Addis Ababa University
Tesera Bitew is an assistant professor (PhD) in Mental Health Epidemiology at Addis Ababa University (AAU), Ethiopia. He holds a Masters degree in Counselling Psychology from AAU. Currently, he is a post-doctoral fellow at AAU funded by the African Mental Health Research Initiative (AMARI).
His main research interests are in the areas of perinatal depression, maternal behavioural medicine (maternal health psychology) and perinatal outcomes. Tesera’s research experiences are mainly related to maternal mental health aimed to investigate the impact of antenatal depression on maternal healthcare utilisation and perinatal complications. He also has research experience in the areas of HIV risk behaviours and behaviours affecting academia, as well as teaching and community services experience.
Tesera’s post-doctoral research is focusing on adaptation of culturally relevant psychosocial intervention for antenatal depression in low-income setting rural Ethiopia. Antenatal depression is a common public health challenge in low and middle income countries impacting perinatal outcomes in one in every five women, but no culturally relevant interventions for antenatal depression have been developed in such settings.
Supervisors:
Dr Charlotte Hanlon, Addis Ababa University & King’s College London
Prof Katherine Sorsdahl, University of Cape Town
Prof Bronwyn Myers, University of Cape Town
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