Dr Senait Kebede is a global health professional  and pediatrician with over 25 years of experience. Her main expertise lies in policy development, strategic planning,  and program implementation gained through working with international organizations and bilateral agencies. Dr Kebede has extensive experience working/consulting with the WHO headquarters and African regional Office (AFRO leading multiple technical assistance on the development of program/ guidelines and training of health professionals at global regional, and national levels. She has also worked/consulted with, UNAIDS, World Bank, CDC, and USAID and UNICEF in various capacities including as Adolescent health and HIV specialist with UNICEF and investment and efficiency advisor for UNAIDS. Dr. Kebede serves in a variety of expert working groups on global health including as Co-Chair of a Subgroup at Child Health Task Force; member of the Independent Technical Expert Mechanism with WHO Global Influenza Program, member of Child and Adolescent TB Working Group and WHO TB Team expert for TB/HIV.

Dr. Kebede has taught graduate courses on global health strategies and transforming public health surveillance. She also served as the lead instructor for Antimicrobial Resistance course and faculty for Clinical Community of Practice COVID-19 for Africa CDC/Emory. Dr Kebede also guest lectures at various universities and is actively engaged in research undertakings. Dr Kebede has been a speaker in various national , regional and global forums and published her research work in peer review journals. She has also co-authored chapters in a recently published book on “ Modernizing Global Health Security to Prevent, Detect, and Respond” Her main areas of interest include Global Health Equity, Infectious Diseases, Maternal and Child Health, Disease Surveillance and Epidemic Preparedness , and Mental health.

Dr. Kebede received her MD from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, with specialty in pediatrics and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University (JHU). She is also a Gates Strategic Leadership Fellow for Reproductive Health, JHU and is certified in Project Management (Project Management Institute-PMI).