{"id":913,"date":"2025-11-13T17:01:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/?page_id=913"},"modified":"2025-11-13T17:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:02:05","slug":"firaol-mesfin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/phd-students\/firaol-mesfin\/","title":{"rendered":"Firaol Mesfin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/508\/2025\/03\/IMG_Mesfin.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/508\/2025\/03\/IMG_Mesfin.png 300w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/508\/2025\/03\/IMG_Mesfin-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I am a mental health practitioner and early-career researcher with over five years of experience. I hold an MSc in Integrated Clinical and Community Mental Health and a BSc in Psychiatric Nursing from Mekelle University in Ethiopia. I have worked with national public institutions and international NGOs, including research roles at the Baylor College of Medicine Children\u2019s Foundation in Malawi and the Armauer Hansen Research Institute. Previously, I served as a Lecturer in Psychiatry at Mekelle University, where I was actively involved in teaching, mentoring, and research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the TOUCH Doctoral Program, I will pursue a PhD in Psychiatry at the Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona. My project, titled \u201cSeeking Clinical and Functional Recovery in Depression: Outcome Trajectories of New Therapeutic Approaches\u201d (ReDeNTA), is hosted at the Parc Taul\u00ed Research and Innovation Institute Foundation (I3PT) and aims to explore innovative strategies for enhancing recovery in individuals suffering from depression.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-gris-pubilla-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Would you like to learn more about his research?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/508\/2025\/11\/Ayele_web-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a mental health practitioner and early-career researcher with over five years of experience. I hold an MSc in Integrated Clinical and Community Mental Health and a BSc in Psychiatric Nursing from Mekelle University in Ethiopia. I have worked with national public institutions and international NGOs, including research roles at the Baylor College of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"parent":775,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-913","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":916,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/913\/revisions\/916"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}