Biniyam C. Tilahun is a Full Professor of Health Information Systems at the University of Gondar. He is the leader of Center for Digital Health and Implementation science (CDHi) and an Associate Professor of Health Information Systems, at the Institute of Public Health in the University of Gondar. He currently leads different global level  projects in the area of eHealth, mHealth and Big Health Data and data use with funding from  major national and international organizations including- World Health Organization (WHO), Bill  & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), European Union, Ethiopian Ministry of Health, Doris Duke  Charitable Foundation, Grand Challenges Ethiopia and others.

His projects mostly focus on national level capacity building and technical assistance for sustainable health information system, and community-based innovations with a vision of improving clinical services and health system strengthening through low-cost, scalable digital health solutions in remote settings of Ethiopia. He received PhD in Medical Informatics from the University of Münster, Germany (2015).