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PhD Public Health | food & nutrition | 10+ Years | Maternal & Child Nutrition | STATA, SPSS, NVivo & Atlas ti.

Profile Summary

PhD public health researcher with 15+ years delivering high-impact nutrition and food security projects across Ethiopia and Australia. I specialise in transforming complex health data into evidence-based policy recommendations and actionable community interventions. What I deliver for clients: ⦁ Research design and implementation: Mixed-methods studies and systematic reviews ⦁ Data analysis: Advanced statistical analysis (STATA, SPSS, R) and qualitative analysis (NVivo, Atlas.ti) ⦁ Policy translation: Accessible report writing, clear policy briefs, and implementation strategies ⦁ Grant Writing: Successfully secured 5+ competitive research grants as PI/Co-I Specialised expertise: ⦁ Maternal and child nutrition interventions ⦁ Food security and social protection programs ⦁ Climate change health impacts ⦁ Indigenous food systems and community-based research ⦁ Implementation science using frameworks like Normalisation Process Theory and others.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Health Data Analysis
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Environmental Policy
• ☆ Environmental Health
• ☆ Nutrition Science
• ☆ Nutritional Analysis
• ☆ Demography
• ☆ Public Health
• ☆ Epidemiology
• ☆ Emergency Preparedness
• ☆ Food Security
• ☆ Poverty Alleviation
• ☆ Disaster Relief
• ☆ Global Health
• ☆ Disease Control And Prevention
• ☆ Community Health Services
• ☆ Foodborne Disease
• ☆ Hypothesis
• ☆ Peer Review
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Survey Design & Methodology
• ☆ Literature Search
• ☆ Gap Analysis
• ☆ Gray Literature Search
• ☆ Medical Writing
• ☆ Medical Content Writing
• ☆ Research Summaries & Abstracts
• ☆ Literature Review
• ☆ Traditional/Narrative Literature Review
• ☆ Systematic Literature Review

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Medical Writing, Technical Writing

Research Feasibility Study, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Healthcare Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Big Data Analytics

Work Experience

Casual Reseach Fellow

Deakin University

July 2023 - Present

Research Fellow

Monash University

June 2023 - Present

Education

PhD (Exercise and Nutrition Science)

Deakin University

May 2019 - June 2023

Certifications

• PhD

  Deakin University

  May 2019 - June 2023

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Asnake Ararsa Irenso, Miaobing Zheng, Karen J. Campbell, Dan Chamberlain, Rachel Laws (2023). The influence of household structure and composition on the introduction of solid, semisolid and soft foods among children aged 6–8 months: An analysis based on Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys . Maternal & Child Nutrition.

Irenso, A.A., Zheng, M., Campbell, K.J., Chamberlain, D., Laws, R.(2023). The influence of household structure and composition on the introduction of solid, semisolid and soft foods among children aged 6–8 months: An analysis based on Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys . Maternal and Child Nutrition. 19. (1).

Irenso AA, Zheng M, Campbell KJ, Chamberlain D, Laws R(2022). The influence of household structure and composition on the introduction of solid, semisolid and soft foods among children aged 6-8 months: An analysis based on Ethiopia Demographic and Health Surveys . Maternal & child nutrition.

Asnake Ararsa Irenso, Shiferaw Letta, Addisu S. Chemeda, Abiyot Asfaw, Gudina Egata, Nega Assefa, Karen J. Campbell, Rachel Laws (2022). Maternal Time Use Drives Suboptimal Complementary Feeding Practices in the El Niño-Affected Eastern Ethiopia Community . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Asnake Ararsa Irenso, Shiferaw Letta, Addisu S. Chemeda, Abiyot Asfaw, Gudina Egata, Nega Assefa, Karen J. Campbell, Rachel Laws (2022). Maternal Time Use Drives Suboptimal Complementary Feeding Practices in the El Niño-Affected Eastern Ethiopia Community . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Irenso, A.A., Chamberlain, D., Zheng, M., Campbell, K.J., Laws, R.(2022). The role of household structure and composition in influencing complementary feeding practices in Ethiopia . Nutrients. 14. (1).

Irenso, A.A., Letta, S., Chemeda, A.S., Asfaw, A., Egata, G., Assefa, N., Campbell, K.J., Laws, R.(2022). Maternal Time Use Drives Suboptimal Complementary Feeding Practices in the El Niño-Affected Eastern Ethiopia Community . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19. (7).

Asnake Ararsa Irenso, Dan Chamberlain, Miaobing Zheng, Karen J. Campbell, Rachel Laws (2021). The Role of Household Structure and Composition in Influencing Complementary Feeding Practices in Ethiopia . Nutrients.

Asnake Ararsa Irenso, Dan Chamberlain, Miaobing Zheng, Karen J. Campbell, Rachel Laws (2021). The Role of Household Structure and Composition in Influencing Complementary Feeding Practices in Ethiopia . Nutrients.

Asnake Ararsa Irenso, Shiferaw Letta, Addisu S. Chemeda, Abiyot Asfaw, Gudina Egata, Nega Assefa, Karen J. Campbell, Rachel Laws (2021). The Facilitators and Barriers of Adopting Amylase-Rich Flour to Enhance Complementary Foods in the Kersa District Community of Eastern Ethiopia . Nutrients.

Irenso AA, Letta S, Chemeda AS, Asfaw A, Egata G, Assefa N, Campbell KJ, Laws R(2021). The Facilitators and Barriers of Adopting Amylase-Rich Flour to Enhance Complementary Foods in the Kersa District Community of Eastern Ethiopia . Nutrients.

Irenso, A.A., Letta, S., Chemeda, A.S., Asfaw, A., Egata, G., Assefa, N., Campbell, K.J., Laws, R.(2021). The facilitators and barriers of adopting amylase‐rich flour to enhance complementary foods in the kersa district community of eastern ethiopia . Nutrients. 13. (3). p. 1-15.

Tosisa, W., Mihret, A., Ararsa, A., Eguale, T., Abebe, T.(2020). Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella and Shigella species isolated from diarrheic children in Ambo town . BMC Pediatrics. 20. (1).

Irenso, A.A., Dessie, Y., Berhane, Y., Assefa, N., Canavan, C.R., Fawzi, W.W.(2020). Prevalence and predictors of adolescent linear growth and stunting across the urban–rural gradient in eastern Ethiopia . Tropical Medicine and International Health. 25. (1). p. 101-110.

Roba HS, Beyene AS, Irenso AA, Gebremichael B(2019). Prevalence of lifetime substances use among students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis . Systematic reviews.

Irenso AA, Dessie Y, Berhane Y, Assefa N, Canavan CR, Fawzi WW(2019). Prevalence and predictors of adolescent linear growth and stunting across the urban-rural gradient in eastern Ethiopia . Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH.

Roba, H.S., Beyene, A.S., Irenso, A.A., Gebremichael, B.(2019). Prevalence of lifetime substances use among students in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis . Systematic Reviews. 8. (1).

Irenso AA, Atomsa GE(2018). Implications of Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Programme on household dietary diversity and women's body mass index: a cross-sectional study . Food & nutrition research.

GBD 2017 Population and Fertility Collaborators(2018). Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 . Lancet (London, England).

Irenso, A.A., Atomsa, G.E.(2018). Implications of ethiopian productive safety net programme on household dietary diversity and women’s body mass index: A cross-sectional study . Food and Nutrition Research. 62.

Murray, C.J.L., Callender, C.S.K.H., Kulikoff, X.R., Srinivasan, V., Abate, D., Abate, K.H., Abay, S.M., Abbasi, N., Abbastabar, H., Abdela, J., et al.(2018). Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 . The Lancet. 392. (10159). p. 1995-2051.

GBD 2016 Mortality Collaborators(2017). Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 . Lancet (London, England).

GBD 2016 Causes of Death Collaborators(2017). Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 . Lancet (London, England).

GBD 2015 Healthcare Access and Quality Collaborators. Electronic address: cjlm@uw.edu, GBD 2015 Healthcare Access and Quality Collaborators(2017). Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 . Lancet (London, England).

Wang, H., Abajobir, A.A., Abate, K.H., Abbafati, C., Abbas, K.M., Abd-Allah, F., Abera, S.F., Abraha, H.N., Abu-Raddad, L.J., Abu-Rmeileh, N.M.E., et al.(2017). Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 . The Lancet. 390. (10100). p. 1084-1150.

Barber, R.M., Fullman, N., Sorensen, R.J.D., Bollyky, T., McKee, M., Nolte, E., Abajobir, A.A., Abate, K.H., Abbafati, C., Abbas, K.M., et al.(2017). Healthcare access and quality index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2015: A novel analysis from the global burden of disease study 2015 . The Lancet. 390. (10091). p. 231-266.

Naghavi, M., Abajobir, A.A., Abbafati, C., Abbas, K.M., Abd-Allah, F., Abera, S.F., Aboyans, V., Adetokunboh, O., Ärnlöv, J., Afshin, A., et al.(2017). Global, regional, and national age-sex specifc mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 . The Lancet. 390. (10100). p. 1151-1210.