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Abenezer Tafese, M.D., MPH

  • Postdoctoral Fellow
NCI Shady Grove | SG 7E514
Scientific Publications

Abenezer Tafese, M.D., M.P.H., joined DCEG in August 2026 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Radiation Epidemiology Branch (REB) under the mentorship of Lindsay Morton, Ph.D.

Dr. Tafese earned an M.D. from the University of Gondar, Ethiopia, in 2019. He completed his M.P.H. at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia in May 2025.

For his M.P.H. capstone, Dr. Tafese studied cervical cancer survival in Ethiopia and examined how HIV and anemia affect outcomes. Prior to his M.P.H., he was a lecturer and physician at the University of Gondar and a clinical oncology resident at Addis Ababa University.

In REB, Dr. Tafese will investigate lymphoma survivorship. His research will focus on subsequent malignancy risks and the impact of diagnostic and surveillance CT scans on patient quality of life and outcomes.

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