Dawit Wolday

Background

Wolday, Dawit was born on August 1, 1961.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Gondar College Medical Sciences, Ethiopia, 1987. Master of Science in Medical Microbiology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 1993. Doctor of Philosophy, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1999.

Career

Junior medical officer St. Mary Hospital, Axum, Ethiopia, 1987-1989, Black Lion Teaching Hospital, Addis Ababa, 1989-1990, researcher, since 1995. Medical officer American Joint Distribution Committee, Addis Ababa and Rwanda, 1994-1995. African research fellow Armauer Hanson Research Institute, Addis Ababa, 1998-1999.

Research fellow Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 1999.

Achievements

• Dawit Wolday has been listed as a noteworthy immunologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (travel grantee 1997).

Interests

• Music, travel, walking, art.

Connections

Parents Fitiwi Wolday and Tedla Zenebech. Married Zewdi Debessay, November 16, 1989. Children: Benhur, Merry.

Spouse:

Zewdi Debessay

child:

Benhur Wolday

child:

Merry Wolday