Tigist Hailu, Penn Memory Center coordinator for diversity in research and education, has successfully graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Master of Public Health (MPH) Program.
“The Penn Memory Center and the Penn Health Brain Research Center take great pride in Tigist Hailu receiving her master’s in public health from the University of Pennsylvania,” said Dr. Jason Karlawish, co-director of the Penn Memory Center. “She’s learned skills and talents that are accelerating and expanding the Centers’ efforts to raise awareness and improve the cognitive health and well-being of older adults and their families. She’s an inspiration.”
Hailu oversees the Penn Memory Center’s multicultural recruitment with a particular focus on the African-American community in NACC and other research studies with the Penn Prevention Research Center’s Healthy Brain Research Network Center.
“I have been so impressed with Tigist’s creativity and determination,” said Dr. Carolyn Cannuscio, Hailu’s advisor in the MPH program. “Her work is so clearly motivated by a deep compassion for and commitment to her patients. She is a model for all our students.”
Tigist graduated from Franklin & Marshall College with a bachelor’s in public health psychology and Africana studies.