EPHI-IRB

Dr. Aregash Samuel is a lead researcher in the Ethiopian Public Health Institute’s (EPHI) nutrition, environmental health, and non-communicable diseases research directorate. She also serves as the coordinator for the National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) project. In this capacity, she is responsible for coordinating the ongoing nutrition-related projects at EPHI. Dr. Aregash has been working in different positions at EPHI, including director, deputy director, and team leader in the same directorate. She has also participated in different research activities as a principal investigator (PI) and co-PI and authored and co-authored scientific papers. She is also vice chair of the institutional review board (IRB) of EPHI. She is also a member of the Woldia University board. She has been supervising several M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in nutrition-related fields. Currently, Dr. Aregash is also actively engaged in a number of projects, including executing the National Food and Nutrition Baseline Survey 2021. Dr. Aregash has a Ph.D. in Nutrition and Health Sciences from Wageningen University and Research (WUR), the Netherlands, and a Master’s degree in Food Science and Nutrition from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India.