Alemneh Liyew
PhD Candidate; Research Assistant
BSc, MPH
alemneh.liyew@thekids.org.au
+61 426 662 129
Mr. Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew is a current Ph.D. student at Curtin University. He is also a research assistant casual staff at The Kids Research Institute Australia. Alemneh was previously working as a lecturer at the College of Medicine and health sciences, University of Gondar in his home country Ethiopia. He recently completed his MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics and his BSc in Public health both at University of Gondar.
Alemneh’s Ph.D. thesis focuses on mapping the past, present, and future burden of tuberculosis and multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis in Africa. He plans to investigate the past and current burden of TB by applying different methods of spatial epidemiology and he will also forecast how the future of Africa will be affected by this old lethal infectious disease.