Salma Abdalla, DrPH, MBBS, MPH
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Global Health

DPH/DrPH, Boston University School of Public Health
MBBS, University of Khartoum
MPH, Boston University School of Public Health



Salma Abdalla, a Sudanese medical doctor, is an Assistant Professor in Global Health and Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. She was the Director of the Rockefeller-Boston University 3-D Commission on Determinants of health, Data science, and Decision making. She also served as a secretariat member for the WHO Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her research focuses on understanding how microsocial forces shape the health of the population. In particular, she studies how data on the social, economic, and commercial determinants can be used to inform decision-making on health and health equity in different contexts. She also studies the effects of trauma on global population mental health. She has published over 50 scientific journal articles, co-authored 8 reports and policy briefs, and co-authored 9 book chapters.
Dr Abdalla was also engaged in advocacy efforts to incorporate the voices of young people in setting the global public health agenda for a number of years. She was elected the Secretary General of the International Federation of Medical Students Associations for the term 2013-2014. She was also named an emerging voice in global health in 2018 and a Moremi fellow for young women leadership in Africa in 2012.

Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Epidemiology




Mass Violence Resource Center
07/01/2022 - 06/30/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Salma Abdalla, DrPH, MBBS, MPH
Medical University of South Carolina Victims of Crime


WHO Healthy Cities Indicators
03/11/2024 - 08/31/2024 (PI)
World Health Organization




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  1. Ettman CK, Thornburg B, Abdalla SM, Meiselbach MK, Galea S. Financial assets and mental health over time. Sci Rep. 2024 Nov 09; 14(1):27370.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39521820; PMCID: PMC11550426; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-76990-x;
     
  2. Abdalla SM, Galea S. Key considerations for the future of mental health epidemiology. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Oct 07; 193(10):1307-1312.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38872352
     
  3. Rancher C, Moreland AD, Galea S, Davies F, Bottomley J, Abba-Aji M, Abdalla SM, Kilpatrick DG. Awareness and use of support services following mass violence incidents. J Psychiatr Res. 2024 Dec; 180:79-85.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39383713
     
  4. Ettman CK, Abdalla SM, Wang R, Rosenberg SB, Galea S. Generalized anxiety disorder in low-resourced adults: a nationally representative, longitudinal cohort study across the COVID-19 pandemic. Am J Epidemiol. 2024 Aug 09.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39123097
     
  5. Moreland AD, Rancher C, Davies F, Bottomley J, Galea S, Abba-Aji M, Abdalla SM, Schmidt MG, Vena JE, Kilpatrick DG. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Adults in Communities With Mass Violence Incidents. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 01; 7(7):e2423539.View Related Profiles. PMID: 39058488; PMCID: PMC11282439; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.23539;
     
  6. Even D, Abdalla SM, Maani N, Galea S. News media as a commercial determinant of health. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Aug; 12(8):e1365-e1369.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38908393
     
  7. Ettman CK, Cohen GH, Abdalla SM, Hatton CR, Castrucci BC, Bork RH, Galea S. Depression and assets during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study of mental health across income and savings groups. PLoS One. 2024; 19(6):e0304549.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38875280; PMCID: PMC11178170; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304549;
     
  8. Abdalla SM, Assefa E, Rosenberg SB, Hernandez M, Koya SF, Galea S. Perceptions of the determinants of health across income and urbanicity levels in eight countries. Commun Med (Lond). 2024 Jun 06; 4(1):107.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38844576; PMCID: PMC11156846; DOI: 10.1038/s43856-024-00493-z;
     
  9. Hatton CR, Ettman CK, Gollust S, Abdalla SM, Galea S. Mental Health and U.S. Attitudes Toward Social Determinants of Health Policies. Am J Prev Med. 2024 Sep; 67(3):350-359.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38810769
     
  10. Kennedy-Hendricks A, Ettman CK, Gollust SE, Bandara SN, Abdalla SM, Castrucci BC, Galea S. Experience of Personal Loss Due to Drug Overdose Among US Adults. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 May 03; 5(5):e241262.View Related Profiles. PMID: 38819798; PMCID: PMC11143465; DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1262;
     
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