Ermias Mergia Terefe
United States International University-Africa, Kenya
Biography
Ermias Mergia Terefe is a registered expert pharmacist with Masters of Science degree in Pharmacology from Addis Ababa University, department of Pharmacology. He has also completed postgraduate diploma in curriculum design and development from Open University of Tanzania. He is lecturer in the pharmacy program of the School of pharmacy and health science at the United States International University-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, a position he assumed on September 1, 2018. He has more than 14 year’s professional industry experiences. Prior to joining USIU-Africa he was Lecturer (later promoted to Assistant Professor) of Pharmacology at Adama Hospital Medical College (AHMC), Ethiopia, where he lectured various pharmacology modules for medicine students. Previously he was assistant lecturer and department head at Rift Valley University where he led the pharmacy department and lectured pharmacology and related courses for pharmacy, nursing & public health students. He also served as hospital pharmacist at Medianialem general hospital, Ethiopia and Education and Training Officer at USAID funded Strengthening Human Resource for Health (S-HRH) project in Jhpiego-Ethiopia, where he supported more than 10 universities in improving quality of health professional’s education. He has served as head of the research, project and professional development (RPPD) committee of Ethiopian Pharmaceutical association (EPA).