Teshale Tolera

Professor
Teshale
Tolera

University Lecturer
Addis Ababa University
Email 
teshale.sori [at] aau.edu.et
Biography
 PhD in 2018 from University of Gent, Belgium (Molecular Epidemiology of Tick-Borne Diseases)  Certificate of completion of courses on Epidemiology, Statistics and Risk analysis from 12/01/2015 to 27/02/2015, 12 Credits at the Institute of Tropical medicine, Antwerp, Belgium  MSc degree in 2010 from Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium with specialization in Animal Disease Control  DVM degree in 1999 from Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture
Research interests
My major research interests include: Epidemiology of infectious diseases; development, evaluation and monitoring of vaccines and assessment of impacts of animal health interventions such vaccination on the the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
Projects you're working on
1. Development of vaccine against Marek's Disease 2. Development of killed vaccine against Epizootic Lymphangitis 3. Evaluation of Newcastle vaccine delivery methods 4. Establishing optimum vaccination schedule for combined used of IBD and ND vaccines
Discipline
Challenge study design Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Epidemiology Ethics Molecular biology Parasitology Statistics
Host species
Camels Cattle Horses Poultry Small ruminants
Pathogen
Bacteria›Brucella Bacteria›Chlamydophila Bacteria›Clostridia Bacteria›Corynebacterium Bacteria›E. coli Bacteria›Mycobacteria bovis Bacteria›Mycoplasma Bacteria›Salmonella Parasites›Babesia Parasites›Nematodes Parasites›Taenia solium Parasites›Theileria annulata Parasites›Theileria parva Parasites›Ticks Parasites›Trypanosoma Viruses›African horse sickness virus Viruses›African swine fever virus Viruses›Arboviruses Viruses›Bovine viral diarrhoea Viruses›Capripoxvirus Viruses›Foot-and-mouth disease virus Viruses›Infectious bursal disease virus Viruses›Influenza virus Viruses›Mareks disease virus Viruses›Newcastle disease virus Viruses›Paramyxoviruses Viruses›Peste des petits ruminants virus Viruses›Poxviruses Viruses›Rabies virus Viruses›Respiratory syncytial virus Viruses›Rift Valley fever virus Viruses›Rotavirus
Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Clinical trials Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring Field trials Pre-clinical trials Vaccine delivery