Mulugeta Gebregziabher

Dr. Mulugeta Gebregziabher is a Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Programs at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), with dual appointments at the MUSC Global Health Institute and College of Graduate Studies. He is a Research Health Scientist and Methodology Core Leader at the Charleston VA Medical Center's HEROIC Innovation Center, focusing on health disparities, longitudinal data analysis, and health services research for conditions like diabetes, stroke, and HIV/AIDS.

His methodological expertise includes:

• Longitudinal data analysis
• Zero-inflated data modeling
• Joint modeling of multiple outcomes
• Missing data techniques
• Large dataset analysis

Clinical collaborations span diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, lung cancer, and global health. He has contributed to over 50 funded NIH/VA grants and 200+ peer-reviewed publications, developing novel statistical methods for health services research. Current teaching includes advanced biostatistics courses and summer institute workshops on Bayesian analysis and epidemiological statistics.

Scientific leadership roles:

• Fellow, American Statistical Association
• President, American Statistical Association SC Chapter
• Editorial board member, British Medical Journal-Heart
• Founding member, Statistical Society of Ethiopians in North America
• Board member, Worldwide Fistula Fund