Digsu Koye
PhD student
Diabetes and Population Health
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Australia
Biography
Digsu Koye completed his undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Science in Public health in 2009 and MPH in Epidemiology and Biostatistics in 2011 at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia. He had been a faculty member at the Institute of Public Health in the University of Gondar from 2009 to 2014. In 2014, he received two prestigious scholarships from Monash University to study his PhD. Currently, he is a PhD candidate at Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. His PhD research focuses on the epidemiology of diabetes complications in Australia, with a special emphasis on diabetic kidney disease.
Research Interest
Diabetes and Population Health
Publications
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Digsu Koye,Diabetes and disability in older Australians: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle (AusDiab) study Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2017;126:60–67.
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Digsu Koye,Incidence of chronic kidney disease among people with diabetes: a systematic review of observational studies Diabet Med 2017.
