Wondwossen Gebreyes

Wondwossen Abebe Gebreyes
ወንድወሰን አበበ ገብረየስ
BornAddis Ababa University
Ethiopia
Alma materNorth Carolina State University
Scientific career
InstitutionsOhio State University
North Carolina State University
ThesisMolecular epidemiology of multi-drug resistant Salmonella in swine production systems (2001)

Wondwossen Abebe Gebreyes (Ge'ez: ወንድወሰን አበበ ገብረየስ) is an Ethiopian-American veterinary physician; Hazel C. Youngberg Distinguished Professor and Executive Director of the One Global Health initiative (GOHi) at The Ohio State University. He was elected as a Full Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2021.

Early life and education

Gebreyes was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He was an undergraduate student at Addis Ababa University, where he was trained in veterinary medicine and achieved his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1990.[1] He practiced as a field veterinarian in Borena. He moved to the Sidama Region in 1993, where he worked as Head Veterinarian of the Southern Region Veterinary Department.[2] He moved to the United States in 1995, where he moved in with a cousin in Washington, D.C. He eventually moved to North Carolina, where he was appointed research associate in the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University. He started a doctoral research program in the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology.[2] His research considered the epidemiology of multi-drug resistant Salmonella.[3] He joined the Sigma Xi and Phi Zeta honor society.[citation needed] He was awarded his diploma from the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine in 2002.[citation needed]

Research and career

Gebreyes was appointed to the faculty at North Carolina State University in 2001.[2] He was recruited to the faculty of Ohio State University in 2006 as an Associate Professor, where he was promoted to Professor in 2011. In 2012 Gebreyes was made Chair of the One Global Health Initiative at Ohio State. His research considers antimicrobial resistance and food-borne pathogens.[2] He has dedicated his career to global capacity building and international education.[4]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ "Wondwossen Gebreyes, DVM, PhD, DACVPM « ICREID". Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Alumni Award Winner at the Forefront of Global Health". NC State Veterinary Medicine. 2017-11-19. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  3. ^ Gebreyes, Wondwossen Abebe (2001). Molecular epidemiology of multi-drug resistant Salmonella in swine production systems (PDF). OCLC 48061751.
  4. ^ a b "U21 Award Winners 2016 | Universitas 21". universitas21.com. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  5. ^ "Past Winners". www.aplu.org. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  6. ^ "Ethiopia One Health initiative draws national recognition | College of Veterinary Medicine". vet.osu.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  7. ^ "Wondwossen Gebreyes elected to National Academy of Medicine | College of Veterinary Medicine". vet.osu.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-23.