Dr. Bayu Begashaw Bekele is a research fellow at the Georgia Prevention Institute within the Department of Medicine at Augusta University. He holds a PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Debrecen, a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology, and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Jimma University. His research specializes in epidemiology, biostatistics, non-communicable disease prevention, and longitudinal clinical data analysis, with a focus on patient-reported outcomes and cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic health.