Speaker Profile

BIOGRAPHY

Abebe Genetu Bayih is the coordinator of local manufacturing of health commodities at Africa CDC. Prior to joining Africa CDC, he was the Africa Engagement Lead at Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). Abebe was also the Director General of the Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), Ethiopia. AHRI is the biomedical and clinical research agency of the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. In addition, Abebe was Associate Professor of Medical Parasitology at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia. He did his PhD in molecular microbiology on vaccine discovery at the University of Calgary, Canada. He also did postdoctoral research on antimalarial drug discovery. Abebe is a fellow of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Global Health Leadership Programme.