CV/Resumé

Global health professional and PhD candidate at University College London with extensive experience in qualitative research, monitoring & evaluation, and program management in non-profit and academic sectors. Passionate about participatory community development, global health equity, and children’s palliative and hospice care. 

Areas of Interest & Expertise

Children’s End of Life Care

Critical Medical Anthropology

Qualitative Methodology

Global Health

Research & Publications

Daniels-Howell, C. 2020. Caring for Children With Life-Limiting Illness in Bloemfontein, South Africa: Challenging the Assumptions of The ‘Good Death’. OMEGA – Journal of Death and Dying. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222820944099

Strachan, D., Kabwijamu, L., Okuga, M., Daniels-Howell, C., Haghparast-Bidgoli, H., Nantanda, R., Skordis, J., and Waiswa, P. 2020. Shifting the discourse from survive to thrive: A qualitative exploration of beliefs, actions and priorities for early child development in Uganda. Journal of the British Academy. DOI https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/008s2.041

Daniels-Howell, C. 2018. A “Good Death”: Carer Experiences of a Child Receiving Hospice Care in Bloemfontein, South Africa (Master’s dissertation). University College London.

Daniels-Howell, C. 2015. Cultivating Cultures of Compassionate Caregiving Under Poverty’s Constraints: An Ethnography of Kenyan Child Life Workers. (Unpublished undergraduate thesis). Kalamazoo College.

Work Experience

Research Assistant at University College London
(2021-present)
Lead team management, analysis, and reporting for the qualitative wing of o a multi-national study evaluating the effectiveness of the World Health Organisation’s Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (QCN) to improve quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health.

Postgraduate Teaching Assistant at University College London
(2021-present)
Provide teaching support and lead seminars for modules on the Masters in Global Health and Development course, including Research in Action: The Qualitative Approach and Anthropological Perspectives on Global Health.

Research Assistant at University College London
(2018 – 2020)
Performed qualitative data analysis for a multidisciplinary research project funded by the British Academy. Assisted in study design, wrote reports, and advised on presentation of results.

International Programs Manager at Timmy Global Health
(2018 – 2019)
Oversaw creation and implementation of programmatic, robust mixed methods monitoring and evaluation, and transition strategies and developed community health promotion programming for a multi-national global health non-profit. Established qualitative evaluation tools, trained international staff on methodology and data collection, lead qualitative data analysis, and produced resulting programmatic strategy reports. 

Interim Executive Director at Umoja Partnership
(2016 – 2017)
Oversaw and directed programs serving orphans and vulnerable children in Western Kenya. Coordinated fundraising and communications; established cooperative working relationships with stakeholders in Indiana; and managed organization’s financial records, 501c3 compliance, and annual operating budget.