Prof. Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel
Regulatory Affairs and Incubation Hub Lead-
Prof. Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel Mulate , MD, M.Sc., PhD, is currently works at the Department of the Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology at the Addis Ababa University (AAU) School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences. She is a consultant Medical Specialist (Medical Microbiologist) and has 20 years of experience in teaching, research, and mentoring. After serving as a general practitioner in several Hospitals in the country, she did her M.Sc. and later her PhD in Medical Microbiology. She has supervised/ mentored more than 70 graduate students in MSc and PhD programs at Addis Ababa University. She has a diverse background in infectious disease research, mainly focusing on the diagnosis of infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, including tuberculosis and has published more than 65 peer reviewed articles and numerous abstracts. She has received several certificates of appreciations and recognitions. She was awarded the best female research at AAU in 2016. She has served as Head of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology for two terms. She has contributed to the capacity building of research ethics review at Institutional and National level as well as other African countries. She has served as Executive Board member of Pan-African Bioethics Initiative (PABIN) and coordinator for the PABIN/SIDCER Ethics Committee recognition program and has led Ethics Committee performance assessment surveys in several countries in Africa. She serves in National and International Advisory Boards and various committees. She was the Chair of the Institutional Review Board of College of Health Sciences for five years, and currently is the Co-Chair of the IRB of the College of Health Sciences at AAU, including the research ethics committee at the Armauer Hansen Research Institute(AHRI). She is involved in several international collaborative researches, among which is the CDT-Africa and currently is Lead of the incubation hub of the center. She is a fellow and Executive Board member of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences.