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Mental health researcher and writer with 9+ experiance i health research and grant writing

Profile Summary

I am a dedicated Mental Health Specialist with over nine years of experience bridging clinical practice and advanced psychiatric research. My expertise is grounded in investigating the social and clinical determinants of mental health, with a prolific publication record focusing on schizophrenia spectrum disorders, treatment-seeking behaviors, and mental health literacy within the Ethiopian healthcare landscape. I possess a strong command of cross-sectional study designs, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses, evidenced by my contributions to high-impact journals such as Frontiers in Psychiatry and PLOS Mental Health. Beyond clinical psychiatry, my research extends into psychosocial academic determinants and maternal-fetal health, reflecting a holistic, multidisciplinary approach to behavioral science and public health consulting. A skilled grant writer specializing in nonprofit proposals and securing funding from major organizations like USAID and UNOCHA. Demonstrated success includes winning multi-million dollar grants such as a ~$2 million UNOCHA grant for integrated health programs and a $1 million USAID grant for food security initiatives. Proficient in developing comprehensive proposals, donor reporting, and program evaluations tailored for humanitarian efforts. Core skills include grant writing, content writing, and strategic program design, effectively applied to support impactful projects in varied sectors.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Higher Education
• ☆ Neurology
• ☆ Autism Spectrum Disorders
• ☆ Counseling & Mental Health Support
• ☆ Schizophrenia
• ☆ Psychiatry
• ☆ Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• ☆ Addiction Psychiatry

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Medical Writing, Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing

Research User Research, Meta-Research, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search

Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Operations Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Image Analysis, Data Visualization

Product Development Quality Assurance & Control (QA/QC), Concept Development

Work Experience

lecturer

Dilla University

- Present

Education

psychiatry professional (Psychiatry)

Dilla University

- Present

integrated clinical and community mental health (Psychiatry)

Jimma University

- Present

Certifications

• SENIOR Integrated Clinical and Community Mental Health Specialist

  City Administration of Addis Ababa Food and Drug Authority

  https://license.aafda.gov.et/QR-Data?licenseNumber=2025/AA/PROF/16208

  December 2025 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Yohanes Sime, Anteneh Gashaw, Zerihun Figa, Yonas Abebe, Abel Desalegn Demeke (2025). Knowledge and utilization of obstetric ultrasound and associated factors among pregnant mother in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis . The Ultrasound Journal.

Yohanes Sime, Chalachew Kassaw, Valeriia Demareva, Misrak Negash (2024). Psychosocial determinants of academic achievement in Ethiopian higher education students, 2024. Systematic review and meta-analysis . Heliyon.

Yohanes Sime, Anteneh Gashaw, Yayeh Adamu, Belete Destaw (2024). Determinants of meconium-stained amniotic fluid among laboring mother in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis . Frontiers in Global Women's Health.

Yohanes Sime, Gudeta Mideksa, Elias Tesfaye, Yimenu Yitayih, Kemal Aliye, Abraham Tamirat Gizaw (2024). Mental health literacy and associated factors among traditional healers of Jimma town, southwest, Ethiopia 2020: a community based, cross-sectional study . Frontiers in Psychiatry.

Delayed treatment seeking and its associated factors among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders who are on follow-up at Dilla University Referral Hospital in the southern region of Ethiopia, 2022: a cross-sectional study @article{Negash_2023, title={Delayed treatment seeking and its associated factors among people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders who are on follow-up at Dilla University Referral Hospital in the southern region of Ethiopia, 2022: a cross-sectional study}, volume={14}, ISSN={1664-0640}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1230448}, DOI={10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1230448}, journal={Frontiers in Psychiatry}, publisher={Frontiers Media SA}, author={Negash, Misrak and Temesgen, Bethel and Kassaw, Chalachew and Abebe, Lulu and Moges, Solomon and Sime, Yohanes and Yimer, Solomon}, year={2023}, month=sep } . Frontiers in Psychiatry.

Neural tube defects among new borns: a cross-sectional study @article{Kidane_2023, title={Neural tube defects among new borns: a cross-sectional study}, volume={11}, ISSN={2296-2360}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2023.1191556}, DOI={10.3389/fped.2023.1191556}, journal={Frontiers in Pediatrics}, publisher={Frontiers Media SA}, author={Kidane, Mahder and Sime, Yohanes and Gashaw, Anteneh and Chane, Getachew}, year={2023}, month=may } . Frontiers in Pediatrics.

Work-related stress and associated factors among employees of Hawassa industrial park, southern Ethiopia: an institutional based cross-sectional study @article{Sime_2022, title={Work-related stress and associated factors among employees of Hawassa industrial park, southern Ethiopia: an institutional based cross-sectional study}, volume={22}, ISSN={1471-244X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04032-9}, DOI={10.1186/s12888-022-04032-9}, number={1}, journal={BMC Psychiatry}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Sime, Yohanes and Hailesilassie, Hailemariam and Alenko, Arefayne}, year={2022}, month=jun } . BMC Psychiatry.