I am an early career researcher currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW. I am also a project manager for the Ageing in Prison Longitudinal Study (A-PLUS) looking at health and frailty trajectories of justice-involved older adults. I have a unique combination of strong industry experience in the non-profit sector and emerging research capability in public health centred on addressing health inequity among priority population including justice-involved older adults, people with intellectual disability and those living with HIV/AIDS.
My extensive experience in the non-profit sector spanned from health services and health systems program management to operational research, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, overseeing health grants (projects valued at AUD $69 million) and evaluation of health and nutrition services.
My research interests are ageing and justice health, palliative care and intellectual disability, health equity, intellectual disability and the criminal justice system, integrated care, and community health services.
My Grants
Research Projects
1. NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohorts Study ($2,907,874.25, Associate Investigator): The Ageing in Prison Longitudinal Study (A-PLUS): health and frailty trajectories of older people in prison (2024-2029).
2. School of Population Health Seed Grants 2024 ($5,000, Lead Investigator): From complexity to clarity: developing a conceptual model of care for an optimal primary health care delivery to older incarcerated adults in NSW prisons (2024).
3. Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care ($1,140,915, Associate Investigator): Improving palliative care for people with intellectual disability (2021-2024).
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My Qualifications
Bachelor of Public Health (BSc), Alemaya University, Ethiopia
Master of Public Health (MPH), University of Gondar, Ethiopia
Master of Science in International Health (MScIH), University of Heidelberg, Germany
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Public Health), University of New South Wales, Australia
My Awards
Scientia PhD Scholarship, Australia (2018-2022)
Scholarship for Master of Science in International Health, Germany (2008-2009)
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My Research Activities
Current projects
1. NHMRC Clinical Trials and Cohorts Study ($2,907,874.25, Associate Investigator): The Ageing in Prison Longitudinal Study (A-PLUS): health and frailty trajectories of older people in prison (2024-2029).
2. School of Population Health Seed Grants 2024 ($5,000, Lead Investigator): From complexity to clarity: developing a conceptual model of care for an optimal primary health care delivery to older incarcerated adults in NSW prisons (2024).
Past projects
1. Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care ($1,140,915, Associate Investigator): Improving palliative care for people with intellectual disability (2021-2024).
My Teaching
Current/Planned
CRIM3022 - Public Health and Corrections (Elective)
Past
Measuring Personality (Tutorial)
Ethics in Public Health (Tutorial)
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