Selassie Ogyaadu, MD, MPH received her MD degree from the University
of Ghana Medical School. She then worked in Primary Care and with Sickle Cell
Disease for over 6 years. Having an interest in chronic disease epidemiology
and a desire to promote health among chronic disease populations, she moved to
New York where she obtained a Master’s in Public Health at the Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai. While a student, Dr. Ogyaadu was involved in the
ground breaking Type 1 Artificial Pancreas diabetes study with Dr. Carol Levyat the Mount Sinai Diabetes Center (one of only six such centers in the U.S.A.)
Dr. Ogyaadu is currently the Clinical Research Coordinator at the Mount SinaiDiabetes Center continuing the important of Artificial Pancreas studies and
other notable diabetes research studies.
