Hannah Chidekel comes to the Digital Wellness Lab with a BA in Public Health and French from Brandeis University and an MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has previously worked with public and private organizations to develop health communications interventions on topics ranging from substance use to pedestrian safety at local, state, and national levels.
Drawing on her past work in public health and academic spaces, Hannah is particularly interested in the connections between communications theory, health, research, and how to translate these relationships into actionable, educational tools. She sees research as a dynamic, relational process that can create impact in the world of digital wellness across a variety of stakeholders. As the Lab’s Research and Education Manager, she supports the Lab’s research on belonging, wellbeing, and technology use, as well as oversees the Amplify Youth workshop initiatives to bring a digital wellness curriculum into communities and schools.