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Research Biography
Yohannes is public health and nutritional epidemiology trainee with a special interest in data management, analysis and interpretation of epidemiological and clinical studies. He has also intererest in methods in nutritonal and sleep epidemiology. Diet-disease relationship, dietary data analysis methods and causal inference in nutritional and sleep epidemiology are his focus of research.
Between January 2009 and July 2015, he worked at Mekelle University (Ethiopia), School of Public Health, at different academic and research positions. Between October 2013 and July 2015, he also led Kilite-Awlaelo Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KA-HDSS) and other research projects with the responsibility of supervising the overall project activities, designing field studies, and data management and analysis. He has been published in several peer-reviewed academic journals in the areas of epidemiology, nutrition and public health.
He earned his PhD in November 2018 from The University of Adelaide. In December 2019, he joined Flinders to advance his research in nutritional and sleep epidemiology.
Research Interests
Nutritional & sleep epidemiology, dietary & nutrient patterns, dietary inflammatory index and causal inference methods
Research Expertise
Biostatistics and nutritional & sleep epidemiology
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Adelaide
Jul 2015 → Jul 2018
Master of Science, Addis Continental Institute of Public Health
Jul 2014 → Jul 2018
Master of Science, Mekelle University
Jul 2010 → Jul 2012
Bachelor of Science, University of Gondar
Jan 2006 → Dec 2009
External positions
Research Associate, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute
Jan 2020 → Dec 2022Adjunct Fellow, University of Adelaide
Sep 2019 → Sep 2023Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where Yohannes Adama Melaku is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
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Research Output
A bi-directional association between weight change and health-related quality of life: evidence from the 11-year follow-up of 9916 community-dwelling adults
Sahle, B. W., Slewa-Younan, S., Melaku, Y. A., Ling, L. & Renzaho, A. M. N., 1 Jun 2020, In : Quality of Life Research. 29, 6, p. 1697-1706 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Association of Psychosocial Factors With Risk of Chronic Diseases: A Nationwide Longitudinal Study
Sahle, B. W., Chen, W., Melaku, Y. A., Akombi, B. J., Rawal, L. B. & Renzaho, A. M. N., Feb 2020, In : AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. 58, 2, p. e39-e50Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Nutrient patterns and depressive symptoms among Australian adults
Shakya, P. R., Melaku, Y. A., Page, A. J. & Gill, T. K., 23 Apr 2020, In : European Journal of Nutrition. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Association Between Childhood Behavioral Problems and Insomnia Symptoms in Adulthood
Melaku, Y. A., Appleton, S., Reynolds, A. C., Sweetman, A. M., Stevens, D. J., Lack, L. & Adams, R., 4 Sep 2019, In : JAMA network open. 2, 9, 17 p., e1910861.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Association between dietary patterns and adult depression symptoms based on principal component analysis, reduced-rank regression and partial least-squares
Shakya, P. R., Melaku, Y. A., Page, A. & Gill, T. K., 14 Dec 2019, In : CLINICAL NUTRITION. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Prizes
• Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence, The University of Adelaide
Melaku, Yohannes Adama (Recipient), Nov 2018
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