Hannah Chidekel is a Clinical Research Specialist at the Boston Children’s Hospital Digital Wellness Lab. She works on several projects whose topics range from how young people find belonging in digital spaces to their experiences with counteracting harmful content online. She is particularly interested in the connections between communications, research, and health, viewing research as a dynamic tool that can impact the world of digital wellness across numerous communities.
Chidekel earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health and French from Brandeis University and a Master of Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She has worked with organizations at the local, state, and national levels to develop health communications and interventions on issues ranging from substance use to pedestrian safety.