Gebrekidan Ewnetu Tarekegn

Gebrekidan Tarekegn is a PhD researcher at Curtin University and Burnet Institute with a background in biostatistics, statistics and data science. His research focuses on using linked administrative health data to investigate health outcomes, healthcare utilisation and drug-related harms among people involved in the criminal justice system.

His work involves data management, statistical analysis, interpretation of findings and scientific manuscript preparation, with a particular interest in improving health outcomes for people during and after incarceration.

• 2026–present: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Australia
• 2024: Master of Science (MSc) in Statistics and Data Science, Data Science Institute, Hasselt University, Belgium
• 2020: Master of Public Health (MPH) in Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar, Ethiopia
• 2017: Bachelor of Science (BSc), School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hawassa University, Ethiopia