Speakers - NWC 2024

Biography

Dr. Berhanie earned three degrees from Addis Ababa University: a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1997, an M.A. degree in Counseling Psychology in 2006, and a Ph.D. in Mental Health Epidemiology in 2019. Since 2000, Dr.Berhanie has taught psychology and student research advisement for undergraduate and graduate programs at three Universities in Ethiopia: the University of Gondar, Jimma University, and Unity University, from 2001 to the present. Recently, Dr Berhanie has been engaged in the assessment, diagnosis, and research on the mental health of Eritrean refugees living in Mai Aini camp for close to three years under the supervision of his Ph.D. dissertation advisor, professor Atalay Alem (based in Addis Ababa University) and mentored by Dr. Peter Ventevogel, a senior mental health officer in UNHCR (based in Switzerland ) from 2013 to 2018 as part of his  PhD field research work.