Dr. Getahun Abate graduated from the Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Medicine. After serving at a rural hospital in Ethiopia for three years, he joined a graduate program in Medical Microbiology, first earning his MSc from Addis Ababa University and then PhD from Karolinska Institute, Sweden. After moving to the United States, he completed a post-doctoral research fellowship in immunology, specialization in Internal Medicine, and sub-specialization in Infectious Diseases. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at Saint Louis University (SLU).