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Grace Chan, MD MPH PhD

@gracejchan

Pediatrician, scientist. Associate Professor of Pediatrics & Epidemiology, Harvard. Interested in evidence-based interventions for mothers and children globally

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New publication: Prevalence of stunting in #Ethiopia still high. Further understanding of patterns of linear growth, onset of growth faltering or recovery offer possibility for mitigation. Thank you to our partners @SPHMMC_Official @FMoHealth Read here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Prevalence, Incidence, and Reversal Pattern of Childhood Stunting in Ethiopia

Prevalence, Incidence, and Reversal Pattern of Childhood Stunting in Ethiopia

This cohort study analyzes the prevalence, incidence, and reversal of stunting among children aged 0 to 24 months in Ethiopia.

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We are so pleased that our team's work was featured in the latest @HarvardChanSPH news! Read on to learn more about some of our biggest milestones from 2023: hsph.harvard.edu/news/featur…
Maternal and child health research program in Ethiopia makes strides | Harvard T.H. Chan School of...

Maternal and child health research program in Ethiopia makes strides | Harvard T.H. Chan School of...

The HaSET Maternal and Child Health Research Program recently celebrated a series of milestones towards improving health in Ethiopia and beyond.

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Very happy to share our latest paper on ANC coverage in rural Ethiopia! Our study, leveraging longitudinal data from the Birhan Cohort, reveals insightful patterns in ANC attendance over the course of pregnancy, and a low general coverage. Read the paper: journals.plos.org/globalpubl…
Antenatal care coverage in a low-resource setting: Estimations from the Birhan Cohort

Antenatal care coverage in a low-resource setting: Estimations from the Birhan Cohort

Antenatal care (ANC) coverage estimates commonly rely on self-reported data, which may carry biases. Leveraging prospectively collected longitudinal data from the Birhan field site and its pregnancy...

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Teacher takes students on 'trip' to Mexico! Love this ❤️ ⁦⁦@SouthwestAir⁩ cnn.com/videos/travel/2023/1…
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Inspiring work done at @ARHI_ETH @afeworkkassu! Excited for ongoing collaborations to advance maternal and child health in Ethiopia. @FMoHealth @HarvardChanSPH @harvardmed @BostonChildrens
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Replying to @AHRI_ETH
@AHRI_ETH discussed on research and capacity building areas of mutual interest with Prof. @gracejchan and Dr Lissanu Tadesse, PI & Program Director of HaSET - ሀሴት Maternal and Child Health Research Program of z @HarvardChanSPH. Will collaborate on evidence based interventions.
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@nytimesworld2 Oct 2023
Katalin Kariko, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Drew Weissman for their work that led to Covid vaccines, emerged as a hero of the pandemic. Her ideas about mRNA were seen as unorthodox. They were also prescient. nyti.ms/48EDPqS
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Harvard C-CHANGE@HarvardCCHANGE17 Jul 2023
We are thrilled to welcome @drlindseybutler @gracejchan @chrisgolden05 & Robin Iqbal (@GSK), who will speak to our global health, epidemiology, and infectious disease students at #CCHANGESummit23 in just a few weeks.
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JAMA Network Open@JAMANetworkOpen1 Jun 2023
This prognostic study presents a series of prediction models for antenatal care attendance with modest performance. ja.ma/3qmWipW
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Congratulations to @brwilder @ClaraPonsDuran on their work developing models to predict antenatal care attendance in @JAMANetworkOpen! Thank you to collaborators at @SPHMMC_Official @HarvardChanSPH @BostonChildrens @HaSETmch
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NEW: Just published a new paper on predicting antenatal care attendance in Amhara Region, Ethiopia in @JAMANetworkOpen! 🤰📊 Thank you to our partners: @SPHMMC_Official @HarvardChanSPH @BostonChildrens  jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Development of Prediction Models for Antenatal Care Attendance in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Development of Prediction Models for Antenatal Care Attendance in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

This prognostic study develops and describes a series of predictive models to identify women who are at high risk of failing to attend antenatal care in a rural setting in Ethiopia.

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NEW: Our team just published a paper on the development of risk prediction models for preterm delivery in Ethiopia in @JGLOBHEALTH! 🤰📷 Thank you to our partners: @SPHMMC_Official @HarvardChanSPH @BostonChildrens jogh.org/2023/jogh-13-04051
Development of risk prediction models for preterm delivery in a rural setting in Ethiopia — JOGH

Development of risk prediction models for preterm delivery in a rural setting in Ethiopia — JOGH

Globally, almost 15 million babies are born preterm before 37 weeks of gestation annually [1]. A variety of factors are known to be associated with risk of preterm birth, including obstetrics...

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I'm grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the wonderful work being done in global health. Thank you @WHO @gatesfoundation @SavetheChildren @FMoHealth @SPHMMC_Official @BostonChildrens @harvardmed @HarvardChanSPH answers.childrenshospital.or…
Advancing maternal-child health globally: Grace Chan, MD, MPH - Boston Children's Answers

Advancing maternal-child health globally: Grace Chan, MD, MPH - Boston Children's Answers

Around the world, five million children die each year before the age of 5. Grace Chan, MD, MPH, PhD, found this unacceptable.

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NEW: High prevalence of vulnerable newborn phenotypes presented in a novel study of 541285 live births in 23 LMICs in @BJOG. Thank you to partners at @LSHTM, @JohnsHopkinsSPH, @SPHMMC_Official, @harvardchanSPH, @BostonChildrens, @CIFFchild. obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.co…
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Objective To examine prevalence of novel newborn types among 541 285 live births in 23 countries from 2000 to 2021. Design Descriptive multi-country secondary data analysis. Setting Subnational, p...

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@WHO9 May 2023
🆕 report: Global progress in reducing deaths of pregnant women and babies has flatlined -------- for 8 years.   Over 4.5 million women and babies die annually in pregnancy, childbirth or the first weeks after birth - that's 1 death every 7 seconds.   bit.ly/3nMPnW9
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Beautiful devastating article @jinterlandi highlighting a critical lever to move the needle in global health: accurate local #data #counteverynewborn. Great efforts @vitalstrat @bloombergdotorg for vital registries. @WHO @UNICEF @gatesfoundation @HaSETmch nytimes.com/2023/03/29/magaz…
The Lifesaving Power of … Paperwork? (Published 2023)

The Lifesaving Power of … Paperwork? (Published 2023)

One of the most powerful public health measures is simply recording every birth and death. In rural Colombia, as in much of the world, it’s a lot harder than it sounds.

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@NPR20 Mar 2023
These photos, captured by photographers all over the world, capture feelings of kindness and gratitude — in honor of International Day of Happiness. n.pr/3JO7CCO
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@icddr_b9 Mar 2023
Thrilled to announce that our Sr Scientist Dr Firdausi Qadri has been selected for the Independence Award 2023, highest state award given by the Govt. of #Bangladesh, a testament to her dedication to advancing #science & #innovation Congrats Dr Qadri! #Award #ProudMoment #cholera
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@womensday8 Mar 2023
Happy #InternationalWomensDay There's much to celebrate ✨ about women's achievements, yet we all know there's more to do. Worldwide🌎 let's #EmbraceEquity & build a better world for women everywhere. Collectively we can all forge positive change #IWD2023👉🏽bit.ly/IWD2023
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Remembering Dr Paul Farmer
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Setting a research agenda to advance MNCH in Ethiopia: improve population coverage of proven interventions; better understand the determinants of outcomes; strengthen health system and workforce capabilities. Thank you to our partners @FMoHealth @SPHMMC_Official @HarvardChanSPH
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The world needs science, and science needs women. 👩‍🔬🧪 @UNESCO explains why on Saturday's #WomenInScience Day: unesco.org/en/days/women-gir…
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