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Mitiku Hambisa

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Senior Research Associate, UNSW Sydney

Dr Mitiku Hambisa is an Epidemiologist and Public Health expert. He holds a senior research associate position at the University of New South Wales and a conjoint research fellow at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA). He completed his PhD in Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics from the University of Newcastle, Australia and a Master of Public Health Degree (MPH) in Epidemiology from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Mitiku is also an Associate Investigator at UNSW Ageing Futures Institute. Dr Hambisa has established expertise in public health research and has been a long-time lecturer on epidemiology, research methodology in health and medicine, infectious disease control, and other public health courses in Ethiopia.

Dr Hambisa researches healthy ageing, health and working life expectancies, age-related diseases, older people's health services utilisation, social determinants of health and health inequalities, and mother-to-child HIV/AIDS prevention, primarily using longitudinal data, statistical, and life course epidemiology approaches. He also uses qualitative research methods to investigate issues related to a multigenerational workplace in an ageing workforce.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Senior Research Associate, UNSW Sydney
  • 2022–present
    Associate Investigator, UNSW Ageing Futures Institute
  • 2022–present
    Postdoctoral fellow conjoint, Neuroscience Research Australia: Randwick, Sydney, NSW, AU
  • 2018–2022
    PhD Candidate/Researcher, The University of Newcastle, Australia
  • 2017–2018
    Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Haramaya Univerity, Ethiopia
  • 2012–2017
    Lecturer, Haramaya Univerity, Ethiopia
  • 2008–2012
    Assistant lecturer, Haramaya Univerity, Ethiopia

Education

  • 2022 
    The University of Newcastle, Australia, PhD, Clinical epidemiology and Medical Statistcs
  • 2017 
    Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education Teaching, Haramaya Univesity, Ethiopia
  • 2012 
    Master's of Public Health, Epidemiology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
  • 2007 
    Bachelor of Public Health, Jimma University Ethiopia

Publications

  • 2023
    Gender, education, and cohort differences in healthy working life expectancy at age 50 years in Australia: a longitudinal analysis, Lancet Public Health
  • 2022
    A longitudinal analysis of factors associated with age-related cataract among older Australian women: a cohort study of 7851 older Australian women 79–90 years, Irish Journal of Medical Science
  • 2022
    Understanding the relationship between eye disease and driving in very old Australian women: a longitudinal thematic evaluation, BMC Ophthalmology
  • 2022
    Application of Andersen–Newman model to assess cataract surgery uptake among older Australian women: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH), Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • 2021
    Predictors of driving among older Australian women from 2002 to 2011: A longitudinal analysis of Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health based on the World Health Organization’s Healthy Ageing Framework, ournal of Transport & Health
  • 2021
    Predictors of driving among oldest-old Australian women based on World Health Organization approach to Healthy Ageing, Journal of Women and Aging
  • 2014
    Substance Use and Associated Factors among University Students in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study, Journal of Addiction

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Association of Gerontology
  • International Epidemiological Association (IEA)
  • the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study network collaborator
  • Public Health Association of Ethiopia