{"id":1051,"date":"2022-01-27T12:37:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T12:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haramaya.edu.et\/cci\/?page_id=1051"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:20:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T11:20:37","slug":"statistics-staff-profile","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/cci\/statistics-staff-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindu Kebede Gebre  Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Kindu Kebede Gebre\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/cci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/10\/Kindu-Kebede.png\" alt=\"Kindu Kebede Gebre\" width=\"648\" height=\"807\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h3>Profile<\/h3>\r\n<h3>KINDU KEBEDE GEBRE (Assistant Professor in Biostatistics)<\/h3>\r\n<p><strong>Contact Address<\/strong><br \/>\uf0a7 Haramaya University, Ethiopia<br \/>\uf0a7 College of Computing and Informatics<br \/>\uf0a7 Department of Statistics<br \/>\uf0a7 Po. Box :138 Dire Dawa, Ethiopia<br \/>\uf0a7 Cell Phone: +251937574187<br \/>\uf0a7 Email: m7.kebede@gmail.com; k7.kebede@gmail.com; kindu_keede@yahoo.com<br \/>\uf0a7 ORCID: 0000-0002-5337-4343<br \/>\uf0a7 Institutional Email: kindu.kebede@haramaya.edu.et<br \/>\uf0a7 ResearchGate: https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Kindu-Kebede-Gebre<br \/>\uf0a7 SKype:K7@yahoo.com<br \/>\uf0a7 LinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kindu-kebede-gebre\/<br \/>\uf0a7 Telegram: https:\/\/t.me\/HUstat<\/p>\r\n<h3>Education Qualification (Years, Diploma\/Degree, Institution, Research Topic)<\/h3>\r\n<p><strong>Diploma<\/strong>: Higher Diploma in Teaching, Haramaya University, Ethiopia, 2024<br \/><strong> Research Topic<\/strong>: Investigating the Effect of Teaching Strategies on Student Achievement in Statistical Computing-I: An Action Research Approach<br \/><strong>Degree<\/strong>: Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in Statistics, Haramaya University, Ethiopia ,2013-2015<br \/><strong>Research Topic<\/strong>: An Analysis of Cereal Crop Price Dynamics Using Time Series Models: Evidence from Haramaya University<br \/><strong>Degree<\/strong>: Master of Science in Biostatistics, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia,2018-2019<br \/><strong>Research Topic<\/strong>: Determinants of Birth Weight, Maternal Weight, Gestational Age and Maternal Body Mass Index Among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia<br \/><strong>Special Trainings<\/strong><br \/>\uf0a7 English Language Skills Enhancement Program<br \/>Featuring Four Focus Areas: Classroom English, Academic Writing, IELTS Familiarization, and Oral Presentation Skills, Haramaya University,2022<br \/>\uf0a7 Python for Machine Learning training and earned certification, 2025<br \/>\uf0a7 Exploring Qualitative Research Methodologies and Analytical Techniques,2019<br \/>\uf0a7 AI Tools for Scientific Writing: Enhancing Research Communication,2023<br \/>\uf0a7 Workshop on Pharmacological Vocabulary and Its Role in Scientific Research,2020<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Academics Rank So far<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"KINDU kEBEDE\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/cci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/10\/12.png\" alt=\"KINDU kEBEDE\" width=\"691\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h3>Current Main Activities<\/h3>\r\n<p>\uf0a7 Coordinator, Haramaya University Freshman Program<br \/>\uf0a7 Director, Stat 4 \u2200 Training Center<br \/>September 2016 \u2013 Present<br \/>\uf0a7 Trainer, Stat 4 \u2200 Training Center<br \/>\uf0a7 Researcher, Haramaya University<br \/>\uf0a7 Instructor of Postgraduate, and Undergraduate students, Haramaya University<br \/>\uf0a7 Supervisor of students, Haramaya University<br \/>\uf0a7 Journal Reviewer<\/p>\r\n<h3>Committee member<\/h3>\r\n<p>\uf0a7 Secretary, Statistics Program Accreditation,2025<br \/>\uf0a7 Member, Freshman Program Academic Dishonesty Committee<br \/>\uf0a7 Academic Committee (AC) member<br \/>\uf0a7 Exit Exam Secretary for Statistics Students<br \/>\uf0a7 Team Leader, Freshman Program Entrance Exam<br \/>\uf0a7 Team Leader and Adviser, Freshman Program Students\u2019 Registration<br \/>\uf0a7 Supervisor, Freshman Program Course Exams<\/p>\r\n<h3>Professional Experience<\/h3>\r\n<p>\u2022 Director of Stat 4 \u2200 Training Center from September 2016 up to now.<br \/>\u2022 Served as the writer and reviewer for the quality of the book in BP International, 2023<br \/>\u2022 Served as the reviewer and member of the Board of Agronomy and Agricultural Science since 2023.<br \/>\u2022 Served as the reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology since 2023.<br \/>\u2022 January 2022 up to now: Coordinator for Freshman Program, Haramaya University<br \/>\u2022 November 2021 up to now: Reviewer for the Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources<br \/>\u2022 September 2020 up to now: Reviewer for the Journal of Infectious Diseases of Poverty<br \/>\u2022 Served as the reviewer for Health Science Reports since 2022.<br \/>\u2022 July 2015 to January 2022: Database manager for University Laboratory Management Directorate Office, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<br \/>\u2022 September 2019 up to now: Lecturer, Department of Statistics, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<br \/>\u2022 July 2018 to September 2019: Assistant Lecturer<br \/>\u2022 July 2015 to 2018: Graduate Assistant I and Graduate Assistant II<br \/>\u2022 July 2015 to now: instructor, Z Computers Company, Harar, Ethiopia<\/p>\r\n<h3>Awards<\/h3>\r\n<p>\u2022 In recognition of contribution as a member of the board for the Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources<br \/>\u2022 In recognition of contribution as a reviewer for the Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources<br \/>\u2022 In recognition of contribution as a reviewer for the Journal of Infectious Diseases of Poverty.<br \/>\u2022 In recognition of contribution as a database manager at Haramaya University.<br \/>\u2022 In recognition of contribution to training and community service for postgraduate students at Haramaya University.<br \/>\u2022 In recognition of nomination as a young scientist for the Young Scientists Award in 2022 in Engineering, Science, and Medicine.<br \/>\u2022 In recognition of contributions to providing training on information literacy, reference management, and R-research tools at Haramaya University.<br \/>\u2022 In recognition of training participation on English Language Skills Improvement with four packages: Classroom English, Research and Academic Writing Skills, IELTS Familiarization, and Oral Presentation Skills at Haramaya University.<br \/>\u2022 In recognition of contribution as a writer and reviewer for the quality of the book in BP International, 2023<br \/>\u2022 In recognition of contribution as the reviewer and member of the Board of Agronomy and Agricultural Science since 2023.<br \/>\u2022 In recognition of contribution as the reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology since 2023.<br \/>\u2022 In recognition of contribution as the reviewer for Health Science Reports since 2022.<br \/>\u2022 In recognition of training participation on strategic higher education leadership and management training at Haramaya University<\/p>\r\n<h3>Other skills<\/h3>\r\n<p>\u2022 \u2022 Successfully completed the task of invigilator on the grade 12 national exam that was assigned by the minister of education since 2022, Haramaya University, Ethiopia.<br \/>\u2022 Successfully delivered training on \u201cData management and analysis using SPSS\u201d for postgraduate students since 2020, Haramaya University, Ethiopia<br \/>\u2022 Successfully delivered training on \u201cData management and analysis using SPSS and MiniTAB\u201d for Haramaya University postgraduate students in Z-Computers from December 28 to January 1, 2020, in Harar, Ethiopia.<br \/>\u2022 Successfully delivered training on \u201cResearch Writing with Endnote, Data Management, and Analysis using SPSS\u201d for postgraduate students from January 30-31, 2021, at Haramaya University, Ethiopia.<br \/>\u2022 Successfully delivered training on \u201cData management and analysis using SPSS\u201d for postgraduate students from 2-4 April, 2021, at Haramaya University, Ethiopia.<br \/>\u2022 Successfully delivered training on \u201cData management and analysis using SAS\u201d for postgraduate students from 20-22 April, 2023, at Haramaya University, Ethiopia.<br \/>\u2022 Successfully delivered training on \u201cProposal writing with Endnote, Scientific research writing with LaTEX, and Analysis of Data using STATA and R\u201d for MSc and PhD students from Haramaya University, which was organized by Z-computers, Harar, Ethiopia, since March 2021.<br \/>\u2022 Effectively taught the course \u201cIntroduction to Probability (Stat276)\u201d for the Department of Mathematics, summer students in 2022.<br \/>\u2022 Effectively taught the course \u201cResearch Methodology (SENG 4174)\u201d for the Department of Software Engineering, CEP students in 2022.<br \/>\u2022 Successful team leader, especially in the freshman program classroom arrangement and equipment maintenance since 2022.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Participation in Haramaya University Affairs<\/h3>\r\n<p>\uf0a7 Director of Stat 4 \u2200 Training Center, since 2018 up to now.<br \/>\uf0a7 Coordinator of freshman program at main campus, since December 2021.<br \/>\uf0a7 Served as Laboratory Consumable Unit Head in Haramaya University Laboratory Directorate since July 2020.<br \/>\uf0a7 Served as Database Manager in Haramaya University Laboratory Directorate since August 2019.<br \/>\uf0a7 Worked as the delegate of the associate director of the freshman program several times in 2022.<br \/>\uf0a7 Served as team leader of the freshman program entrance exam, facilitating and coordinating at the directorate level in August 2022.<br \/>\uf0a7 Served as team leader and adviser for freshman program students\u2019 registration since 2022.<br \/>\uf0a7 Served as supervisor for the freshman program course exam at the directorate level from January 2021 until September 2022.<br \/>\uf0a7 Served as Exit Exam secretary for Statistics students\u2019 since 2023.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Other professional activities, if any, with dates (e.g., fieldwork, conferences, seminars, editorial work, professional associations, etc.)<\/h3>\r\n<p>\u2022 Participated in the 28th Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Statistical Association (ESA) on \u201cEnhancing the Quality of Data for Sustainable Development in Ethiopia,\u201d 9-10 March 2019, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia<br \/>\u2022 Participated in the preparation of books on research methods and data analysis using SPSS, STATA, SAS, and R Studio since 2021 (ISBN: 978-620-3-92464-0).<br \/>\u2022 Participated in the 30th Annual Conference of the Ethiopian Statistical Association (ESA) on \u201cThe Role of Statistics for National Development: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives in Ethiopia,\u201d 11-12 June, 2022, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia<br \/>\u2022 Member of the \u201cEthiopian Statistical Association\u201d since 2019.<br \/>\u2022 Nominated for International Awards 2022 in Engineering, Science, and Medicine and won as \u201cYoung Scientist.\u201d.<br \/>\u2022 Participated in Python for Machine Learning training and earned certification, 2025<\/p>\r\n<h3>Professional Organizations<\/h3>\r\n<p>\uf0a7 Member, Ethiopian Statistics Association<\/p>\r\n<h3>Recent Research Outputs<\/h3>\r\n<p><strong>Publication <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>1. Determine Joint Factors that Affect Maternal Weight and Body Mass Index Among Pregnant Women in Ethiopia: A Bi-variate Analysis.<br \/>2. Principal Component Analysis of Birth Weight of Child, Maternal Pregnancy Weight, and Maternal Pregnancy Body Mass Index: A Multivariate Analysis.<br \/>3. Multilevel model on longitudinal data analysis in determinants of CD4 cell count among antiretroviral therapy attendants of HIV-infected adults follow-up in Gondar Teaching Referral Hospital, Gonder, Ethiopia.<br \/>4. Application of Joint Modeling in Determinants of Status of Tuberculosis and CD4 Cell Count among Antiretroviral Therapy Attendants of HIV Infected Adults Follow Up in Gondar Teaching Referral Hospital, Gonder, Ethiopia.<br \/>5. Data Analysis using SPSS, MINTAB, STATA, and Rstudio (ISBN: 978-620-3-92464-0).<br \/>6. Data Analysis and Research Method Using SPSS and MINTAB (ISBN: 978-99944-71-34-8).<br \/>7. Application of Bivariate Multiple Linear Regression on Weight of Children at Birth and Duration of Pregnancy in Ethiopia.<br \/>8. Statistical Data Analysis using Python (ISBN: 978&#8211;3-659-81604-8).<br \/>9. Multilevel Modeling on the Anemia Status of Women in Ethiopia.<br \/>10. Time Series Analysis on the Effect of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer in the Production of Teff (Eragrostis tef) in Ethiopia.<br \/>11. Modeling the Contribution of Different Blended Fertilizers on Potato Production in the Basketo Special Woreda, Gamo-gofa Zone, Ethiopia.<br \/>12. Determinants that are associated with the traveling history of COVID-19 patients in Ethiopia during the stay-at-home state of emergency.<br \/>13. Assessment of the Prevalence and Associated Factors with Uptake of Visual Inspection of Acetic Acid for Cervical Cancer Screened in Eastern Ethiopia.<br \/>14. Time series model to forecast the new coronavirus case in Ethiopia.<br \/>15. Longitudinal Analysis on Progression of Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Case of Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia (preprint)<br \/>16. Multivariate Model on Longitudinal Data Analysis for Hypertension and Heart Failure of Diabetes Patients Jointly: A Case of Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Jimma, Ethiopia.<br \/>17. Survival Analysis of Time to First Trimester-Induced Abortion of Women in Harar Regional State, Ethiopia (Accepted and Preprint)<br \/>18. Modeling on the Associated Factors of Hypertension Patients in Haramaya Woreda, Eastern Hararghe, Ethiopia: Application of Binomial Models (preprint)<br \/>19. Determinants of Women Education in Ethiopia: An Application of Ordinal Logistic Regression Model (preprint)<br \/>20. Survival analysis of early initiation of antenatal care visits and associated factors among pregnant women in Ethiopia<br \/>21. Modern Statistical Computing and Data Analysis with RStudio and SAS,2025( 978-620-684432-7)<\/p>\r\n<h3>Taught Courses\/Modules<\/h3>\r\n<p><strong>Course involved in Undergraduate Level <\/strong><br \/>\u2022 Biostatistics and Epidemiology<br \/>\u2022 Fundamentals of Biostatistics<br \/>\u2022 Introduction to Multivariate Analysis<br \/>\u2022 Design and Analysis of Experiment<br \/>\u2022 Introduction to Statistics<br \/>\u2022 Statistical Methods<br \/>\u2022 Statistics for Sociologists I<br \/>\u2022 Statistics for Sociologists II<br \/>\u2022 Statistics and Probability<br \/>\u2022 Statistical Computing I (SPSS, MINITAB, STATA)<br \/>\u2022 Statistical Computing II (R, SAS)<br \/>\u2022 Basic Statistics<br \/>\u2022 Research Methodology<br \/>\u2022 Introduction to Probability<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Course involved in Postgraduate Level <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\u2022 Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials<br \/>\u2022 Mathematical Methods, Statistical Analysis, and Geo-Statistics in Python and R<br \/>\u2022 Advanced Statistical Computing in R and SAS<\/p>\r\n<h3>Involvement of Training<\/h3>\r\n<p>\u2022 Skilled in data analysis and visualization with R for postgraduate students at Haramaya University since 2025<br \/>\u2022 R Programming Environment for Data Analysis and Graphics since 2024<br \/>\u2022 Data analysis using R and SAS software for Haramaya University MSc and PhD students since 2020<br \/>\u2022 Data analysis and research methods using SPSS, STATA, and SAS software for Haramaya University MSc and PhD students<br \/>\u2022 Data analysis using R, SAS, SPSS, and Stata software for Haramaya University lecturers and researchers since 2021<br \/>\u2022 Research method and reference citation using Endnote and LaTex for Haramaya University lecturers and researchers since 2019<\/p>\r\n<h3>About myself<\/h3>\r\n<p>\u2022 I have good personal behavior and strength, a good attitude, and a charismatic vision that inspire others to follow.<br \/>\u2022 I am highly interested in tackling problems related to my profession and improving my attitude to solve society\u2019s problems.<br \/>\u2022 I appreciate and believe in group work to get the best output from any assigned project.<\/p>\r\n<h3>My Research Area\/Sector<\/h3>\r\n<p>\u2022 Health Sector<br \/>\u2022 Agricultural Sector<br \/>\u2022 Technology Sector<br \/>\u2022 Education Sector<br \/>\u2022 Financial Sector<\/p>\r\n<h3>Language Skills<\/h3>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"KINDU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haramaya.edu.et\/cci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2025\/10\/13.png\" alt=\"KINDU\" width=\"813\" height=\"131\" \/><\/p>\r\n<h3>Reference<\/h3>\r\n<p>\u2022 Haramaya University Registrar office<br \/>P.O. Box: 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia<br \/>Website: www.haramaya.edu.et<br \/>\u2022 BahirDar University Registrar&#8217;s office<br \/>P.O. Box: 79, Bahirdar, Ethiopia<br \/>https:\/\/www.bdu.edu.et\/registrar\/<br \/>\u2022 Stat 4 \u2200 Training Center<br \/>https:\/\/t.me\/stat_4<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profile KINDU KEBEDE GEBRE (Assistant Professor in Biostatistics) Contact Address\uf0a7 Haramaya University, Ethiopia\uf0a7 College of Computing and Informatics\uf0a7 Department of Statistics\uf0a7 Po. 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