Hannah Chandler
Hannah Chandler is a public health professional with extensive experience in global education initiatives, child development programs, and humanitarian research. At the University of Notre Dame's Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), she serves as Associate Director of Programs, providing executive leadership for multifaceted projects across 25 countries to improve outcomes for children in adversity. Hannah has successfully spearheaded programs like Project Sampoorna in India and proposal development to receive $50 million in grant funding. Her expertise includes program management, strategic proposal development, talent acquisition, and qualitative research methods within the global health and child development sectors.
Throughout her career, Hannah has collaborated with organizations like Médicins Sans Frontières, the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, and Columbia University's National Center for Disaster Preparedness. Her academic contributions include multiple peer-reviewed publications and briefs addressing refugee health, child resilience, and public health preparedness. Additionally, she has created course content for global child development and adversity at the University of Notre Dame and Osmania University in India.
- Lynn Loomis-Price Humanitarian Award, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health (May 2018)
- Master of Public Health, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
- Bachelor of Science in Biology, Azusa Pacific University
D'Sa N, Fontana M, Ariapa M, Chandler H, Nsubuga E, and Richardson E (2023). “‘Well-being ASSETS: Developing a robust measure of teacher well-being with educators in public and settlement schools in Uganda.” A Journal of Comparative and International Education. (In review)
D'Sa N, Fontana M, Ariapa M, Chandler H, Nsubuga E, and Richardson E (2023). “‘Well-being, that word is very wide’: Understanding how teachers in Uganda define and navigate their occupational well-being.” International Journal of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2023.102185
Boothby N, Hart A, Chandler H, Dupuy D (2021). “Leveraging community-based innovations during COVID-19 to strengthen the Haitian school system.” Perspectives in Education. https://doi.org/10.18820/2519593X/pie.v39.i1.17
Chandler H, McNatt Z, Berrigan M, Zebib L, Freels PE, Al-Shannaq H, Majdalani N, Mahmoud A, Majd E, Boothby N (2020). "Causes of Family Separation and Barriers to Reunification: Syrian Refugees in Jordan." Journal of Refugee Studies. https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feaa033
Brunson E, Chandler H, Gronvall GK, Ravi S, Sell TK, Shearer MP, Schoch-Spana M (2020). The SPARS Pandemic 2025-2028: A Futuristic Scenario to Facilitate Medical Countermeasure Communication. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication. DOI: 10.30658/jicrcr.3.1.4
McNatt Z, Freels PE, Chandler H, Fawad M, Qarmout S, Al-Oraibi AS, Al-Tammi N, Boothby N (2019). “What’s happening in Syria even affects the rocks”: a qualitative study of the Syrian refugee experience accessing noncommunicable disease services in Jordan.” Conflict and Health 13: 26. doi: 10.1186/s13031-019-0209-x
Schoch-Spana M, Brunson E, Chandler H, Gronvall GK, Ravi S, Sell TK, Shearer MP (2018). Recommendations on how to manage anticipated communication dilemmas involving medical countermeasures in an emergency. Public Health Reports 133(4):366-379. First published online: May 30, 2018; https://doi.org/10.1177/0033354918773069.
Kirk Sell T, Shearer MP, Meyer D, Chandler H, Schoch-Spana M, Thomas E, Rose DA, Carbone EG, Toner E (2018). Public health resilience checklist for high-consequence infectious diseases – Informed by the domestic Ebola response in the United States. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000787
Meyer D, Kirk Sell T, Schoch-Spana M, Shearer MP, Chandler H, Thomas E, Rose DA, Carbone EG, Toner E (2017, Dec). Lessons from the domestic Ebola response: Improving healthcare system resilience to high consequence infectious diseases. American Journal of Infection Control. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2017.11.00
