Selam Bedada, MPH
Assistant Program Director, Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity
Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
Department of Health Policy & Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health
Selamawit Bedada is the Assistant Program Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity program. As a Research and Distance Learning specialist, Ms. Bedada brings in-depth knowledge of research and communication in health policy relating to health workforce and health systems development. Her concentration area is on health equity and health disparity reduction. She has over ten years of experience in public health research and strengthening health systems, with a focus on policies and programs related to health equity and health risks of vulnerable populations. Originally from Ethiopia, she has worked in four countries in Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Malawi) and the United States on such projects. She was an integral member of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-Sub Saharan African Medical Schools Study (SAMSS) project and co-authored a book “The Sub-Saharan African Medical School Study: Data, Observation, and Opportunity” and an article in The Lancet “Medical schools in Sub-Saharan Africa.”
Assistant Program Director, Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity
Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity
Department of Health Policy & Management, Milken Institute School of Public Health
Selamawit Bedada is the Assistant Program Director of the Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity program. As a Research and Distance Learning specialist, Ms. Bedada brings in-depth knowledge of research and communication in health policy relating to health workforce and health systems development. Her concentration area is on health equity and health disparity reduction. She has over ten years of experience in public health research and strengthening health systems, with a focus on policies and programs related to health equity and health risks of vulnerable populations. Originally from Ethiopia, she has worked in four countries in Africa (Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, and Malawi) and the United States on such projects. She was an integral member of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-Sub Saharan African Medical Schools Study (SAMSS) project and co-authored a book “The Sub-Saharan African Medical School Study: Data, Observation, and Opportunity” and an article in The Lancet “Medical schools in Sub-Saharan Africa.”