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Christine Dannhausen-Brun, MPH
Senior Research Specialist
Division of Health Research and Evaluation
Department of Family and Community Medicine
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About
Additional Title/Positions: Chief of Field Operations, Nordson Green Earth Foundation
(previous) Johns Hopkins University; LaRabida - University of Chicago Children's Hospital and Research Center; Freelance photographer
Research Interests: Health equity, chronic disease, program evaluation, social determinants of health, community needs assessments, MAPP 2.0, narrative transformation, tree equity
Selected Publications
Technical Reports
Khare, MM, Dannhausen-Brun CA, Pluta D, Swanson A. (2024, June). 2024 Stephenson County Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN) Report. Final Report submitted to Stephenson County Health Department, Stephenson County, IL. Rockford, IL: Division of Health Research and Evaluation, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford.
Khare, MM, Dannhausen-Brun CA, Pluta D, Swanson A. (2024, April). 2024 Carroll County Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN) Report. Final Report submitted to Carroll County Health Department, Carroll County, IL. Rockford, IL: Division of Health Research and Evaluation, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford.
Dannhausen-Brun CA, Kaur R, Williams J, Sanker-Panchal K, Khare MM. (2023, October). Illinois Tobacco Control Program 2023 Evaluation Report. Evaluation Report submitted to Illinois Department of Public Health. Rockford, IL: Division of Health Research and Evaluation, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford.
Khare, MM, Dannhausen-Brun CA, Allen C, Hoffman M, Fatima T, Torres-Garcia M, Rojas-Becerra C. (June 2022). 2022 Healthier Barrington Study Final Report. Final Report submitted to the Healthier Barrington Coalition of Barrington, Illinois. Rockford, IL: Division of Health Research and Evaluation, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford. https://www.advocatehealth.com/assets/documents/chna/2021-healthier-barrington-study-full-report-07-09-2022.pdf
Publications
Shalowitz MU, Berry CA, Rasinski KA, Dannhausen-Brun CA. (1998, December). Capturing Contemporary Sources of Life Stress: A Method for Profiling Psychosocial Risk. Health Services Research.
Leish E, Carlson NA, Chertok NR, Dannhausen CA & Vincson J. (1994, April). Issues in designing a Client Driven System to Track a Family Disability. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Information Technology. Myrtle Beach, SC.
Dannhausen CA, Carlson NA, Chertok NR, & Leish E. (1994, April). Issues in Developing a Multi-Site Information Management System. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Information Technology. Myrtle Beach, SC.
Published Abstracts
Berry CA, Shalowitz MU, Dannhausen-Brun CA. (1997, November). Impact of an Educational Intervention Concerning Growth, Development and Failure to Thrive for Pediatric Care Providers in Managed Care Settings. Program of the Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Dannhausen-Brun CA, Shalowitz MU, Berry CA. (1997, April). Challenging the Assumptions: Teen Moms and Public Policy. Biennial Meeting of the Society of Research in Child Development. Washington, DC.
Dannhausen-Brun CA, Berry CA, Kohrman AF. (1996, November). Predictors of Long-Term Pediatric Ventilator Dependence. American Public Health Association Conference. New York, NY.
Notable Honors
2008, Outstanding Leader, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana
1987, Community Service Award, American Heart Association
1996, Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health, Delta Omega Honor Society
1987, Small School Talent Search Scholar, University of Chicago
Education
Community Health Organizing Fellowship, Cambridge Health Alliance, Center for Health Equity Education and Advocacy, Harvard Medical School (Inaugural cohort), October 2021-present
SUGi Forest Maker Fellowship, June 2022- present
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, University of Chicago, 1991
Masters of Public Health, Health Policy Administration, University of Illinois Chicago, 1996
Post-baccalaureate Pre-Professional Health Sciences, Loyola University of Chicago, 1993
Licensures and Certifications
Climate for Health Ambassador, EcoAmerica, 2023
Enhancing Chronic disease Surveillance Using Clinical Data Certificate, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, 2023