Ayalnesh Yalew

Ayalnesh Yalew is an assistant professor at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) in Ethiopia. She recently completed her doctorate in reproductive health from the Pan African University, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Ayalnesh is an African Presidential 2024 Winter Fellow at the University of Michigan. Her distinguished career includes receiving the Best Lecturer and Researcher of the Year award in 2016 from Mekelle University. She has served as a member and principal researcher at the Kilite Awulalo Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS) at Mekelle University and continues her work as a senior research team member at SPHMMC HDSS. Additionally, she has held the position of director of the Nursing Education Directorate at SPHMMC. Ayalnesh’s research interest include public health economics, digital solutions, women’s health and empowerment, forced displacement, adolescent health, sexual and reproductive health, infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and population and fertility issues.