Staff Profile
Yacob Abdi, MS
Program Manager, Professional Development Programs
Yacob Abdi is a Program Manager for the certificate programs in Medical Writing and Editing, Regulatory Writing, and Clinical Trials Management & Regulatory Compliance.
Before joining the University, Yacob served in various capacities and taught at different higher-learning institutions for over twenty years. He taught at the Illinois Institute of Art for fifteen years and has been teaching at Wilbur Wright College since 2016.
Yacob holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Chicago. Additionally, he has an AAS in Computer Networking and Systems Administration and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.