Kebede Deribe is a research scientist based in Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex in the UK. He is an honorary assistant professor in Addis Ababa University, School of public health, Ethiopia. Dr Deribe is trained in public health officer in Ethiopia (Haramaya University) and has Master of Public Health (MPH) from Jimma University Ethiopia. He obtained his PhD in epidemiology from United Kingdom (University of Sussex and University of Brighton).

Over the past 16 years, he has developed extensive experience conducting and leading public health research and programming.  In particular conducting large scale surveys, health program design, implementation and program evaluation.  He has authored and co-authored over 120 scientific papers and book chapters and contributed to the evidence base. His research work has focused on the spatial aspects of diseases. Dr Deribe has been studying the epidemiology of podoconiosis and other neglected tropical diseases. He and his colleagues have mapped the distribution of podoconiosis in Cameroon, Ethiopia and Rwanda with implications for policy and practice in these countries. He is currently working to develop the Global Atlas of Podoconiosis. 

His other interests include studying the spatial epidemiology of diseases, modelling disease burden and effects of interventions.

He has been awarded a Wyeth Pharmaceuticals New Leaders Award (2007), the Scientific Medal of Young Researcher of the Year of the Ethiopian Public Health Association (2011), The Young Researcher of the Year of the Health Officers Association of Ethiopia (2016), the Emerging Leaders Award, Royal Society of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK (2016) and Fellow Executive Programme for Global Health Leadership (2017-2018).  He was awarded a Wellcome Trust training fellowship (2013-2016) and International Intermediate Research Fellowship (2016-2021). Dr Deribe is an academic editor of PLOS ONE an open access journal.