Gbedasso Paouli Pitang

Education: Pursuing a BA in Economics at Cornell University

Recent projects include: Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo

Personal interests include: Bodybuilding, traveling to new places, watching action shows, listening to music

Gbedasso is an undergraduate student at Cornell University studying economics. He is deeply passionate about improving the quality of life in underserved communities by combining his interests in entrepreneurship, research, healthcare, and technology. In the future, Gbedasso aspires to combine his interests to develop unique solutions to address challenges facing people through economic empowerment, evidence-based research, policy, and technological innovation.

At Cornell, Gbedasso is the Research Coordinator of the Health Design Innovations Lab, a research lab working to understand the causes, contributing factors, and interventions to medication non-adherence for older adults with cognitive decline.

In his spare time, Gbedasso likes to watch soccer (go Manchester United!), go to the gym, and listen to Hip-Hop Music. Additionally, he is a big fan of action shows and is always on the hunt for the next series to watch.