Celina Hanson, Pharmd, Mph Email & Phone Number

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Provides expert global technical assistance to over 70 USAID missions and implementing partners on the integration and implementation of COVID-19 vaccination programs to reach high priority populations, strengthen life course vaccinations, routine health systems (PHC) and to prepare for future outbreaks and epidemics/pandemics.• Develop and provide technical guidance to medical counter measures (MCM) workstreams (incl. oxygen, diagnostics, and therapeutics/vaccines) at global (G20) and country levels for improved pandemic preparedness and emergency response including on test/treat/vaccinate pilots.• Provides guidance on global emerging threats and vaccine preventable disease outbreak response, such as cholera, measles, and the most recent Mpox (monkeypox) outbreak in central Africa.

New York, United States

• Coordinated and collaborated, with regional and country offices, the management of over $120 million in grants and project activities (e.g., test-to-treat) for the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) to ensure timely and effective use of funds for improved diagnostics and surveillance.• Leveraged over $5 million in diagnostic grants to initiate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) programming in UNICEF through the development of a diversified global pool/roster of qualified consultants (20) and long- term agreements (LTAs) with five companies.• Developed UNICEF’s AMR technical guide through the engagement of internal and external partners.

Amman, Jordan

• Increased routine immunization coverage by 17 percentage points within one year by helping the Jordanian government re-open all primary health care (PHC) facilities, previously closed due to the COVID- 19 pandemic, by training medical and nursing students to provide vaccinations and by working in close coordination with Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) or Social and Behavior Change (SBC) focal points and partners (publication).•Leveraged $300 million available in country partnerships to strengthen routine systems in Jordan by improving immunization data quality, conducting a cold chain equipment inventory, installing an electronic cold chain equipment inventory system, procuring cold chain equipment, and training staff on cold chains.•Led UNICEF’s technical support in modernizing Jordan's national vaccine procurement policies in coordination and collaboration with partners (e.g., Jordan’s MoH, USAID, World Bank, WHO) for the introduction of the pneumococcal vaccine (PCV).

Uppsala, Sweden

• Fund raised $850,000 by doubling donors (from three to six) in approximately one year by managing existing partnerships, conducting a donor landscape analysis, and developing a donor/partnership engagement plan.• Advanced ReAct’s AMR global partnerships by cultivating relationships with government missions and global and regional partners (e.g., CHAMPS, Africa CDC, WHO, OIE, FAO) on patient safety, One Health, emerging threats, and global health security (GHS).• Raised awareness on AMR and neonatal sepsis by producing a report on the results of a global survey that garnered responses from 74 countries.• Developed the Southern African Development Community (SADC) AMR regional framework strategy incoordination with their sixteen member states to prioritize AMR national action plans in the region.

Amman, Jordan

• Enhanced coordination and collaboration amongst regional and global partners by leading the Gavi Eastern Mediterranean Regional Working Group (RWG) on immunizations.• Implemented previously non-existent vaccine management and immunization strengthening initiatives in crisis, emergency, conflict, and fragile settings in the region by conducting regional immunization supply chain analysis, plan development, trainings, and health and logistic electronic information system initiatives (Djibouti, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen).• Led the measles and rubella elimination work, which included improving regional measles outbreak response by increasing the number of countries conducting outbreak root cause analyses from two to all seven countries that experienced measles outbreaks in 2019 in the region by holding regional webinars and training sessions.

New York, Ny

• Led UNICEF’s Human Papillomavirus (HPV) workstream by providing technical guidance to Gavi’s HPV 2.0 programming and to the national scale-up of HPV vaccination programs in 14 countries.•Raised global awareness around the importance of immunization supply chains through evaluating the comprehensive Effective Vaccine Management (cEVM) assessments in Gavi eligible countries (Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sierra Leone) and conducting the Global EVM Analysis from 2009 – 2017.• Expanded global awareness and guidance on vaccine temperature monitoring in supply chains by conducting a systematic literature review (study highlighted in The Economist).• Identified close to 70,000 missed opportunities for vaccinations in 46 countries from 2010 to 2016 through analyzing DHS data used to inform UNICEF advocacy, guidance, and training on improving coverage and equity (publication and response).• Contributed to strengthening routine health systems by conducting a global landscape analysis that led to the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunizations (SAGE) endorsement of the development of second year of life (2YL) global guidance.• Designed and conducted analyses and developed case studies to determine how countries are using measles supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) towards routine immunization and health system strengthening.

Geneva, Switzerland

• Led Gavi’s HPV vaccination program in over 26 countries by managing a $35 million grant and activities that included tracking supply, program progress, coordinating the technical assistance of over 12 global partners, and developing a theory of action/change or monitoring and evaluation framework (publication).• Resource mobilized USD $56 million in matching fund donations to implement HPV programs in low- income countries.• Oversaw the Implementation Research joint initiative with UNICEF and WHO by managing a $2 million grant to boost implementation research capacity in 20 low-income countries.•Conducted a cold chain capacity analysis for the global eradicating polio initiative and to inform programming for Gavi Inactivated Polio Vaccine support.

New York, Ny

• Informed national scale-up of 10 health commodities (antibiotics, vaccinations, etc.) for district health system strengthening in Vietnam, Bangladesh, Ghana, and Rwanda by conducting economic modeling for a joint Rockefeller Foundation project.• Conducted bottleneck analysis to improve global mother to child HIV transmission rates and HIV testing.• Identified gaps and weaknesses in the maternal and newborn health program in Sierra Leone by conducting qualitative research through a gender equity lens.

Jitpurphedi, Nepal

• Conducted a mixed methods study to 1) explore local knowledge about the causes, treatment, and ways to prevent chronic respiratory disease (CRD) among women; 2) to identify and document practices and environmental factors in the community that may be associated with CRD; and 3) to compare distinguishable differences in knowledge and practices between those diagnosed with CRD versus those not diagnosed

Remote Tele-Pharmacy: Arizona And New York Hospitals

• Staffed the following hospitals: Gilbert Hospital in Gilbert, AZ; Florence Hospital at Anthem in Florence, AZ; Canton-Potsdam Hospital in Potsdam, NY; Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville, NY• Verify medication orders to ensure safe medication access in remote hospitals via electronic health and communications systems • Enforced policies at each hospital on high-alert medications to ensure rational drug use quality and patient safety

Geneva, Switzerland

•Identified factors, including good governance indicators, that affect immunization coverage to explore program support areas beyond health (Lancet publication).• Examined global procurement strategies and current market options to determine best practices for middle- income countries not eligible to receive Gavi support.•Improved data management processes by drafting a set of recommendations to Gavi’s internal data management department.

El Paso, Tx

• Supervised and managed a team of 12 to reach profit goals ($1.2 million) by ensuring pharmacy met budget guidelines while maintaining high quality and low-cost access to medication.• Promoted community health by designing and managing immunization and diabetes screening programs.• Improved company medication supply forecasting to ensure the availability of medications during the H1N1 pandemic.

El Paso, Tx (Satellite Pharmacy Program)

• Designed community pharmacy rotation curriculum and taught 6th year pharmacy students • Ensured strong component of cultural competency in rotation course specializing in HIV/AIDS and border health

Hilo, Hi

•Improved patient care/safety by converting the hospital from a paper-based to an electronic system (including bedside scanning and physician order entry).• Prioritized patient safety and quality of care by developing infectious disease AMR policies by designing and including it in the electronic system that flags high-alert medications.• Conducted cost effective analyses regularly to manage hospital formulary, policy, and drug shortages.• Performed a program evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of current hospital policies and practices, i.e., the lack of AMR stewardship protocols, to improve patient quality of care.

New Orleans, La And El Paso, Tx

• Awarded Volunteer of the Year for the successful procurement and disbursement of medications and organization/coordination of the pharmacy community to provide relief services.• Developed pharmacy in medical relief stations and tracked medication and patient use to ensure the access and availability of medications for patients displaced by hurricanes Katrina/Rita.

El Paso, Tx

•Developed the medical center’s first Infectious Disease AMR Stewardship program with an emphasis on migrant communities, patient safety and improving quality of care.• Ensured availability of influenza vaccine for the most disadvantaged communities during a global Flu vaccine shortage by managing vaccine re-distribution with the Dept. of Health.• Advocated and designed the medical center’s first medication error reporting policy/procedures to improve patient safety.• Improved patient outcomes, disease-specific education, and medication adherence for the HIV/AIDS positive migrant worker population by designing methods to build trust and engage with this population.

Geneva, Switzerland

Dept. of Essential Drugs and Medicines/Policy, Access and Rational Use team (PAR)• Updated Essential Medicines List to provide current medication information.• Conducted analysis and wrote Priority Medicines for Europe and the World report with a focus on neglected tropical diseases (NTD).• Designed a publication survey and data collection database.•Initiated an intern scholarship to promote a more heterogeneous collection of interns from low-incomesettings.

Harvard Medical School Boston, Ma

• Improved patient safety protocols by writing an outpatient-prescribing grant on the impact of Advanced Decision Support (ADS) for broader medication error research prevention studies.• Reviewed IRB proposals to ensure ethical practices are followed.• Wrote a grant and designed a cross-over clinical trial for medications that treat migraines.

Beth Israel Medical Center, Boston, Ma

• Ensured continued colon cancer and cystic fibrosis research by writing and managing National Institute of Health (NIH) grants.• Traced a protective pathway in hypoxic and ischemic colon epithelial cells by performing and designing all basic-science research (6 publications).• Presented research findings at two international conferences (Digestive Disease Week 2000 & 2001).

Mph, Public Health

Activities and Societies: GPHANNew York University Global Health Merit Scholarship Capstone Thesis: Respiratory Illnesses Among Women.

Pharmd, Pharmacy

B.S, Biology

Activities and Societies: La Fuerza Community Service, Making Music Community Service, Kellogg Foundation Health Care Internship, Beth.