Hanh La

Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Expert with a strong track record leading global health and philanthropic initiatives. Most recently, led data-driven strategies to strengthen primary healthcare. Expertise in quantitative and qualitative research, stakeholder engagement, and evidence-based strategy to improve health and social outcomes. Proven ability to secure significant funding (e.g., $50M Global Fund HIV grant) and drive cross-sector impact.

• Choosing Change: How to Assess Grant Proposals for Their Potential to Address Structural Inequality, Carroll C, La H, Ortiz M, Rosqueta K, Seeburger E, 2022, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/toolkits/choosing-change/
• High Impact Giving Guide 2022. How to Support a Just Recovery from COVID, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, 2022, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/download-the-2022-high-impact-giving-guide/
• Early School Success: Recover Learning and Accelerate Gains, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, 2022, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/toolkits/early-school-success/
• Ukraine: How Can I Help?, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, 2022, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/ukraine-crisis-how-can-i-help/
• Talent for Giving: Identifying the People to Help You Do Good, Butala N, Henriques D, La H, Ortiz, M, Rosqueta, K, 2021, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/toolkits/talent-for-giving-new/
• High Impact Giving Guide in the Age of COVID, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, 2021, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/toolkits/high-impact-giving-guide/
• Women’s Index: Developing a Tool for Aligning Financial Investments with Gender Equity, Ward, K, Ortiz, M. La, H, Rosqueta, K., 2021, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/download-womens-index/
• India’s Second Wave: How Can I Help?, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, 2021, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/indias-second-covid-wave-how-can-i-help/
• COVID-19 Pandemic: Supporting Mental Health, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, 2021, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/covid-19/covid-19-pandemic-mental-health-addiction/
• Charting Impact: Findings from the COVID Dashboard and Lessons for the Road Ahead, La H, Andrews K, Rosqueta K, 2020, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/charting-impact-findings-from-the-covid-dashboard-and-lessons-for-the-road-ahead/
• COVID-19 Pandemic: How Can I Help?, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, 2020, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/toolkits/covid-19/
• High Impact Giving Guide 2020, La, H, McLaughlin, Carroll, C Ward, K, Ortiz. M, Seeburger E, Censor A, Fleming M, Rosqueta, Katherina, 2019, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/toolkits/high-impact-giving-guide/
• Health in Mind: A philanthropic guide for mental health and addiction, Ward, K, Evans-Chase, M, La, H, Rosqueta, K., 2019, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/toolkits/health-in-mind/
• We the People: A Philanthropic Guide for Strengthening Democracy, Carroll C, Berger W, La H, Rosqueta K, 2019, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/toolkits/democracy/
• High Impact Giving Guide, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, 2019, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/high-impact-giving-guide-2019/
• Community-Based Approaches to Health, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, 2018, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/toolkits/community-based-approaches-to-health/
• Reconnected: Help Impoverished Young Adults Rewire Their Life Trajectories, Hovde K, La H, Rosqueta K, Sinderbrand M, Taylor S, 2018, https://www.impact.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/CHIP0118_OpportunityYouth.pdf
• Estimating the size of key populations for HIV in Singapore using the network scale-up method, Teo AKJ, Prem K, Chen MC, Roellin A, Wong ML, La HH, Cook AR, 2019, https://sti.bmj.com/content/95/8/602.long
• Using qualitative and community-based engagement approaches to gain access and to develop a culturally appropriate STI prevention intervention for foreign female entertainment workers in Singapore, Li, RBT, Cheung ONY, Tham DKT, La HH, Win HH, Chan R, Wong ML, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-018-0358-5
• Temporal relationship between occurrences of hand, foot and mouth disease, respiratory virus detection and febrile seizures in children in tropical Singapore: a time-series analysis, Chen Y, Chong CY, Cook AR, Sim NTW, Horby P, La HH, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268818002509
• A mixed methods study of non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis at an STI clinic in Singapore: Five-year retrospective analysis and providers' perspectives, Teo AKJ, Tai BC, Chio MTW, La HH, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202267
• Severity and burden of hand, foot and mouth disease in Asia: a modeling study, Koh WM, Badaruddin H, La H, et al., 2018, https://gh.bmj.com/content/3/1/e000442
• The impact of hand, foot, and mouth disease control policies in Singapore: A qualitative analysis of public perceptions, Siegel, K, Cook AR, La HH, 2017, http://doi:10.1057/s41271-017-0066-z
• Correlates of HIV-1 viral suppression in a cohort of HIV-positive drug users receiving antiretroviral therapy in Hanoi, Vietnam, Jordan MR, La HH, Nguyen HD, Sheehan H, Lien Trinh, Dang D, Hellinger J, Wanke C, Tang A, 2009, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1258/ijsa.2008.008389
• Use of Commercial Enzyme Immunoassays To Detect Antibodies to the Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Glycoprotein G in a Low-Risk Population In Hanoi, Vietnam, Ngo TD, Laeyendecker OB, La HH, Hogrefe W, Morrow, RA, Quinn TC, 2008, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/cvi.00437-06

• Woodlands Cemetery, Grave Gardener, 2019, present
• Science Leadership Academy High School, Home School Association Member, 2024, present
• Friends of Clark Park Board, Director, 2021, 2023
• Penn Alexander K-8 School, Home School Association, Native Plant Fundraiser Chair, 2021, 2021

• Vietnamese, Professional
• French, Elementary

• Guidelines for assessing the utility of data from prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs for HIV sentinel surveillance among pregnant women, WHO, 2013, http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/85512/1/9789241505611_eng.pdf
• Paediatric HIV surveillance among infants and children less than 18 years of age, WHO, 2013, http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/85513/1/9789241505833_eng.pdf?ua=1
• Participant Manual for Most At Risk Size Estimation Workshops, UNAIDS, 2011, https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/documents/2011/2011_Estimating_Populations