Tilahun Asena

To leverage my technical skills and deliver professional services to customers while applying and enhancing my knowledge in a challenging and motivating work environment.

• Ethiopian Biometric Society (EBS)-President
• Ethiopian Statistical Association (ESA)-Member
• International Statistical Institute (ISI)-Member
• International Biometrical Society (IBS)-Member
• International Union for Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)-Member

• Assessing the Prevalence of High-burden STIs Among Young South African Women" by Maphumulo, Ntombikhona F.; Gokul, Anmol; Mthembu, Asiphe N.; Adida, Joyce; Sampath, Pavithra; Pramchand, Ishq; Asena, Tilahun; Pillay, Kameni; Ramsuran, Veron, has been successfully submitted online and is presently being given full consideration for publication in Immunity, Inflammation and Disease. Under review
• Evaluation of Syphilis Detection Methods Among Patients from a Tertiary Care Referral Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study. Asiphe N. Mthembu, Ishq Pramchand, Tilahun Ferede, Ravesh Singh and Veron Ramsuran. Under Review
• Naidoo, A., Ferede, T., Naidoo, K., Wasmann, R., Denti, P., Dooley, K. and Ramsuran, V. (2025), A preliminary analysis of the impact of pharmacogenetic variation on bictegravir and dolutegravir concentrations in individuals with HIV and tuberculosis. Br J Clin Pharmacol, 91: 11-12. https://doi.org/10.1002/bcp.70215
• Dawit MG., Tilahun FA., and Meseret MA.(2024). Transiency and Prediction of Confirmed Cases of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ethiopia using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Models..JESA 31,15, 2024 (1)-50-64.
• Steinmetz, JD., KM Seeher, N Schiess, E Nichols,TF, Asena., et'al. Global, regional, and national burden of disorders affecting the nervous system, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Neurol 2024; 23: 344–81, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(24)00038-3
• Markos D, Asena TF, Alemayehu MM, (2023) Trend Analysis and Prediction of the Spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ethiopia Using Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average Models, Ander Review on BMC Medical Research Methodology, Manuscript ID: 496cf718-5617-4577-8f65-9be1c1bcb755 v1.0
• Tessema T, Asena TF, Alemayehu MM, Wube AM (2022) Risk factors for neonatal hypothermia at Arba Minch General Hospital, Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 17(12): e0267868. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267868
• Merera, A., Asena, T. & Senbeta, M. (2022). Bayesian multilevel analysis of determinants of acute respiratory infection in children under the age of five years in Ethiopia. BMC Pediatr 22, 123 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03187-4
• Asena, T.&Goshu, A. (2017). Comparison of Sojourn Time Distributions in Modeling HIV/AIDS Disease Progression. Biometrical Letters, 54(2), pp. 155-174.
• Bedane, A.S.,Asena, T.F.,Shamenna, A.T., &Abshoko, A.D. (2016). Variations in Under five child mortalities among regional States of Ethiopia: A Multi-Level Modelling Approach British Journal of Applied Science & Techneology, 15(2).
• Teni, D.A., &Asena, T.F. (2015). Modeling of AIDS Disease, Associated Risk Factors and Mortality in GamoGofa Zone, Ethiopia. World journal of medical Science. 12(4):424-43 2015. 1817-3055
• Asena, T.F., & Teni, D.A. (2015). Bayesian Semi parametric Regression Analysis of Childhood Malnutrition in Gamo Gofa Zone: The Social and Economic Impact of Child Under nutrition, American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics.4(4), 2015, pp.269-276.
• Asena, T.F. (2013). Multilevel Modeling of Modern Contraceptive Use among Rural and Urban Population of Ethiopia, American J. of Mathematics and Statistics, 3(1), 2013.

• Modeling Evolution of HIV/AIDS Disease Progression: A Parametric Semi-Markov Model with interval Censuring paper presented at 6thAnnual Science Conference, Bahir Dar University, from 16-17 February, 2018.
• Estimating disease progression using Semi Markov Models paper presented at 61st ISI World Statistics Congress from 16-21 July 2017. (WSC) – ISI2017 that takes place in Marrakech, Morocco.
• Enhancing Science, Technology and Innovation for Quality Education, Food Security and National Development. The Third National Research Conference of Mettu University from May 20-21, 2016.
• Bayesian Semi-parametric regression Models of Childhood Malnutrition in Gamo Gofa Zone: -The Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition on the 3rd. Annual Science Conference (ASC 2015) Organized by the Collage of Science, Bahir Dar University from 24-25 April 2015.
• National workshop on Experimental design and training on R Statistical Software from March 25-29, 2013, Jimma University VLIR-UOS supported by North-South Project in statistical research planning with contribution from Jimma University (Ethiopia). University of Gent & Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), Universidad Nacional Agraria LaMolina (Peru), Universidad de Cuenca (Ecuador).
• A national Conference on “Philosophy and Excellence in Science”: What is Science for? 1st Annual Science Conference (ASC 2013) from31st -1st June, 2013 organized by the collage of Science, Bahir Dar University (Ethiopia)