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Academic Rank
Associate Professor
Departement
Health Biotechnology

Cell phone: +251920249001

Email: endalew02@gmail.com/endalew.yizengaw@bdu.edu.et 

Links to research profiles: 

Work experience

Laboratory Technologist (2010-2013): Amhara Regional Health Bureau

Assistant Lecturer (2013-2016): Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Lecturer (2016-2018): Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Assistant Professor of Immunology (2018-2025): Bahir Dar University

Associate Professor of Health Biotechnology/Immunology (November 12, 2025-onward): Bahir Dar University

Education and training 

  • B.Sc degree in Medical Laboratory Science, 
  • M.Sc degree in Immunology 
  • Ph.D. research on Identifying parasites and host factors responsible for the different clinical presentations of Cutaneous leishmaniasis 
  • Master Class (MCL) for Teaching Online (Open edX)

Administrative positions held:

  • Deputy Corporate Director, Health Education, College of Medicine and Health Sciences (CMHS), Bahir Dar University, since April 2025. 
  • Secretary of the Institutional Research Ethics Review Committee (IRERC), Institute of Biotechnology (IoB), since September 2024. 
  • Vice Director, Medical Laboratory Science Education and Service (May 2024–-May 2025),
  • Course chair of Immunology and Molecular Biology (July 2017-January 2019).

 

Training and courses attended: 

  • 2024: Master Class for Teaching online (Open edX), Bahir Dar University
  • 2024: Research Ethics review and SOP preparation, Bahir Dar University
  • 2021: Principles of Immunology (online course, Imperial College London) 
  • 2017: Clinical Trial and Research Ethics, Bahir Dar University
  • 2016: TB/HIV, Bahir Dar University in-service training center and Amhara Health Bureau
  • 2015: Operational Research Protocol Development, University of Gondar
  • 2014: Participatory Learning for Action and Community Development, Bahir Dar University and Heidelberg University (German)
  • 2014: SPSS, Bahir Dar University Center for Capacity Building Programs (CCBP) 
  • 2013: Malaria Elimination Demo Districts Mini Malaria Indicator Survey, Ethiopian Ministry of Health, Amhara Health Bureau, the Carter Center and Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa 
  • 2012: TB and HIV Integrated Refresher Training for Health Extension Workers, Amhara Health Bureau, Heal TB and USAID.

Conferences and seminars:

  • Oral: Investigation of parasite genetic variation and systemic immune responses in patients presenting with different clinical presentations of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania aethiopica; 4th National NTD Research Symposium; Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia; 5-6 February 2025
  • Poster: Clinical presentations, parasite genotypes, gene expression, and immunological profiles of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Lay Gayint, Northwest Ethiopia; VALIDATE 2024 Annual Meeting; Avani+ Riverside Bangkok Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand; 15-17 July 2024.
  • Oral presentation: Parasite Genetic Variation and Systemic Immune Responses in Patients with Different Clinical Presentations of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania aethiopica; National Health Research Conference; Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia; 13-14 June 2024.
  • Oral presentation: Clinical presentations, parasite genotypes, gene expression, and immunological profiles of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Lay Gayint, Northwest Ethiopia; 1st Africa Biotechnology Congress; Ethiopian Society of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 15-17 May 2024. 
  • Oral presentation: Clinical presentations, parasite genotypes, gene expression, and immunological profiles of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Lay Gayint, northwest Ethiopia; The 12th National Conference on Recent Trends in Scientific Research; Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 12-13 April 2024.
  • Oral presentation: Clinical presentations, parasite genotypes, gene expression and immunological profiles of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Lay Gayint, northwest Ethiopia; 35th Ethiopian Public Health Association Annual Conference; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 17-19 March 2024
  • Oral presentation: Clinical presentations, parasite genotypes, gene expression, and immunological profiles of cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in Lay Gayint, northwest Ethiopia; Amhara Public Health Institute (APHI) and Bahia Dar University-College of Medicine and Health Sciences (BDU-CMHS) 2nd Joint Annual International Research Conference; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 09-10 December 2023.
  • Oral presentation: Burden and environmental determinants of cutaneous leishmaniasis in underserved rural communities in Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia; 3rd African Graduate Students Conference; Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 09-10 June 2023.
  • Oral presentation: Prevalence of Leishmania RNA virus in Leishmania parasites in patients with tegumentary leishmaniasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis; 11th Annual Science Conference; Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 24-25 March 2022.
  • Poster: Understanding differences in clinical presentations of cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic disease focus; Immuno-Ethiopia 2020, Neglected Tropical Diseases and Malaria Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 23-29 February 2020.
  • Oral presentation: Host and parasite factors determine the different clinical presentations of cutaneous leishmaniasis; Amhara Public Health Institute-Imperial College London Leishmania Symposium; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 13-17 January 2019.
  • Oral presentation: Visceral leishmaniasis patients display altered composition and maturity of neutrophils as well as impaired neutrophil effector functions; 1st annual research conference of Amhara Public Health Institute; Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 7-9 June 2018. 
  • Oral presentation: Visceral leishmaniasis Patients display high inflammation and high neutrophil activation; 1st National Research Conference of Mecha Demographic Surveillance and Field Research Center; Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; 23-24 February 2018.
  • Oral presentation: Incidence of human rabies virus exposure in Northwestern Amhara, Ethiopia; 29th annual conference of the Ethiopian Public Health Association; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 26-28 February 2018.
  • Oral presentation: Visceral Leishmaniasis Patients Display Altered Composition and Maturity of Neutrophils as well as Impaired Neutrophil Effector Functions; 10th African Congress of Immunology; Immunology for a Healthy Africa, Hammamet, Tunisia; 3-7 December 2017. 

Postgraduate students' -ship

  • Advised 1 M.Sc. students in regular and In-service programs. 
  • currently co-advising 2 PhD students in Health Biotechnology.

Research project as PI, Co-PI and advisor 

  • PI: Immuno-hematological markers and Level of control of patients with bronchial asthma at Hospitals of North-west Ethiopia. Funded by the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University 
  • CPI: First line antiretroviral treatment failure and associated factors among people living with HIV in northwest Ethiopia. Funded by the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University 
  • CPI: Pharyngeal colonization and drug resistance profiles of Morraxella catarrrhalis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, and Haemophilus influenzae among HIV infected children attending ART Clinic of Felegehiwot Referral Hospital, Ethiopia. Funded by the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University 
  • References 
  • Professor Endalakachew Nibret: Department of Biology and Institute of Biotechnology, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. E-mail: endtg2002@yahoo.com. Professor of Biomedical Sciences. 
  • Pascale Kropf (Emeritus Reader), Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College, London, Uk. E-mail: p.kropf@imperial.ac.uk. Emeritus Reader of Immunology. 
  • Dr.Abaineh Munshea, Department of Biology and Institute of Biotechnology, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. E-mail: abitew2003@yahoo.com. Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences