Beyene Petros
        
				
					
					
						
						Beyene Petros
	
					    
Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology Department, College of Natural Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia                            
                            
						
					 
				 
								Biography
				Dr. Beyene Petros (born 11 March 1950) is a professor of Biology at Addis Ababa University and a former member of the Ethiopian House of People's Representatives, representing an electoral district in Badawacho of Hadiya Zone. He is currently the chairman of one of the largest opposition political parties in Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Forum Medrek
 					
				
Research Interest
				Immuno-parasitology & Tropical Public Health; The public health  significance of tropical infectious diseases in Africa with particular  emphasis on malaria and the NTDs. Co-infections and interactions between parasitic infections and HIV/AIDS. Validation of traditional medicines against tropical infectious Diseases. Health research ethics (Bioethics)