Hannah L Kakara Anderson, PhD, MBA
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Instructor A of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
andersonhl@chop.edu
andersonhl@chop.edu
Education:
BS (Disability Studies and Education Administration)
Vanderbilt University, 2017.
MBA (Business Administration)
Clemson University, 2020.
PhD (Health Professions Education)
Maastricht University, 2025.
Permanent linkBS (Disability Studies and Education Administration)
Vanderbilt University, 2017.
MBA (Business Administration)
Clemson University, 2020.
PhD (Health Professions Education)
Maastricht University, 2025.
Description of Other Expertise
Medical Education; Educational EquityDescription of Research Expertise
Qualitative research, Educational design researchSelected Publications
Noreena Lewis, Michael Luke, Hannah Kakara Anderson: “Making a Web:” How Pediatric Residents Perceive Mentor Roles and Relationships in Advocacy. Association of Pediatric Program Directors Spring Meeting, Denver, CO, Poster 2026.Patrick Pham, Hannah Kakara Anderson: "Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research" The Medical Student's Guide to Research and Publications, Book Chapter. A.E.M., Eltorai and I. Pasca (eds.). Springer, 2026.
Hannah Kakara Anderson, April Edwell: "Standpoint Theory" 100 Theories for Health Professions Education, Book Chapter. L. Varpio (eds.). Routledge, 2026.
Hannah Kakara Anderson, Abigail Konopasky, Justin Bullock, Lisa Meeks, Neera Jain: The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Racism and Ableism in US Medical Education. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 2026.
Hannah Kakara Anderson, Abigail Konopasky, Justin Bullock, Lisa Meeks, Neera Jain: "The Call is Coming from Inside the House: Racism and Ableism in US Medical Education," Platform Presentation American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Disability Studies in Education Special Interest Group, Los Angeles, CA 2026.
Hannah L. Kakara Anderson, Daniel C. West, Alan J. Schwartz, Laura Lockwood, Caroline E. Rassbach,Ariel S. Winn, Catherine D. Michelson, Benjamin Kinnear, Jerome G. Chen, Abigail Martini, David A. Turner, Daniel J. Schumacher : "Assessment of Pediatric Residents in the United States by Sex, Ethnoracial and Intersectional Group," Roundtable Presentation. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA 2026.
Kakara Anderson HL, Balmer DF, Weiss A, Govaerts M, Busari JO: Power Moves: an ethnographic investigation of how space, place, and pace influence equity in pediatric workplace-based assessment. Acad Med 100(11): e43-e51, November 2025.
Kakara Anderson HL, Abdulla L, Cabral P, Govaerts M, Balmer DF, Busari JO: Abrasion: a phenomenological study of inequity in workplace-based assessment in pediatrics. Social Science and Medicine 375: 118092, June 2025.
Kakara Anderson HL, Govaerts M, Abdulla L, Balmer DF, Busari JO, West DC: Clarifying and Expanding Equity in Assessment by Considering Three Orientations: Fairness, Inclusion, and Justice. Med Educ 59(5): 494-502, May 2025.
Anderson HLK, West DC, Schwartz AJ, Weiss AK, Marcus C, Hanson E, Turner DA, Schumacher DJ: Inequity in Assessment Among Pediatric Residents. JAMA Netw Open 1(8): e255594, April 2025.