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Arin Ahlum Hanson, MPH

Highlights

  • Worked at LBBC 2009-2024
  • Was appointed a voting member of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer in Young Women in July 2022
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Arin directed LBBC's strategy for engagement and outreach for under-resourced and special populations, healthcare providers, and volunteers. Passionate about health issues and health equity, her work centered on reaching often overlooked and under-resourced special populations, including young women, women of color, and those with metastatic disease.

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Among her roles, Arin managed LBBC's Young Women's Initiative, which provides educational programs, resources, and support services to women diagnosed with breast cancer before age 45 and educational offerings to healthcare providers who serve this unique patient population.

Arin is an experienced nonprofit program director with 17 years of experience developing, implementing and evaluating public health programming for under-resourced populations.

She is living a dual city and country life by living in West Philadelphia and rural Maryland, with her husband and young son.

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Contributions

Creating connections: Arin Ahlum Hanson, LBBC's director of outreach

06/22/22 | BY: Robin Warshaw, Arin Ahlum Hanson

Arin Ahlum Hanson, MPH talks with writer Robin Warshaw about how her professional and personal life continue to evolve, expand, and energize her.

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Using a National Needs Assessment to Direct Programs for Young Women Affected by Breast Cancer

12/19/14 | BY: Arin Ahlum Hanson, Janine E. Guglielmino, Kimlin Ashing

Living Beyond Breast Cancer developed new national programming for young women, after conducting a comprehensive needs assessment and selecting program priorities based on assessment findings.

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Using a Financial Assistance Program as a Gateway to Support and Education for Underserved Breast Cancer Survivors

12/19/14 | BY: Arin Ahlum Hanson

Living Beyond Breast Cancer’s Cis B. Golder Quality of Life Grant assists with the financial burden of breast cancer treatment.

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Defining the Unique and Persistent Needs of Young Women Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer through a Multi-Phased Needs Assessment

12/18/14 | BY: Arin Ahlum Hanson, Janine E. Guglielmino, Kimlin Ashing

In spring 2012, Living Beyond Breast Cancer conducted a comprehensive assessment to identify the needs of women diagnosed with early-stage and MBC younger than age 45 and to determine how each group prefers to receive emotional support and breast cancer information.

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 | 5 Min. Read