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Associate Professor and Postdoctoral Researcher
Mycobacteriology Research Center, Jimma University, Ethiopia
Email: mulualem.tadesse@ju.edu.et
VALIDATE Role:
Network Associate
Research Keywords:
Infectious Diseases, Tuberculosis, Diagnostics, Genomics, Antimicrobial Resistance
Biography:
Dr. Mulualem Tadesse, who is currently working as Associate Professor at Jimma University, has studied his BSc degree at Addis Ababa University and his MSc degree at Jimma University. In June 2018, he has successfully defended his PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Antwerp in Belgium. In 2020, Dr. Mulualem has been selected for one-year Clinical Research and Development Fellowship (WHO/TDR) and worked with Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Mulualem is active member of research group at the Mycobacteriology Research Center of Jimma University. He has more than ten years of experience related to TB research focusing on TB diagnostic evaluation, validation and optimization and genomics. Dr. Mulualem has published more than 28 articles in peer reviewed international journals. He is also associate professor at Jimma University and effective at teaching and guiding postgraduate and undergraduate students at the level of project development, study design and set up, laboratory experiments, study analyses and writing.
Related Websites:
ResearchGate
Mycobacteriology Research Center - Jimma University
Key Publications:
- Tadesse M, Abebe G, Bekele A, Bezabih M, Yilma D, Apers L, Jong BC, Rigouts L. Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A diagnostic evaluation study. Clin Microbiol Infect2019 Aug;25(8):1000-1005. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.12.018.
- Tadesse M, Abebe G, Bekele A, Bezabih M, Rijk PD, Meehan CJ, Jong BD, Rigouts L. The predominance of Ethiopian specific M. tuberculosis families and minimal contribution of Mycobacterium bovis in TB lymphadenitis patients in Southwest Ethiopia. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2017; 55; 251–259.
- Abebe G, Abdissa K, Abdella K, Tadesse M, Worku A, Ameni G. Spoligotype‐based population structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the Jimma Zone, southwest Ethiopia. Microbiology Open. 2018;e74 4.
- Tadesse M, Aragaw D, Rigouts L, Abebe G. Increased detection of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis by GeneXpert MTB/RIF® assay after bleach-concentration. International Journal of Mycobacteriology. 2016; 5:211-218.
- Tadesse M, Aragaw D, Dimah B, Efa F, Abdella K, Kebede W, Abdissa K, Abebe G. Drug resistance-conferring mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Southwest Ethiopia. Int. J. Mycobacteriology. 2016; 5: 185-191.
- Tadesse M, Abebe G, Abdissa K, Aragaw D, Abdella K, Bekele A, Bezabih M, Apers L, Jong B, Rigouts L. GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis on concentrated fine needle aspirates in high TB burden setting. PLOS ONE. 2015; 10(9).
- Tadesse M, Abebe G, Abdissa K , Bekele A, Bezabih M, Apers L, Colebunders R , Rigouts L. Concentration of lymph node aspirate improves the sensitivity of acid fast smear microscopy for the diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis in Jimma, Southwest Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2014; 3:9(9).
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