Contributions

Contributions to Teaching and Learning

• Focal Person for Teaching/Learning Methodology; trained 150 instructors (2004–2005)

• Developed:

  • 6 Lecture Notes

  • 3 Modules

  • 2 Textbooks

• Launched Environmental Health degree program

• Directed 12 student assessments; secured 40,000 Birr from Gondar Municipality

• Secured 350 cement bags from SIDA to build facilities

• Facilitated sanitation projects with AMREF support (1992–1997)

• Initiated:

  • Occupational Health and Safety degree program

  • Summer post-basic Environmental Health program

  • Partnerships with 25+ international institutions

Research & Grant Contributions

• Conducted research on sustainability of water & sanitation in rural Ethiopia (1992)

• Outputs:

  • 1 peer-reviewed paper

  • 150-slide presentation

  • 1 textbook

Transformative Community Services

• 450,000 Birr grant from British Red Cross for rural WASH (2006)

• Facilitated:

  • Multipurpose guesthouse (2010)

  • UoG Community School (2008–2014)

  • $9.1 million grant from University of Washington (2010)

  • Ophthalmology & Fistula Hospitals (2010)

  • ORBIS International support for equipment (2010)

  • Internal Medicine & Pediatrics buildings (2011)

  • Surgery & Gynecology hospital with Shah Alamudin support (2014)

  • Consultant for MCFSP (2023)

Leadership Contributions

• Chaired Campus Beautification Committee (2004)

• Initiated:

  • Public Health Institute (2004)

  • Virtual Global Health Leadership training (2008)

  • Clinical skills lab with University of Washington (2008)

  • New institute buildings and facilities (2006–2015)

  • Privilege for staff children to enroll at UoG (2010)

  • Residences for staff and management (2010)

  • UoG’s membership in Abay Bank and Insurance (2009)

  • University stadium and sports festivals (2008)

  • Laboratories, dormitories, libraries, etc. across campuses

  • Oxidation plant (2010)

  • Cable car at Maraki (2010)

  • Advanced ICT Infrastructure (2012)

  • MCF grant and large campus facilities (2014–2015)

  • Published autobiography and development exit report (2015)