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A/ProfKefyalew Alene

Associate Professor

Curtin School of Population Health

Orcid identifier0000-0002-1904-4682
  • Associate Professor
    Curtin School of Population Health
  • 086319 Ext.1034 (Work)
  • The Kids Research Institute Australia, 15 Hospital Avenue, Perth, WA, 6060, Australia

BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH IMPACT

Kefyalew is an infectious diseases epidemiologist with extensive research experience in tuberculosis and geospatial modelling. He is an Associated Professor at Curtin University, Head of the Geospatial and Tuberculosis Research Team at the Kids Research Institute, and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associated Professor
    Curtin University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Perth, Australia1 Jan 2025 - present
  • Head
    The Kids Research Institute Australia, Geospatial and Tuberculosis, Perth, Australia8 Dec 2022 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Australian National University, Canberra, Australia2016 - 2019
  • MPH
    University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia2010 - 2012
  • BSc
    University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia2006 - 2010

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Infectious disease modeling
    University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom7 Oct 2019 - 10 Jul 2020

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Higher Diploma Program in Teaching Methodology
    University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia18 Sep 2012 - 8 Jul 2013

ROLE

  • Staff

SUPERVISOR LEVEL

  • Level 1 (Primary Supervisor): The lead academic responsible for overseeing the candidate's research and progress.

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • 3202 - Clinical sciences
  • 3207 - Medical microbiology
  • 4202 - Epidemiology
  • 4206 - Public health

DEPARTMENT

  • Curtin School of Population Health