Hanna-Tina Fischer
Hanna-Tina Fischer
Biography:
Hanna-Tina Fischer is an Instructor in the Program on Forced Migration and Health and a doctoral candidate in the DrPH program on Global Health and Humanitarian Systems. Her doctoral research focuses on the impact of adversity on children’s wellbeing and development, analyzing risk as a function of family-level system adaptation to crises. Tina has over 15 years of experience working with UN agencies and NGOs on issues of humanitarian protection as part of natural disaster and refugee responses in Asia, Europe, and Africa. She has led needs assessments after natural disasters in Thailand and Bangladesh and displacement in Libya. She has supported family tracing efforts in the Philippines, the demobilization of children associated with armed forces in South Sudan, and the provision of psychosocial support post-earthquake in Italy and Pakistan. Tina has also engaged with refugee responses in South Africa, Germany, and Kenya. Over the years, Tina has worked with a variety of organizations including UNICEF, Save the Children, UNHCR, as well as national NGOs. Born in Botswana and raised in India and Pakistan, Tina has a BA in Anthropology and Communication Studies from Goldsmith's, and an MSc in Development Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Research Interests:
Mental health; Forced migration; Child protection; Health and human rights; Health Systems Strengthening; Implementation Science
Proposed Disseration:
The Impact of Natural Hazard-Induced Disasters on Family Systems: A Meta-Ethnography