CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal information
First name(s) / Surname(s)  First name: Dinaol Belina Surname: Kitila
Address(es) P.O.Box 138, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Fax(es) +251-0255530325        Mibile: +251-913835631
E-mail belina.timketa@gmail.com (or)dinaol.belina@haramaya.edu.et
Websites & Social Links

 

 Skype:  dinaol.belina

ORCID: "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6004-5428"

Scopus ID: Scopus Author ID: 57192256806

Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dinaol_Kitil
Nationality Ethiopian
 
Name and address of Employer           Haramaya University (formerly called Alemaya University), College of Veterinary Medicine P.O.Box 138, Diredawa, Ethiopia.
 

Current Qualification

 PhD Candidate in Microbiology at Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Date/duration

 

 September 2018 to present (Course work completed and on PhD Research phase)
Principal subjects/ occupational skills covered ─Advanced Medical Microbiology, Advanced Food Microbiology, Dairy Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Soil Microbiology, Immunotechnology, Genomics and Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and etc. subjects are covered

─PhD seminar I: Roles and Limitations Of Brucella Vaccine In Control and Prevention Of Brucellosis: An Overview

─PhD seminar II:An overview of pathogenicity and diagnostic methods of Escherichia coli and its status in Ethiopia

─PhD thesis research: Source attributions of major Diarrheagenic Foodborne pathogens (ongoing study)
Type of business or sector Higher Learning Institute
Desired employment/Occupational field Lecturer and Researcher
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Work Experiences

Dates and Occupation or position held October 3, 2017 to present, Associate Professor
Date and Occupation or position held August 7, 2014 to Oct. 02, 2017, Assistant Professor of Vet. Pathology
Dates and Occupation or position held September 17, 2010 to August 6, 2014, Lecturer
Main activities and Responsibilities

(From August 2014 to present)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  • Giving Lectures and Supervising Laboratory classes and Clinical practices for VeterinaryMedicine and other related department students: This includesteaching and supervising students on courses likeVeterinary General   Pathology, Veterinary Systemic Pathology, Veterinary Clinical Pathology I, Veterinary Clinical Pathology II, Poultry Disease (Avian Pathology) and Veterinary clinical practices I-IV.
  • Advising and evaluating/examining DVM and MSc Seminars, thesis proposals and final thesis research.
(From September 2010 to July 2014)

 

 Giving Lectures and Supervising Laboratory classes and Clinical practices for Veterinary Medicine and other related department students: This includes supervising of Gross Veterinary Anatomy and Embryology, Animal Anatomy and Physiology, Veterinary Biochemistry I, Veterinary Biochemistry II, and Poultry Disease and Management.

  • Advising DVM and BVSc students on their Seminars, Senior projectsand final thesis research
 
                                 Dates 20/10/2012- 14/07/2014
Title of qualification awarded MSc. In Tropical Veterinary Pathology
Principal subjects/ occupational skills covered
  • Principal subjects such as: Veterinary General   Pathology, Veterinary Special Pathology, Veterinary Diagnostic Pathology, Veterinary Pathophysiology, Avian Pathology, Laboratory animal science and etc. are taken and associated occupational skills are covered
  • Seminar paper on Camel Liver pathology and its diagnostic  approaches
  • MSc thesis on Pathological and Serum biochemical study on Ruminants infected with liver fluke at ELFORA Export Abattoir, Ethiopia
Name and type of organisation providing education and training Addis Ababa University, Higher Learning Institute
Level in national or international classification Nationally renowned Institute

 
                                        Dates  19/12/2005-19/07/2010
Title of qualification awarded Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

 
  • Veterinary Biomedical, Veterinary clinical and Laboratory courses, veterinary public health and VeterinaryEpidemiology as well as research methods. Animal production and management subjects are also covered.
  • A one year of vet. Clinical, farm, laboratory and abattoir works experiences (externship).
  • Seminar paper on major food borne pathogens and their pathogenesis
  • DVM thesis on Serological investigation of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) in small ruminants managed under pastoral and Agro-pastoral systems in Ethiopia.
Name and type of organisation providing education and training  

Hawassa University, Higher Learning Institute
Level in national or international classification  

Nationally renowned Institute
 

 

TRAINING CERTIFICATE

  
 

1.    CertificateAwarded

  

Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education Teaching (PGDHET)
Principal occupationalskills covered Higher education teaching methodology, Pedagogical Sciences,and ICT  in  higher education
Dates

Name of organisation providing  training

 July, 02, 2015

Haramaya University, Higher Learning Institute
 

2. Certificate Awarded

  

General teaching method and  Instructional skills certificate
Principal occupationalskills covered Teaching methodology  and Instructional skills
Dates

Name of organisation providing  training

 

 Oct., 02, 2015

 

College of Education and Behavioral Science, Haramaya University
3. CertificateAwarded  

Training Certificate on International Trade and Public Health
Principal occupationalskills covered One Health approach in application and concepts in International Trade and Public Health
Name of organisation providing  training Ohio state university Ethiopian partner, University of Gonder, Ethiopia
 

4.       CertificateAwarded

  

Training Certificate onGeographic Information System and RemoteSensing

Principaloccupationalskills covered Mapping and other GIS applications
Name of organisation providing training Haramaya University

 
5.       Certificate Awarded Training of  trainee (TOT)
Principal occupational skills covered Haramaya University
Name of organisation providing  training
 

6.    CertificateAwarded

  

Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Qualification Certificate
Principal occupational skills covered Preparatory courses for higher education
Name of organisation providing education and training  Ministry of education through NedjoSSPS , Ethiopia
Dates

 

 Sept. 2003- Jul. 2004(after successful completion ofNatural Science stream)
Personal Skills and Competences Very Good in basic Computer, andstatistical data analysis using SPSS, STATA and R  soft wares, Very Good in research proposal development  and conducting research, Working in Life Science Laboratory
 

Mother tongue(s)

  

Afan Oromo
Other language(s) English, Amharic
Self-assessment Understanding Speaking Writing
European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
English Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent
 

Social skills and competences
  • Very Good interpersonal communication skill
  • Ability to work with the society in a good interaction
  • Respect and appreciate the social norms, values, beliefs, attitude, etc
Organisational skills and competences

With specific examples of  post held
  • Good leadership skill, ability to organize activities in very good manner
  • December 2014 to February 2016: Coordinator for continuing education program (CEP), HU-Dire Dawa center
  • February 2016 to present: HU-CVM Laboratories coordinator
  • Member of Academic Commission, CVM-HU 2016 to present
 

Professional, other association and committee membership

  

  • Full member of Ethiopian Veterinary Association(EVA)
  •  Member ofHaramaya University Chemical Waste Disposal Task Force Committee
  • Chairperson of BVSc. Curriculum developing team, CVM-HU, 2016
  • Coordinator for rabies vaccine campaign, CVM-HU, 2015, 2017
  • üMember of board of examination(evaluator) of DVM and MSc. Thesis, Haramaya University, 2015,2017
  • Member of board of examination(evaluator) of MSc. Thesis, Addis Ababa  university- CVMA, 2016
  • External evaluator of DVM students in major courses (pathology) CVMA university of Gondar, 2018
  • Member of animal disease outbreak investigation team, CVM-HU, 2016and 2017

 
Hobbies Reading; solving problem (especially through research); discussion on local; international issues and current affairs.
Sociability Very Sociable
Statement I certify that all the above statements are current to my knowledge

 
                                         Date 25/01/2022
Signature Dinaol  Belina

Publications

7. Research Project (grants) earned and authorship Role

Research project title Grant awarding institution
Since 2019, A PhD researcher in Foodborne disease epidemiology,surveillance and control in African LMIC (FOCAL). FOCAL is a multi-partner multicountry research project (ongoing project) A multi-partner multicountry research project co-funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and FCDO of theUK Government
Reproductive Diseases and Disorders of Female Camels: Assessment, Pathological and Bacteriological Study in Eastern Ethiopia (Principal Investigator (PI))  

HU office of the research affairs, 2017
Assessments, Marketing system and Pathological Studies on Defects Downgrading Skin and Hide Quality in Eastern Ethiopia (Principal Investigator (PI))  

HU office of the research affairs, 2015
Assessment of reproductive problems in male camel in eastern Ethiopia (Co- Investigator) Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research(EIAR), 2017
Studies on major reproductive health problems of dairy cows in eastern Ethiopian (Co- Investigator) HU Office of the Research Affairs, 2015

Research interest: Molecular Pathology, One Health, Meta-genomics, Antimicrobial Resistance

8. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

  1. Belina D, Hailu Y, Gobena T, Hald T, Njage PMK. Prevalence and epidemiological distribution of selected foodborne pathogens in human and different environmental samples in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. One Health Outlook. 2021 Sep 3;3(1):19. doi: 10.1186/s42522-021-00048-5..
  2. Belina D, Eshetu A, Alemu S, Shasho B, Mohammed T, Mohammed A, Mummed B, Regassa D. Reproductive Diseases and Disorders of Female Camels: An Assessment and Pathological and Bacteriological Study in Eastern Ethiopia. Vet Med Int. 2021 Feb 13;2021:6641361. doi: 10.1155/2021/6641361.
  3. Belina D. and, Melese M. (2017): Pathological lesion survey and financial losses associated with organs and carcass condemnation in cattle slaughtered at selected abattoirs in Ethiopia.Vet.Pathol.,41(1): 1-11.
  4. Belina D., Giri A., Mengistu S. and Eshetu A. (2017) Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Ruminants: The Parasite Burden, Associated Risk Factors and Anthelmintic Utilization Practices in Selected Districts of East and Western Hararghe, Ethiopia. J Vet SciTechnol8(2): 433. doi: 10.4262/2157-7579.1000433.
  5. Belina D., Daba T., Eshetu A. and Giro B. (2016): Identification of major honeybee pests and predators’ and associated risk factors: Emphasis to bee-eater birds (meropidae) in west Shewa zone of Oromia regional state, Ethiopia. LRRD, 28(12). http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd28/12/beli28217.html.
  6. Belina D., Muktar Y., Hiko A., Tamerat N., Kebede T., Wondimu T. and Kemal J. (2016): Prevalence, Isolation of Bacteria and Risk Factors of Mastitis of Dairy Cattle in Selected Zones of Oromia Regional States, Ethiopia. G JMR: (C) Microbiology and Pathology; 16(1), Online ISSN: 2249-4618.
  7. Belina D., Muktar Y., Girma B. and Mengistu S. (2016): Sero-Prevalence of Bovine Foot and Mouth Disease in Selected Districts of Eastern Showa Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. GJSFR: (D) Agriculture and Veterinary. 16(4).Online ISSN: 2249-4626.
  8. Belina D., Demissie T., Ashenafi H. and Tadesse A. (2015): Comparative pathological study of liver fluke infection in ruminants.Vet.Pathol.,39(2): 113-120.
  9. Belina D., Giro B., Ashenafi H., Demissie T. and Muktar Y. (2015): Review on camel liver pathology and its major diagnostic approaches. GSRJ. 3(1): 068-079.
  10. Belina D., Fekadu G., Zegaye E. and Belina S. (2015): Bovine Hydatidosis: prevalence, public health and its economic significance in and around Harar, Ethiopia. JVMAH. 7(1): 18-26.
  11. Belina D. and Cherinet Y. (2014): Pathological and Serum Biochemical Study of Liver Fluke Infection in Ruminants Slaughtered at ELFORA Export Abattoir, Bishoftu, Ethiopia. GJVMR. 14(8): 975-89.
  12. Belina T., Alemayehu A., Moje N., Yechale A. and Girma S. (2012): Prevalence and Public Health Significance of Ovine Hydatidosis in Bahirdar town, Ethiopia. JVMAH. 4(8): 110-15.
  13. Disassa N., Sibhat B., Mengistu S., Muktar Y. and Belina D. (2017): Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern of E. coli O157:H7 Isolated from Traditionally Marketed Raw Cow Milk in and around Asosa Town, Western Ethiopia. Veterinary Medicine International/
  14. Duguma A., Abera S., Zewdie W., Belina D. and Haro G. (2016): Status of bovine tuberculosis and its zoonotic implications in Borana zone, Southern Ethiopia. Trop Anim Health Prod. 48(8). DOI 10.1007/s11250-016-1213-4.
  15. Eshetu A., Habtemariam K., SamuelA.,Shimelis D. and Belina D. (2016): Incidence of gross pathological conditions of the reproductive organs in bulls. Vet.Pathol.,40(4): 305-311.
  16. Muktar Y., Belina D., Alemu M., Shiferaw S. and Belay H. (2015): Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Nematode of Cattle in Selected Kebeles of Dire Dawa Districts Eastern Ethiopia. in Biol.Res. 9(6): 418-423.
  17. Muktar Y., Mamo G., Tesfaye B. and Belina D. (2015): A review on major bacterial causes of calf diarrhea and its diagnostic method. JVMAH. 7(5); 173-185.
  18. Shiferaw S., Muktar Y. and Belina D. (2015): A review on trypanocidal drug resistance in Ethiopia. 7(4); 58-66.
  19. Alemayehu A., Mohammed K. and Belina T. (2013): Prevalence of bovine coccidia in Kombolcha district of South Wollo, Ethiopia. JVMAH. 5(2): 41-45.
  20. Megersa B., Bifa D., Belina T., Debela E., Regassa A., Abunna F., Rufael T., Stubsjøen SM. and Skjerve E. (2011): Serological investigation of peste des petitsruminantum (PPR) in small ruminants managed under pastoral and agro-pastoral systems in Ethiopia. Small Ruminant Research 97; 134–138. doi:10.1016/ Elsevier.
  21. Eshetu A., Ayele T., Mengistu S. and Belina D. (2017): Prevalence of Melophagusovinus and Bovicolaovis infestation in sheep in Wogera District, North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia. J Vet Sci Technol.8: 440. doi: 10.4262/2157-7579.1000440
  22. Mengistu S., Belina D., Eshetu A. and Tarekegn M. (2017): Pasteurella organism: Its isolation and identification from pneumonic lungs in goats. JAVAR, 4(2): 147-154.
  23. Mengistu S., Fayyisa D., Belina D. and Eshetu A. (2017): Prevalence of Coenuruscerebralis and its Economic Loss in Small Ruminants Slaughtered at BishoftuElfora Export Abattoir, Ethiopia. Ejbs. 9(2): 101-105.
  24. Ahmed J., Duguma A., Regassa D., Belina D. and Jilo R. (2017): Gastrointestinal Nematode Parasites of Small Ruminants and Anthelmintics efficacy test in Sheep of Haramaya district, Eastern Ethiopia. avs, 5(3): 39-44.
  25. Adem J., Belina D. and Sori T. (2017): Major abnormalities and their Economic and Public Health Significance in Ruminants slaughtered at Haramaya and Aweday Municipal Abattoirs, Eastern Hararghe, Ethiopia. J Vet Sci Technol. 8(4): 464. doi: 10.4262/2157-7579.1000464.
  26. Berhanu O., Hiko A., Muktar Y., Woyessa M. and Belina D. (2017): Farm Animal Health Managements and Treatment practices at Diga district, East Wollega zone of Oromia Regional state. Anim. Hlth. Prod. Afr. 65(2): 367-378.
  27. Abatemam M., Taye E., Urji A. and Belina (2018): Survey on Pathological Lesion and Its Financial Losses in Ovine Slaughtered at Jimma Municipal Abattoir, Jimma, Ethiopia. GJVMR. 28(8):975-89.

Additional Information

  1. Dr. TesfayeGobena(PhD), College of Health & Medical SciencesHaramaya University,Harar, Ethiopia
    E-mail: tesfayegob@gmail.com
  2. 2. TineHald, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  3. Prof. BekeleMegerssa, Addis Ababa University, CVMA, Bishoftu, Ethiopia;

                   E-mail: bekelebati@gmail.com

  1. Prof. Mengistu Urge, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Haramaya University

                 P.O.Box: 138, Diredawa, Ethiopia

                 E-mail: urgeletta@yahoo.com

  1. Prof. AdemHiko (Dean College of Veterinary Medicine, Haramaya University)

                      P.O.Box: 138, Dire dawa, Ethiopia; Tel: +251255530334, mobile: +251 940240080

                     E-mail: adexph2010@gmail.com