Personal profile
Biography
Abebech Fikade Shumye is a PhD candidate at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Optometry in 2021, followed by a Master of Science in Clinical Optometry in 2023 at the University of Gondar. From 2024 to 2026, she worked as an academic researcher at the University of Gondar, contributing to teaching, clinical service and conduct research in optometry.
Her research interests include diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular oedema, age‑related macular degeneration, glaucoma, and myopia. Her doctoral research focuses on diabetic retinopathy, under the supervision of Dr Bhim Rai, Professor Ted Maddess, and additional associated supervisors.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, PhD, Multifocal Pupilography objective perimetry for assessment of visual field abnormalities in peoples live with advance DR, The Australian National University
20 Feb 2026 → 19 Mar 2030
Award Date: 20 Feb 2026
Clinical optometry, Master, Determinant of Proliferative diabetic retinopathy in people live with type 2 DIABETES, Gondar University
19 Dec 2022 → 5 Sept 2023
Award Date: 9 Sept 2021