.,

Atomssa, E. M., &

Mengist, H. M

PlosOne

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31671128/

3

Determinants of obstetric fistula in South-western Ethiopia

Tilahun, T., Sura, B., & Merdassa, E.

International Urogynecology Journal,

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00192-021-04690-5

4

Incidence and predictors of mortality among HIV positive children on anti-retroviral therapy in the selected health facilities of West Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia: Retrospective cohort study.

Gurmu, G., Merdassa, E. Tiruneh, G. Efrem, K., Belay, F., Mekonnen, L., Feyisa, Jira W., Lema, M. Shama, A., Desalegn, M.

PLOS ONE

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314112

5

Acceptance of Index Case HIV Testing and Its Associated Factors Among HIV/AIDS Clients on ART Follow-Up in West Ethiopia: A Multi-Centered Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

Edosa, M.,

Merdassa, E. and Turi, E

HIV/AIDS-Research and Palliative Care

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36199377/

6

Incidence and predictors of death from COVID-19 among patients admitted to treatment center of Wollega University Referral Hospital, Western Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study.

Tolossa, T., Wakuma, B.,

Ayala,

D., Seyoum, D., Fetensa, G., Getahun, A., Atomssa, E, M.,

Plos one

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35895703/