Dan Finkelstein has 25 years of experience evaluating public health and community-based interventions. He specializes in mixed-method evaluations of programs implemented in schools, clinics, and community settings and in providing evaluation and capacity-building technical assistance to government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and foundations.
He has held leadership roles on numerous public health projects funded by foundations and state and federal agencies. For the de Beaumont Foundation, he directs a mixed-method evaluation of the Public Health Communications Collaborative, which supports health departments in disseminating public health messaging and addressing misinformation. For several years, he has also served in a leadership role delivering evaluation technical assistance to teen pregnancy prevention grantees funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In collaboration with public health divisions in California and Delaware, he has directed projects that provide technical assistance to community coalitions and nonprofit organizations to support the implementation and long-term sustainability of chronic disease prevention programs.
His previous work includes leading a cross-cutting evaluation for Boston Children’s Hospital of a grant program focused on improving children’s health and well-being in Boston; directing a rapid-cycle evaluation for the Colorado Health Foundation of initiatives designed to strengthen youth social-emotional learning and resilience; and leading a study for the Colorado Health Foundation examining barriers to physical activity among children in low-income communities.
Finkelstein has published in peer-reviewed journals including Health Affairs, Preventing Chronic Disease, Pediatrics, and the Journal of Adolescent Health. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Policy from Brandeis University and an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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