Hannah Cann

Hannah has long dark wavy hair wearing, glasses and smiling.

Hannah is an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow researching pre-birth social work services in England.

Before joining DSPI, Hannah completed an NIHR pre-doctoral fellowship based in a local authority and the NIHR Children and Families Policy Research Unit, completing an MSc in Social Research Methods at UCL as part of this award. Prior to this, Hannah worked in a local authority as Participation Officer with looked after children. Hannah has significant experience in direct work with children and families and is a qualified primary teacher and play therapist.

Hannah joined DSPI in September 2023 as Study Administrator and is continuing work on the National Evaluation of Start for Life.

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