Location: CDT- Africa InnoCafe, CHS, AAU, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  

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Profile: Dr. Mekdes Demissie is a mental health epidemiologist and clinician from Ethiopia. Mekdes is a faculty member of Haramaya University and a post-doctoral fellow at CDT-Africa. As part of her post-doctoral work, Mekdes is involved in a clustered randomized trial of the WHO Caregiver Skills Training to SuPport African communities to increase the Resilience and mental health of Kids with developmental disabilities and their caregivers (SPARK) in Kenya and Ethiopia.

Areas of Expertise:Development /adaptation and evaluation of complex interventions to improve outcomes of people with mental health conditions in low- and middle-income countries.

Academic Background: BSc in Nursing from University of Gonder, Ethiopia; MSc in integrated clinical and community mental health from Jima University, Ethiopia; PhD in Mental Health Epidemiology from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia 

Current Position: Dr. Mekdes is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at CDT-Africa, Addis Ababa University and staff of Haramaya University.  

Publications: Dr. Mekdes’s publications list can be found below:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mekdes-Demissie

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/mekdes.demissie.1/bibliography/public/