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Brooke DiPetrillo

Senior Researcher

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Dr. Brooke DiPetrillo is a Senior Researcher at Chapin Hall. DiPetrillo has a multidisciplinary and global background in maternal and child health, public health, health systems, and social and behavioral health sciences. Her research focuses on community health, program evaluations, social support, social determinants of health, and integrating racial and health equity principles into research. DiPetrillo’s methodological expertise includes qualitative, mixed-methods, and community-based participatory approaches. At Chapin Hall, DiPetrillo supports a mixed-method evaluation of 100% New Mexico, a collective impact model developed and implemented by the Anna, Age Eight Institute at New Mexico State University. Her current projects employ systematic reviews to assess the current state, emerging trends, evidence and gaps among child welfare and protection policies and programs that support child wellbeing and family strengthening.

Before joining Chapin Hall, DiPetrillo was a Senior Research Associate at the Georgia Health Policy Center at Georgia State University where she supported a mixed-method evaluations of Project LAUNCH (Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health) and a nationwide diabetes prevention program in partnership with the Trinity Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  DiPetrillo also provided technical assistance on program design, implementation and evaluation for a Georgia statewide Health Equity Initiative sponsored by the CDC and in partnership the Georgia Department of Public Health.

DiPetrillo has a PhD in Public Health Promotion and Behavior and a Master of Public Health from Georgia State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology from the University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida).

PhD in Public Health Promotion and Behavior, Georgia State University

Master of Public Health, Georgia State University

Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology, the University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida)

  1. DiPetrillo, B., LaBoy, A., Bernhardt, C, & Lanford, D. (2024, October). Applying public health critical race praxis principles to examine how racism is addressed in multidisciplinary intervention research. Roundtable presentation at APHA Annual Meeting and Expo, Minneapolis, MN.
  2. DiPetrillo, B. & Hemming, J. (2023, June). Creating a Framework Emphasizing the Layers of Manifest Racism and Critical Intervention Opportunities. Poster presentation at the Academy Health Annual Research Meeting. Seattle, Washington.
  1. DiPetrillo, B., LaBoy, A., Hemming, J., Parker, C. & Minyard, K. (2022, November). Equity in Action: Developing an Accountability Framework to Advance Health Equity. Oral presentation at APHA Annual Meeting and Expo, Boston, MA.
  1. Leonard, M., Hemming, J., Bernhardt, C., & DiPetrillo, B. (2022, November). Innovative financing for health equity: Opportunity analysis by the social determinant of health. Oral presentation at APHA Annual Meeting and Expo, Boston, MA.
  1. Rencher, B., DiPetrillo, B., Petiwala, A., Hemming, J., Lanford, D., & Minyard, K. (2022, September). ARPA and Other Funding Opportunities: Information and Tools for Health Collaboratives. Oral breakout session presented at the Communities Joined in Action 2022 National Conference, New Orleans, LA.
  1. DiPetrillo, B. & Baggett, K.M. (2021, February). Systematic Review: An Evaluation of Maternal Social Support Measures. Poster presentation at the National Home Visit Summit. Virtual Conference (Washington, DC.)
  1. Corallo, K.L., Carmichael, C.A., Mukherjee, M., DiPetrillo, B., Howcroft-Chapple, L., Goreja, Y. Examining Caregiver-Staff Racial, Ethnic, and Language Concordance in Early Head Start Home-Based Services. Manuscript under review (submitted to Journal of Child and Family Studies May 2024).
  2. DiPetrillo, B., Adkins-Jackson, P. B., Yearby, R., Dixon, C., Pigott, T. D., Petteway, R. J., LaBoy, A., Petiwala, A., & Leonard, M. (2024). Characteristics of interventions that address racism in the United States and opportunities to integrate equity principles: a scoping review. Systematic reviews, 13(1), 266. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02679-x
  3. Leonard M, Bernhardt C, DiPetrillo B, Hemming J, Minyard K (2023). Social determinants of health as a framework to identify and assess cross-sector funding opportunities. Health Serv Res. 1‐11. doi:10.1111/1475- 6773.14235