Dr. Urge Gerema Kotu is a Lecturer and researcher in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Ethiopia. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Public Health at Jimma University, Ethiopia, and a Master of Science in Clinical Anatomy at Jimma University, Ethiopia. He was a Member of the Association for Ethiopian public health association, the Family guidance association. He serves to implement and coordinate a wide range of health sector programs at different levels.

Dr. Urge Gerema Kotu is interested in fields of research: Clinical nutrition researches, Infectious Diseases researches, Public Health Researches, Neurosciences Researches, Molecular medicine Researches. His present research focuses on searching for medicinal plant activity to use as alternatives to treat human diseases.