Dana Hagele

Dana Hagele, MD, MPH serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Health at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She concurrently directs the North Carolina Child Treatment Program (NC CTP), a statewide initiative she co-founded in 2006 through collaboration between UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University Schools of Medicine. Funded by the North Carolina General Assembly, NC CTP specializes in disseminating evidence-based child mental health treatments with emphasis on clinical workforce development and cross-system service integration.

Her academic credentials include:

• Fellowship in Preventive Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2001)
• MPH in Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2000)
• Pediatric Residency, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois (1999)
• BS in Medical Microbiology, Edinburgh University (1991)

Dr. Hagele's expertise centers on child abuse pediatrics and implementation of trauma-focused interventions. Her work bridges clinical practice and public health through development of service delivery time models for Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). She pioneers systems-level approaches to integrate child mental health services across judicial, child welfare, and healthcare domains, with particular focus on workforce training for evidence-based treatment fidelity.

Analysis of her publication history reveals a consistent trajectory from clinical research (The impact of maltreatment on the developing child, 2005) toward large-scale implementation science. Recent work demonstrates expertise in translating evidence-based models into statewide policy through structured time metrics and fidelity tools, culminating in the 2018 BMC Health Services Research paper detailing North Carolina's successful dissemination framework for traumatized youth.

Her professional recognition includes:

• Raleigh News and Observer Tarheel of the Week (2014)
• Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society membership (1992)
• Cum Laude distinction in Medical Bacteriology from Edinburgh University (1991)

Dr. Hagele maintains active service commitments including the North Carolina Courts Human Trafficking Initiative workgroup (2016-present), Ray Helfer Society as Honorary Physician Child Abuse Society member (2009-present), and North Carolina Child Advocacy Centers board (2009-present). She provides clinical consultation at a Burlington, NC Child Advocacy Center while leading NC CTP's state-funded implementation of evidence-based treatments through the Nancye Fleming Markle Charitable Trust partnership (2007-present).

The North Carolina Child Treatment Program operates as her primary professional platform, functioning as a statewide implementation engine connecting academic research with community practice. Through this program, she coordinates cross-institutional teams to train clinicians, develop fidelity metrics, and integrate child trauma services across judicial, child welfare, and mental health systems throughout North Carolina.