Nuhamin Gebrewold Petros
Project Coordinator
E-mail: nuhamin.petros@ki.se
Visiting address: Granits väg 4, 17177 Solna
Postal address: C7 Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik, C7 NASP Carli, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- I am a PhD student under the supervision of Vladimir Carli (M.D., Ph.D.) at
the department of LIME at the National Centre for Suicide Research and
Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP). I have been a research assistant at
NASP for two years and have been working on a multi-centre Horizon 2020
project.
Before coming to Sweden, I have worked in the USA, Ethiopia and Switzerland
in the field of Brain and Cognitive science as well as Epidemiology. I like
traveling and do so whenever my research life allows me to.
Master of Medical Science, Public Health Sciences Epidemiology, Karolinska
Institutet, Sweden, 2018
Biology B.A, Psychology B.A, University of Rochester, USA, 2014
High school, Advanced placement curriculum, College du Leman, Switzerland,
2010
Research
- The title of the research project is ''The Usability, acceptability and
patient satisfaction of the NEVERMIND automated e-health intervention for
the self-management of mental health symptoms among patients with breast and
prostate cancer''. The research is based on a newly developed e-health
system, NEVERMIND, which stands for NEurobehavioural predictiVE and
peRsonalised Modelling of depressIve symptoms duriNg primary somatic Diseases
with ICT-enabled management procedures. The NEVERMIND system compromises of a
smart shirt and a mobile application which collect mental and physical
parameters through questionnaires and physiological data respectively to
predict the severity and onset of depressive symptoms in patients diagnosed
with five somatic conditions. More information about the trial can be found
at http://www.nevermindproject.eu/ [1]
The research project focuses on the acceptability, usability and patient
satisfaction of the NEVERMIND system, as well as the factors that determine
the acceptability, usability and satisfaction of the system in dealing with
mental health symptoms in breast and prostate cancer patients.
[1] http://www.nevermindproject.eu/
Articles
- Article: JMIR FORMATIVE RESEARCH. 2022;6(6):e33734
All other publications
- Review: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2021;31(2):304-312
Employments
- Project Coordinator, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2025
Degrees and Education
- Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Learning, informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2023
- Degree Of Master Of Medical Science 120 Credits, Karolinska Institutet, 2018