Mr Yibeltal Siraneh lectures undergraduate and post-graduate students, doing research/innovation activities along with providing community services. He is a staff member of the Department of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Public Health, at Jimma University. Currently, he is an assistant professor of Health Service Management (HSM), and PhD fellow with the financial support of John Hopkins University, United States, and Jimma University, specialisation in Health Communication and Health Behaviour. His professional background includes being a health officer employed at Jimma University since 2014. He holds a Master of Public Health (MPH). In addition to his academic activities, he is working as a reform and academic quality assurance coordinator, coordinator of IPAS-Ethiopia Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) project, and managing editor of Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences.
Project/Research experience
- HoARILab.Youth spark innovation grant winner of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) grant in 2016 (Co-Innovator)
- Sexual and reproductive health services project, HAPCCO, in 2014-2016 (Principal Investigator)
- Maternal and child health: implication to SDG Mega-project funded from JU, in 2016 - (Principal Investigator for HPC study)
- Outcome and determinants of safe 2nd TM medical abortion supported by University of Michigan-USA, 2015-2016 (Principal Investigator)
- KOFIH-JU-JZHD project on maternal and child health as a consultant for BCC/educational material development and radio program script/audio content preparation, 2016/17 (Coordinator, Principal Investigator)
- Innovative project “Hello Doctor! Program: Phone based maternal and child health services” funded by Grand challenge Ethiopia/FMoH (Principal Investigator)
- Innovative community based newborn and infant caring practice to improve EBF using positive deviance approach in Jimma Town: Community based Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial: Funded by iifphc-Ethiopia in collaboration with John Hopkins University, USA
- Kangaro Mother care implementation research project-PI and Clinical fellow-Supported by centre for EEBHC-Joanna Brings Institute (JBI), Australia
- Model support system for street children in Jimma Town community service project-Supported by JU (Private Investigator)
- Designing metaphor-based message to improve youth health in Ethiopia, with full financial support of Wayne state University, USA (Co-Principal Investigator, Pilot Research Project)
- Documenting knowledge, attitudes and practices on sexual and reproductive health among university students; The case of Jimma, Arsi, Dire-dewa University and Dilla university, supported by IPAS-Ethiopia (NGO) (Co-Principal Investigator)
- Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator of two mega research projects supported by JUIH namely (Implementation status of citizen charter in JUMC, and Violence against children in Jimma town secondary school)
- The effect of mobile phone based communication and follow up on uptake of MH uptake: Paired cluster RCT study—funded by iifphc-Ethiopia in collaboration with John Hopkins University, USA
- Advising postgraduate and undergraduate students thesis work
Publication experience
- 7 contributions to conference proceedings at Jimma University, Arba Minch University, and Mekelle University, organised by the University of Michigan (USA) international conference, EPHA and EPHI after presenting at those national and international research conferences.
- Currently he has 24 published articles, 4 in press and 8 in the manuscript preparation stage.
