Dr. Ewenat Gebrehanna

Research and Community Service Vice Provost, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College

 Dr. Ewenat Gebrehanna has been appointed as the new Research and Community Service Corporate Director of St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC). This appointment was made by H.E. Dr. Mekdes Daba, Minister of Health.

Dr. Ewenat is a distinguished public health researcher and academician with over 20 years of experience managing diverse research projects and leading collaborations across institutions in Ethiopia and internationally. She currently serves as an Associate Professor at SPHMMC, where she leads major grant-funded initiatives focused on reproductive health, gender equity, and health systems strengthening. She holds a PhD in Public Health from the University of Gondar, with research focused on behavioral health among university students. She also earned her MPH from Addis Ababa University and was trained as a Public Health Officer at Debub University (now Dilla University). Her career includes key academic and technical positions at the Ethiopian Public Health Association, Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, SPHMMC, and as an independent consultant for national and international NGOs. In these roles, she has provided expertise in research design, monitoring and evaluation, training, and policy translation.

At SPHMMC, she has served in the School of Public Health since 2017, contributing to the reproductive health unit, coordinating the HDSS program, serving on the college senate, and sitting on various academic committees. She has successfully led eight externally funded projects as Principal Investigator (PI). Dr. Ewenat is a strong advocate for locally driven, evidence-based policy and has been instrumental in advancing research capacity, gender mainstreaming in health systems, and the integration of monitoring and evaluation into public health programs. She is deeply committed to ethical, impactful research—values clearly reflected in her work.

Currently, she also serves as an Executive Board Member of the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA).