Dr Woldesenbet, Selamawit

Dr Selamawit Woldesenbet completed her Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Columbia University (US), and a PhD in Public Health (major epidemiology) at the University of the Western Cape. She is currently an Epidemiologist at the Centre for HIV & STIs at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Her work focuses on the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT), paediatrics HIV, and maternal and child health. Her work leverages on large datasets, including surveys and routinely collected programme data to track outcomes of people living with HIV. Woldesenbet has expertise in complex sample survey and longitudinal data analysis methods. She holds an honorary lecturer position at the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Public Health, where she supervises Master’s students. She has over 12 years of research experience and has authored/co-authored several peer reviewed journal articles including in JAIDS, AIDS, HIV medicine, Scientific Reports, and International Journal of Infectious Diseases.