Dawit Shawel Abebe

Dawit Shawel Abebe is a professor of public health at Oslo Metropolitan University's Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing and Health Promotion. His office is located at Pilestredet 32, 0166 Oslo, Office number: N050.125, with telephone contact +47 672 37 834.

Dr. Abebe holds a PhD in public health with a specialization in epidemiology from the University of Oslo (2014), a master's degree in public health from the University of Oslo (2009), a master's degree in nutrition from Ghent University, Belgium (2006), and a bachelor's degree in public health from the University of Haramaya, Ethiopia (2003).

His research spans immigrant health, youth and mental health, comorbidity between somatic and mental illnesses, and global health, primarily using quantitative research methods. His work intersects multiple scientific disciplines including Nutrition, Community medicine, social medicine, Sociology, Medical subjects, Gynecology and obstetrics, Psychiatry, child psychiatry, Infectious medicine, and Health services research.

Dr. Abebe's publication record shows consistent focus on health disparities among immigrant populations, with recent work examining migration timing effects on mental health, cultural aspects of mental health diagnosis, and socioeconomic determinants of health. His research increasingly addresses representation issues, highlighting how minorities are significantly underrepresented in research.

He leads the Migration and minority health research group and is involved in the EU-funded NEGOTIATE project examining labor market uncertainty among young Europeans. His methodological approach primarily utilizes Norwegian national health registries for large-scale population analyses comparing immigrant populations with native Norwegians.

Dr. Abebe maintains an active research profile with 42 scientific publications, 4 research reports, and 35 dissemination activities, positioning him as a significant contributor to understanding health disparities in the Norwegian and European context.