Della Hann

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Della Hann
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Hann in 2015
Born
Alma mater Catawba College (BS)
University of Tennessee (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, research administration
Institutions National Institutes of Health
Thesis Factors that influence the quality of maternal care: a systemic conceptualization  (1986)
Doctoral advisor Robert Wahler  [ Wikidata ]

Della Marie Hann is an American psychologist and research administrator serving as the associate director for extramural research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

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Early life and education

Della Marie Hahn is from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. She completed a B.S. from Catawba College in 1981. [1] In 1986, she earned a Ph.D. in experimental psychology with an emphasis on issues of early child development from the University of Tennessee. [2] [3] Her dissertation was titled Factors that influence the quality of maternal care: a systemic conceptualization. Her doctoral advisor was Robert Wahler  [ Wikidata ]. [4] She held a postdoctoral fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation in the department of psychiatry at the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans. There, Hann participated in research related to early socio-emotional development in infants of adolescent mothers. [3]

Career

Hann joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1991 as a program officer and chief of the Interpersonal and Family Processes Program within the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Behavioral, Cognitive, and Social Sciences Research Branch. [3] She has since held a variety of leadership roles both within NIMH and the NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER), including senior policy advisor in OER and director of the Office of Science Policy, Planning and Communications at NIMH. There, Hann led and directed programs on science policy and program evaluation, strategic planning, scientific disease coding and analysis, and internal and external communications and dissemination. [2] Hann served as associate director for research training and scientific collaborations with the NIMH Division of Mental Disorders, Behavioral Research, and AIDS. [3]

Starting in 2008, Hann was acting OER deputy director, while at the same time serving as the acting director for the NIMH Office of Autism Research Coordination at the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH). [2] In that capacity, she provided leadership and management for the congressionally mandated Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC). [3] She led the IACC's first national strategic plan. [5] In 2010, she was appointed deputy director of OER. [2]

In 2015, Hann became the associate director for extramural research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). She serves at the director of NICHD's principal advisor on extramural scientific and policy issues. [3]

Selected works

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References

  1. "Commencement of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1986 Fall". Digital Collections. University of Tennessee. 1986. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "OER Welcomes Della Hann". NIH Extramural Nexus. 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Hann Selected as NICHD Associate Director for Extramural Research". National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. June 4, 2015. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  4. Hann, Della M. (1986). Factors that influence the quality of maternal care: a systemic conceptualization (Thesis). University of Tennessee. OCLC   15521951.
  5. "Della M. Hann, Ph.D." Office of Human Resources. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
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