Caroline Chandler, MPH, PhD

About

Caroline Chandler, PhD, MPH is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. She teaches courses in the MPH Core, BSPH Core, and Maternal, Child and Family Health Concentration. 

Dr. Chandler is trained in maternal and child health and community based participatory research, with a focus on the social-emotional and behavioral health of young children and adolescents and injury prevention. Her current work examines utilization of concrete and clinical services among families with young children who are involved with child protective services; resilience-promoting factors among young children; and adolescent peer mental health support models. Dr. Chandler works closely with community partners to design and implement research and evaluation plans.

Honors and Awards

Delta Omega Theta Chapter Service Award
2022, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dissertation Completion Fellowship
2021-2022, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Injury and Violence Prevention Fellow,
2020-2022, Injury Prevention Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Predoctoral Trainee, Carolina Consortium on Human Development
2018-2020, Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Community Engagement Fellowship, Carolina Center for Public Service
2019, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Sarah Taylor Morrow Scholarship
2017, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Westhampton College Distinguished Leader Award
2014, University of Richmond

Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society
2013, University of Richmond

Representative Courses

MHCH 728 - Introduction to Implementation Research and Practice in Maternal, Child, and Family Health

SPHG 351 – Foundations of Public Health

SPHG 722 – Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating Public Health Solutions

Research Activities

Child maltreatment prevention, social-emotional health and development, participatory research.

Service Activities

Department of Maternal and Child Health Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workgroup (2020-present)

North Carolina Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Association Board of Directors (2019-present)

Practice Activities

Community-Academic Partner, Southeast Raleigh YMCA and The Resiliency Collaborative

Key Publications

The association between early reports to Child Protective Services and developmental trajectories through middle childhood. Chandler, C.E., Shanahan, M.E., Halpern, C.T.  (2021). Child Abuse & Neglect.

Training public health students in racial justice and health equity: A systematic review. Chandler, C.E., Williams, C.R., Turner, M.W., Shanahan, M.E.  (2021). Public Health Reports.
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Developing Capacity for Learning Community Systems: Experiences from the 100MHL SCALE Initiative. Carr, T., Holly, M., Reed, K., Rabbani, R., Chandler, C., Cook, B., Howard, P., McPherson, M., Henry, B., Ramaswamy, R. (2021). Learning Health Systems.

Association of housing stress with child maltreatment: A systematic review. Chandler, C.E., Austin, A.E., Shanahan, M.E.  (2020). Trauma, Violence and Abuse.

Education