Abeselom Gebreyesus
Abeselom Gebreyesus graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Administration & Public Policy with a concentration in Public Health and a minor in Photography. He has always been interested in racial disparities in access to health care and targeting health advertising towards minority populations. Abeselom is currently an MPH student at the University of Pennsylvania.
As part of SUMR, Gebreyesus was involved with two different research projects. One project was under the guidance of Graciela Gonzalez-Hernandez, PhD, and aimed to use social media mining and natural language processing to study medication adherence. The second project he worked on was with Sara Jacoby, PhD. In this project, he studied the feasibility of technology-assisted remote monitoring as a means of injury recovery in black trauma patients in Philadelphia.
At UMBC, Abeselom was the President of the Eritrean-Ethiopian Student Association. Through this position, he promoted culture and advocated for important issues. He also served as the Media Coordinator of the UMBC chapter of the American Mock World Health Organization (AMWHO), an organization aimed at educating students through simulations, tackling global and public health issues. Outside of school, he enjoys photography, reading, and listening to music.