Ashenafi S Cherkos

fELLOW 2021

Ashenafi S Cherkos is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington. He is a former assistant professor of public health at Mekelle University, Ethiopia, where he taught epidemiology, biostatistics, and research methodology for undergraduate and graduate students. His main research interests involve maternal and child health, such as infectious diseases, nutritional disorders, growth and development, and health care utilization practices. His dissertation is on the effects of HIV and tuberculosis exposure and treatments on children's growth and development in developing countries. He earned an MPH from Mekelle University, Ethiopia, and an MPH/Epidemiology in maternal and child health at the University of Washington. Ashenafi will support SCOPE’s work with the Tesfa Program to better understand the Ethiopian Community’s experiences with COVID-19 in King County during the pandemic.  He will provide support for survey development and qualitative and quantitative data analysis for the program during his fellowship.