Grace Chan, MD, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2716 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
2716 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19146
Education:
AB (Biology and Psychology)
Harvard University, 2001.
MPH (Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 2006.
MD
Harvard University Medical School, 2007.
PhD (Clinical Investigation)
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 2013.
Permanent linkAB (Biology and Psychology)
Harvard University, 2001.
MPH (Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 2006.
MD
Harvard University Medical School, 2007.
PhD (Clinical Investigation)
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, 2013.
Selected Publications
Lee AC, Workneh F, Kang Y, Yibeltal K, Fasil N, Tsegaye S, Baye E, Kidane WT, Berhane YY, Derebe MM, Van Dyk FV, Eglovitch M, Olson IE, Megistie MM, Shiferie F, Shifraw T, Lu C, North K, Chan GJ, Isanaka S, Molina RL, Tadesse AW, Wylie BJ, Christian P, Mullany LC, Worku A, Berhane Y.: The impact of enhancing nutrition and antenatal infection treatment on birth outcomes in Amhara, Ethiopia: a pragmatic factorial, cluster-randomized clinical effectiveness study. BMJ Global Health 10(6): e016264, June 2025 Notes: doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016264Taddesse L, Korte ML, Hunegnaw BM, Teklie H, Bekele D, Tolera G, Zelalem M, Chan GJ: Setting a research agenda to advance maternal, newborn, and child health in Ethiopia: An adapted CHNRI prioritization exercise. J Glob Health Feb 2025 Notes: doi 10.7189/13.04010
Fekadu GA, Wordofa MA, Woldie FB, Fite RO, Alemu K, Worku A, Taddesse L, Bekele D, Tolera G, Chan GJ, Hailemariam D. : Treatment-seeking practices of caregivers for children aged less than five years old with diarrhoea in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Glob Health 2025 Notes: 15:04080.
Alemu K, Taddesse L, Pons-Duran C, Hunegnaw BM, Fite RO, Bekele A, Goddard FG, Nigussie AK, Berhan Y, Bekele D, Getachew T, Abate E, Tollera G, Chan GJ: Building capacity for maternal, newborn and child health research in low-income country settings: a research fellowship experience in Ethiopia. J Glob Health 14(1): 04198, Nov 2024 Notes: doi: 10.7189/jogh.14.04198.
Bayou NB, Tesfaye BH, Alemu K, Worku A, Taddesse L, Bekele D, Tolera G, Chan GJ, Nigatu TG: Quality of care provided to sick children in health facilities in Ethiopia: a systematic review. J Glob Health 14(1): 04243, Nov 2024.
Fekadu G, Hailemariam D, Abera M, Bogale F, Hunegnaw BM, Pons-Duran C, Fite RO, Alemu K, Taddesse L, Bekele D, Tolera G, Chan GJ: Prevalence of Diarrhea and Treatment Seeking Practices among Children <2 in the Birhan cohort, Ethiopia, 2018-2019. J Glob Health 14(1): 04181, Nov 2024.
Asmamaw A, Lemma L, Pons-Duran C, Olana R, Alemu K, Worku A, Taddesse L, Bekele D, Tolera G, Chan GJ, Berhan Y: Prognostic prediction models for adverse birth outcomes: A systematic review. J Glob Health 14(1): 04214, Oct 2024.
Kassa GM, Dulume FA, Fite RO, Alemu K, Worku A, Taddesse L, Bekele D, Tolera G, Chan GJ, Mirkuzie AH: Utilization and associated socio-demographic factors related to the maternal continuum of care in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Glob Health 14(1): 04180, Oct 2024.
Thompson E, Kassa GM, Fite RO, Pons-Duran C, Goddard FG, Worku A, Haneuse S, Hunegnaw BM, Bekele D, Alemu K, Taddesse L, Chan GJ: Birth outcomes and survival by sex among newborns and children under two in the Birhan Cohort: a prospective cohort study in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. BMJ Global Health 9(8): e015475, August 2024.
Hunegnaw BM, Goddard FG, Bekele D, Haneuse S, Pons-Duran C, Zeleke M, Mohammed Y, Bekele C, Chan GJ: Estimates and determinants of health facility delivery in the Birhan cohort in Ethiopia. PLoS One 19(7): e0306581, July 2024.