Cohort Profile: The Birhan Health and Demographic Surveillance System.
Bekele D, Hunegnaw BM, Bekele C, Van Wickle K, Tadesse F, Goddard FGB, Mohammed Y, Unninayar S, Chan GJ.
Int J Epidemiol. 2022 05 09. 51(2):e39-e45. PMID: 34751768
Secondary Faculty
Grace Chan
Other Positions
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics-Boston Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Overview
Dr. Chan’s work focuses on global perinatal and pediatric epidemiology. She leads the HaSET research program for maternal and child health. Together with colleagues, she has established a field site in rural Ethiopia with a cohort of women and their children.
Ongoing research projects and interests focus on:
- Surveillance of maternal and child morbidity and mortality to improve disease estimates
- Risk prediction and causal modeling for pregnancy complications and adverse birth outcomes
- Development and testing of newborn care packages to improve survival of preterm and low-birth weight babies
- Etiologies of neonatal sepsis and antimicrobial resistance
Dr. Chan also serves as an attending physician in the Division of Medical Critical Care at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is also an honorary faculty member at St Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She has mentored students and fellows as an academic advisor and dissertation committee member.
BA
Harvard College
MPH
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
MD
Harvard Medical School
PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Residency
Boston Children's Hospital
Post-doc
International Centre of Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh
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Scaling up Kangaroo Mother Care in Ethiopia and India: a multi-site implementation research study.
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Prevalence and risk factors for antimicrobial resistance among newborns with gram-negative sepsis.
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PLoS One. 2021. 16(8):e0255410. PMID: 34343185
Gaps in maternal, newborn, and child health research: a scoping review of 72 years in Ethiopia
Chan GJ, Daniel J, Getnet M, Kennedy M, Olowojesiku R, Hunegnaw BM, Unninayar S, Taddesse L, and Bekele D.
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Characterization of antimicrobial-resistant Gram-negative bacteria that cause neonatal sepsis in seven low- and middle-income countries.
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Scoping review protocol on maternal, newborn and child health research in Ethiopia.
Chan GJ, Getnet M, Olowojesiku R, Min-Swe T, Hunegnaw B, Bekele D.
BMJ Open. 2020 07 02. 10(7):e034307. PMID: 32616486
News
Examining causes of newborn sepsis in low- and middle-income countries
In a new study, Harvard Chan School's Grace Chan and colleagues identified risk factors for sepsis in newborns in low- and middle-income countries.
Addressing maternal and child health in Ethiopia
A collaboration called HaSET is working to reduce maternal and child morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia.
Finding peace and purpose during a pandemic
Global health student Michelle Korte, MPH ’21, is using her time in isolation to focus on what matters most.
