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Directors

Prof. Anthony Scott

Professor of Vaccine Epidemiology

FRCP FMedSc PI at HHR

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Prof. Nega Assefa


Professor of Reproductive Health Maternal and Child Health, 

Haramaya University Co-PI at HHR

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HHR’s Maternal Immunisation Readiness Network in Africa and Asia (MIRNA) Team Hosted Results Dissemination Workshop

HHR’s Maternal Immunisation Readiness Network in Africa and Asia (MIRNA) Team Hosted Results Dissemination Workshop

HHR’s Immunisation Readiness Network in Africa and Asia (MIRNA) held its results dissemination workshop at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute...
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HHR and EPHI Co-Host High-Level National Forum on Perinatal Mortality

HHR and EPHI Co-Host High-Level National Forum on Perinatal Mortality

HHR and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) co-hosted a national forum themed “Evidence-Driven Action for Survival” on June 26...
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HHR and Spanish Research Council (CSIC) Hold High-Level Consultative Meeting to Advance Research Collaboration

HHR and Spanish Research Council (CSIC) Hold High-Level Consultative Meeting to Advance Research Collaboration

HHR hosted a two-day high-level consultative meeting with senior researchers from the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) to explore opportunities for...
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Announcement

APPLICATIONS OPEN: Clinical ResEArch Training Fellowship with Industry involVEment (CREATIVE) Fellowship

April 12, 2026 Announcement
? Applications are now open for the Clinical ResEArch Training fellowship with Industry involVEment (CREATIVE) Fellowship! Designed to strengthen clinical capacity in sub-Saharan Africa, the...
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                             Prof. Anthony Scott

Professor of Vaccine Epidemiology, FRCP FMedSci
HHR PI, LSHTM

   

 

 

Professor Anthony Scott is a British clinician and epidemiologist with an interest in bacterial infectious diseases and vaccination. He trained in clinical medicine at Oxford University and in epidemiology at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and did post-graduate clinical training in Infectious Diseases. Since 1993 he has worked at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi, Kenya. Since 2013 he has been Professor of Vaccine Epidemiology at LSHTM and co-founded HHR with Professor Nega Assefa and Anna Seale in 2016 as a programme to host the CHAMPS project and encourage research capacity development in Harar. He has worked on clinical vaccine development and impact studies of vaccines against pneumococcus, Haemophilus influenzae, non-typhoidal salmonella, COVID-19 and other pathogens. Professor Scott also has an interest in the aetiology of serious childhood illnesses (e.g. pneumonia) and childhood death. He works on vaccine policy in the policy committees of the UK (JCVI) and WHO (SAGE).

      Prof. Nega Assefa Kassa                   

Professor of Maternal and Child Health

Lead, HHR

 

 

 

Prof. Nega Assefa (PhD) is Professor of Maternal and Child Health at College of Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, where he has served since 1993.

He previously held senior leadership positions as Chief Executive Director of the College of Health and Medical Sciences and as Director for Research Groups and Partnerships Directorate at Haramaya University. He established and led Hararghe Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) under Haramaya University for more than 12 years.

Since 2017, Prof. Nega has led the inception and ongoing work of Hararghe Health Research (HHR), partnership between Haramaya University and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He currently holds appointments as Honorary Associate Professor at LSHTM, Consultant Associate Professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and is a member of the Federal Ministry of Health’s Maternal and Child Health Advisory Group.

His research focuses on pregnancy and childbirth, family planning, child growth and development, and child survival. He has published 226 peer-reviewed articles and secured 11 research grants.

Prof. Nega has supervised 19 PhD students and more than 215 master’s students, including candidates from University of Durban (South Africa), Ghana, LSHTM, and Haramaya University. This supervisory work has been carried out in partnership with fellows from institutions including Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, LSHTM, Emory University’s Global Health Institute, Karolinska Institute, and University of Vienna.

In 2024, he received Lifetime Distinguished Professional Service Award from Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health in recognition of his significant achievements and longstanding commitment to public health.