Maaden Eshete, MPH

Maaden Eshete, MPH, Vice Chair, is a Public Health Analyst for the United States Office of Minority Health where she leads the new media communication efforts for education and awareness campaigns, most notably the National Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities.

Maaden is a bright and innovative health educator and a champion for women’s health in her own right. She has been integrally involved with the national infant mortality awareness campaign, A Healthy Baby Begins with You, where she continues to serve as master trainer in the campaign’s Preconception Peer Education curriculum. As a result of this work, she has traveled across the country training students as peer educators, and has appeared in the subsequent 2009 documentary film Crisis in the Crib.

Ms. Eshete’s interest in women’s and maternal health issues was piqued while pursuing her Master of Public Health degree at the Morgan State University School of Community Health and Policy, where she took on a concentration in Social and Behavioral Health Sciences with a particular focus on urban communities. Maaden is also an alumna of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County from which she received her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences.
Maaden is a first generation Ethiopian-American, with a strong concern for global and immigrant health issues

Madie, as she is more commonly known, is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, the National Council of Negro Women, the American Public Health Association, and a mentor in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland. Madie actively contributes to her church and local community where she is able to bring to life her personal mantra, “think globally, act locally.” At the beginning of 2011, she was named one of the DC metropolitan area’s Top 30 under 30 by Radio One station WKYS 93.9FM, as well as was honored by CBS radio affiliate WPGC 95.5FM during their 2011 Women’s History Makers Salute for her community efforts.

A people connector, community health advocate, and social media enthusiast, she has recently launched a blog under the pen name Miss Madie where she shares her experiences in achieving a more balanced and whole life. Maaden is a first generation Ethiopian-American, with a strong concern for global and immigrant health issues; and a proud native of Prince George’s County, Maryland where she currently resides.