Gizachew Tessema, PhD
@Giz_tessema
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Associate Professor (T&R) @CurtinUni | @NHMRC Investigator Fellow | Co-head, Curtin Epidemiology Research Lab | Perinatal & Reprod Epidemiology. Views are mine
West Australia
Joined October 2011
Children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds were more likely to experience developmental vulnerability, especially in communication skills and general knowledge. #Meded #SoMe4PedSurg #Pediatrics #PublicHealth #ChildhoodDevelopment
https://t.co/QrAo5WR5kP
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In 24 LLMICs, under-five mortality reduction requires prioritizing breastfeeding promotion, maternal education, antenatal care, and other determinants. #Meded #SoMe4PedSurg #RiskFactors #AntenatalCare #Breastfeeding #UnderFiveMortality #Pediatrics
https://t.co/s8hzLDT03L
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"Conversely, people who had experienced recurrent pregnancy loss showed no increased risk of gestational diabetes but were 37 per cent more likely to develop pre-eclampsia, a potentially dangerous complication characterised by high blood pressure, in later pregnancies.
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"People who had experienced a miscarriage were 44 per cent more likely to develop gestational diabetes during later pregnancies but only 6 per cent more likely to develop high blood pressure in subsequent pregnancies." https://t.co/2wj83M6wFK
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Well done Dr Jennifer Dunne from #EpiResearchLab at Curtin University for leading this exciting study published by @eClinicalMed - a Lancet's family journal.
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GREAT paper! @MMBirhanu Keep the hard work!
The incidence of cardiovascular events in rural India was greater than expected. Both traditional & non-traditional risk factors contribute to CV events, targeted interventions on these factors could lower event rates. https://t.co/bebpaq2Hrb
@MonashUni @SCSMonash @DrAyseZ
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Well done PhD Candidate Bir Doj Rai from #epiresearchlab for publishing his scoping review https://t.co/kvXLWLUo4l
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Great opportunity
📢Postdoc Opportunity📢 Want to be part of a friendly, interdisciplinary team investigating #MentalHealth among children with #language and #reading difficulties? Apply now (applications close 9th February). Please share widely!
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Climate change could pose a big risk to Australians’ reproductive health with a new, large-scale #CurtinUniversity study revealing a possible link between extreme bioclimatic exposure during #pregnancy and #babies’ birthweights for gestational age:
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NEW RESEARCH: Critical Windows of Maternal Exposure to Biothermal Stress and Birth Weight for Gestational Age in Western Australia ➡️ https://t.co/VnqKRHQXc4
@SD_Nyadanu @GavinFPereira @Giz_Tessema @CurtinUni
ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: There is limited and inconsistent evidence on the risk of ambient temperature on small for gestational age (SGA) and there are no known related studies for large for gestational age...
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"Both weekly and monthly specific extreme biothermal stress exposures showed potential critical susceptible windows of SGA and LGA during late gestational periods with disproportionate sociodemographic vulnerabilities."
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Welcome Dr @SD_Nyadanu for your excellent paper in the esteemed Environmental Health Perspectives https://t.co/QIkOv8Rc54
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Exciting times ahead as we bring together EMCRs with a shared interest in South Asian migrant studies! Grateful for this wonderful team. Can't wait to delve into the rich complexities of our research. Here's to collaboration and meaningful discoveries @RobsInstitute @AdelaideSPH
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Excited and grateful to share that I have promoted to Associate Professor at @CurtinUni. Thank you for my amazing mentors, collaborators, PhD students, and the unwavering support from families and friends. #epiresearchlab
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It was indeed a fruitful and effective workshop and great fun meeting with you all. Thanks @drankursingh99 for organising a successful event.
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So delighted to have been awarded the 2023 Raine BrightSpark Research Prize for impact, innovation and significance of our research published @PLOSMedicine
https://t.co/FGtyT2TtMS
@CurtinUni @theCEFH
It was very exciting to lead this work along with stellar researchers @GavinFPereira @AnnetteKRegan #SiriHaberg #Mariamagnus @Jendunneq. @CurtinUni @CurtinMedia @RaineFoundation @nhmrc @Folkehelseinst @theCEFH #miscarriage #pregnancy #abortion #GroHarlem #Charterhallcollab
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For sub-Saharan African #epidemiology researchers! #MCR - worth applying.
📢 Calling all sub-Saharan African epidemiology researchers! Apply for our Meade Collaboration Travel Grants to spend up to three months at a research organisation in the UK. ✈️ 📅 Deadline: 6 December 👉 Find out more: https://t.co/Jq1xmLpJx5
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Bullets and artillery shells hitting very close to the famous St. Giorgis church at #Lalibela. @UNESCO should send a fact finding mission to investigate the damages and possible dangers to the sacred site. @elounasso @AAzoulay @mechtildrossler @JyotiHosagrahar
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It's heartbreaking to see innocent Amhara lives lost to lack of medicine, food, transportation, and vaccines. We urge global leaders to act NOW! 🌍 #AmharaGenocide #AidForAmhara #WarOnAmhara #AmharaUnderAttack @MikeHammerUSA @UN @bbc @cnn
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