
Kedir Abegaz
Address:
Nicosia, Cyprus
Research Interests:
- Biostatistics and epidemiological modeling
- Data mining and machine learning in health
- Digital health & health informatics
- COVID-19 mortality prediction models
- Public health determinants in Africa
- AI-driven disease modeling
Biography:
Dr. Kedir H. Abegaz is an Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Health Informatics at Near East University, Cyprus. His academic career includes roles as Lecturer at Madda Walabu University (Ethiopia), Research Assistant with the American Cancer Society (ACS-AACR), and Research Consultant at the Ethiopian Ministry of Innovation and Technology. His doctoral research focused on AI-driven ensemble and boosting models for predicting COVID-19 mortality in Eastern Africa, reflecting his expertise in data science, health informatics, and epidemiological modeling. His contributions extend to digital health, statistical modeling, and the integration of AI techniques in health research, with an emphasis on improving healthcare outcomes in resource-limited settings.
Current Research Projects
- AI applications in mortality prediction, health data mining, digital health innovation
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Publications:
Dr. Abegaz’s recent work integrates advanced statistical modeling with public health research, focusing on community health, global disease burden, and AI applications.
- AW Tamrat, KH Abegaz, H Mulat, N Muluineh, GW Tedla, TT Berhe. Assessment of satisfaction level of community-based health insurance and associated factors among households in Akaki Kality subcity, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Public Health. 2025.
- SB Sirota, MC Doxey, RMV Dominguez, RG Bender, A Vongpradith, KH Abegaz, …Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2025; 25(1): 36–51.
- H Kassaw, K Hussein, A Gebre, AA Seid, M Amme. Determinants of Overweight Among Type Two Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending Public Hospitals at Awusi Resu Zone of Afar Region: Unmatched Case–Control Study. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity. 2024.
- G Arega, AM Said, S Workineh, K Hussein, K Ketema. The magnitude of care burden and associated factors in caregivers of children with cancer at the country’s largest tertiary referral hospital, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. Global Pediatric Health. 2024.
- G Gebeyehu, S Mideksa, A Oumer, K Abegaz.Magnitude of trachoma cases and associated factors among ophthalmic clients attending Menelik II Comprehensive Referral Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Public Health and Nutrition (EJPHN). 2024; 2(2): 105–112.
Last Updated on September 12, 2025