Assistant Professor  

Department of Epidemiology
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary 

• 2019 – present, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Nebraska Medical Center
• 2015 ─ 2019, Graduate Assistant, Florida International University
• 2010 ─ 2014, Lecturer, Addis Ababa University
• 2008 ─ 2010, Lecturer, Bahir Dar University
• 2005 ─ 2006, Graduate Assistant 1, Bahir Dar University

Education

• 2019, PhD, Public Health (Concentration: Epidemiology), Florida International University
• 2008, MSc, Biology (Concentration: Biomedical Sciences), Addis Ababa University
• 2005, BEd, Biology, Bahir Dar University

Research Interests  

• Epidemiology of malaria and helminth infection
• Diagnosis of malaria and helminth infection
• Antimalarial and antihelminthic drug efficacy
• HPV vaccination and cervical cancer prevention
• Substance use and HIV disease progression

Selected Publications

• Degarege A, Gebrezgi MT, Ibanez G, Wahlgren M, Madhivanan P. Effect of the ABO blood group on susceptibility to severe malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Blood Rev 2019, 33:53-62.
• Degarege A, Fennie K, Degarege D, Chennupati S, Madhivanan P.  Improving socioeconomic status may reduce the burden of malaria in sub Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Plos One 2019, 14(1):e0211205.
• Degarege A, Krupp K, Fennie K, Srinivas V, Li T, Stephens DP, Madhivanan P. An integrative behavior theory derived model to assess factors affecting HPV vaccine acceptance using structural equation modeling. Vaccine 2019, 37 (7): 945-955.
• Degarege A, Krupp K, Fennie K, Srinivas V, Li T, Stephens DP, Marlow LAV, Arun A, Madhivanan P. HPV vaccine acceptability among parents of adolescent girls in a rural area Mysore, India. J Pediat Adolesc Gynecol 2018, 31(6): 583-591.
• Degarege A, Degarege D, Veledar E, Erko B, Nacher M, Beck-Sague CM, Madhivanan P. Plasmodium falciparum infection status among children with Schistosoma in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2016, 10(12): e0005193.
• Degarege A, Krupp K, Fennie K, Li T, Stephens DP, Marlow LAV, Srinivas V, Arun A, Madhivanan P.  Urban-rural inequities in the parental attitudes and beliefs towards Human papillomavirus infection, cervical cancer and HPV vaccine in Mysore, India. J Pediat Adolesc Gynecol 2018, 31(5):494-502.
• Degarege A, Mekonnen Z, Legesse M, Negash Y, Vercruysse J, Erko B, Levecke B. Comparison of individual and pooled urine samples for estimating the presence and intensity of Schistosoma haematobium infections at the population level.  Parasit Vectors 2015, 8:593.