Atinkut Alamirrew Zeleke

I am a medical informatics and research data management professional with over 15 years of experience spanning academia, research, and leadership roles. Currently, I work as a Data Steward in the NFDI4Health project at the University and City Library of Cologne, where I support the advancement of FAIR and high-quality research data management through training development, service coordination, and collaboration with health research communities.

Previously, as a Scientific Staff Member at University Medicine Greifswald, I contributed to metadata standardization, schema mapping, and supervised PhD research in FAIR data applications and AI guidelines. I have also developed competitive grant proposals (DFG, BMBF) and conducted research on data quality assessment, including the secondary use of EHR data.

Earlier in my career, I served as Head of the Department of Health Informatics at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia, leading curriculum development, teaching, and digital health initiatives.

With a PhD in Medical Informatics, an MPH in Public Health Informatics, and a BSc in Physiotherapy, I am committed to strengthening FAIR data stewardship, improving data quality, and fostering collaborative scientific networks in biomedical research.