Bio
Hannah Hanson is a public health professional with an undergraduate degree in human science, an employment background in government and environmental public health. She has extensive experience in both qualitative and quantitative research and is excellent with organizational and communication skills. She is steadfast in all of her passions related to contributing to equity-driven, upstream, community-level initiatives, those of which improve health outcomes, with a particular emphasis on the place based built environment work in systemically marginalized populations. Hannah Hanson is a champion of Men's Health through her role as a Public Health Associate, Men's Health Coordinator with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over North Dakota.
As the Men's Health Coordinator, Hannah has started and managed North Dakota’s first statewide Men’s Health Program, which aims to improve health outcomes in men. The program promotes primary care, health education, mental health awareness, and fatherhood resources. In this role Hannah has designed and secured funding for a statewide Fatherhood Experiences survey to capture novel data on the paternal perspective on the transition to fatherhood to identify gaps in services and priority target areas for program development. She has also collaborated with numerous MCH programs to integrate men's health and women's health programs to promote a joined 'Family Health' approach instead of siloed efforts.
