Djibril Moussa, MBBS, MSc

Psychiatrist and public health specialist

Address dementia care and promote health aging by bringing a creative and realistic public advocacy into old age and healthy aging.

Current Work

Djibril is a psychiatrist and global health specialist with interests in brain health, healthy aging, geriatric mental health, and health systems strengthening. He conducts research focused on brain health and non communicable diseases. He is currently a member of the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation at the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Personal Hero

My mother

Words of Strength

Active listener, game changer, implementer and public figure

Vision

Address dementia care and promote health aging by bringing a creative and realistic public advocacy into old age and healthy aging. This includes prioritizing geriatric medicine and mental health services by integrating preventive and therapy.

Motivation

Dementia is growing public health problem in Djibril's country. Due to increasing life expectancy many people are aging, and dementia is becoming common. By this fact, he aims to bring lasting public health measure in dementia care.

Education & Experience

Djibril completed medical school at Amoud University in Borama, Somalia. After working for five years as an assistant in psychiatry and helping establish mental health services, he pursued international health training at the Institute of Global Health at Heidelberg University in Germany. He later served with Doctors Without Borders in Nigeria as a public health specialist before moving to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to complete a psychiatry residency at Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College. Until August 2023, he served as the founding head of the Department of Psychiatry and Public Health and assistant professor of psychiatry at Amoud University in Boroma, Somalia. He is currently a member of the Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation at the School of Public Health, University of Minnesota.