Hemen Mekonnen

Hemen Mekonnen is currently serving as a CDC Lewis Public Health Scholar in the UCLA Public Health Scholars Training Program and as a Health Outreach and Data Management Intern at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, both positions held since June 2024. Additionally, Hemen has been interning at the Center For Healthy Communities since March 2023 and has been a UCR Campus Ambassador for GIST since November 2021. As a Research Project Lead at the University of California, Riverside, from September 2022 to June 2024, Hemen has gained significant research experience. Hemen also worked as a Community Assistant for American Campus Communities from June 2022 to June 2024. Hemen holds a degree in Public Policy and Public Health from the University of California, Riverside, earned in June 2024, and has prior educational experience at Lycée franco-éthiopien Guebre-Mariam.