Bethlehem Adnew is a Bioinformatician at the Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI), specializing in genomics and computational analysis of infectious diseases. With a strong background in Computer Science and bioinformatics, she has experience in genomic data analysis, pipeline development, and computational biology. She is skilled in Bash/Python/R, NGS workflows, and HPC, working to extract insights from large-scale genomic data. She is also passionate about applying data science and AI in the health domain, especially genomics.

Before joining AHRI in February 2019, Bethlehem worked as a software developer and later as a software development manager. Since then, she has demonstrated strong expertise in analyzing a wide range of pathogens sequenced at the institute and beyond, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, SARS-CoV-2, Plasmodium falciparum, HIV, Leishmania, and human genomes. Her primary research focus has been on the diversity, drug resistance, and transmission dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains from Ethiopia and other African countries.

Currently, she is pursuing her PhD in Bioinformatics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research explores the co-evolution and interaction between humans and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, using various computational and genomic approaches to better understand host-pathogen dynamics.