Dr. Danielle (Dani) Poole is a population health scientist notable for her contributions to the evidence base for crisis preparedness and response. Within the broader field of population health in crises, her work is centered around two themes: 1) assessing and responding to the needs of crisis-affected populations, and 2) adapting research methods for complex settings. To address these lines of inquiry, Dr. Poole applies methods spanning the statistical, geospatial, and epidemiological sciences. Her interdisciplinary approach illuminates the interactions of individual, social, structural, and “place” determinants of pressing public health challenges to inform policy. Recent and ongoing research contributions include advancing quantitative methods for detecting patterns of potential war crimes, measuring population health needs in ongoing conflicts, and generating knowledge of the climate-migrant-health nexus. Most recently, Dr. Poole has extended her research agenda on health in crises to firearm injury prevention projects. Dr. Poole has served as an expert consultant for the International Organization for Migration, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Population Fund, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Dr. Poole completed Postdoctoral training at the Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College. She received an ScD from the Harvard School of Public Health, an MPH from Brown University, and a BA from Seattle University.
