Meet The Team
Nega Berhe Belay (MD, PhD)
Associate Professor in Infectious Disease
He is an Associate Professor in Infectious Disease at Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University. He is an affiliate member of the Centre for Imported and Tropical Disease, Oslo University Hospital, Norway and Vestfold Hospital Norway. Over the past decade, his research interest has been mainly hepatitis B. He is a co-founder and current chairman of EtNoHep, and co-principal investigator and local coordinator of Hepatitis B research undertakings in Ethiopia funded by Imperial College, London and Norwegian Research Council. He is a member of HEPSANET, a scientific network of hepatitis B cohorts in Africa.
Hailemichael Desalegn
Internist and Consultant Gastroenterologist
He is an Internist and Consultant Gastroenterologist with a rank of Professor in Internal Medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa. Currently, he is a post-doc student at Vestfold Hospital Norway. Over the past decade, his research interest has been mainly hepatitis B. He is a co-founder and board member of EtNoHep, and co-principal investigator of Hepatitis B research undertakings in Ethiopia funded by Imperial College, London and Norwegian Research Council. He is a member of HEPSANET, a scientific network of hepatitis B cohorts in Africa.
Asgeir Johannessen (MD, PhD)
Deputy director at Centre for Global Health
A deputy director at Centre for Global Health, University of Oslo and senior consultant at Department of Infectious Diseases, Vestfold Hospital. Over the past decade his research interest has been mainly hepatitis B. He is a co-founder of EtNoHep, and is the current coordinator of HEPSANET, a scientific network of hepatitis B cohorts in Africa.
Hiwot Beyene (MD, MPH)
consultant internist
A consultant internist and currently an infectious disease fellow at Addis Ababa University College of health science. She is board member of EtNoHep, and collaborating researcher in Hepatitis B research undertakings in Ethiopia