Dr Tewodros Seyoum is a registered midwife and global health specialist with more than 15 years’ experience in midwifery education, research, and health systems strengthening in both high- and low-resource settings, including Ethiopia, Sweden, Australia, Papua New Guinea, India, Indonesia, Fiji, and Nepal. Since 2009, he has worked as a lecturer at the University of Gondar. In 2022, he became the first Ethiopian midwife to complete a PhD in midwifery and women’s health, and in 2023 received an African Research Excellence Fund fellowship to support postdoctoral research at Karolinska Institute in Sweden. He is currently a Midwifery Specialist and researcher at Burnet Institute. His research focuses on midwife-led interventions in sexual, reproductive, and perinatal health, with a particular emphasis on implementation science and health systems research. As a chief and lead investigator, Dr Seyoum has secured and managed competitive international grants and fellowships that have helped improve outcomes for women, families, and communities in low-resource settings. He co-developed Ethiopia’s first MSc and PhD programs in Midwifery and maintains affiliations with Debre Berhan University in Ethiopia and Karolinska Institute in Sweden. He also holds advisory roles within the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, the Ethiopian Midwives Association, the International Confederation of Midwives, and the World Health Organisation.
