Kaitlyn Hanley
· Industry Associate ProfessorNew York University · Earth and Environmental Sciences
Active 1993–2026
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About
Kaitlyn Hanley is an Industry Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Urban, and Environmental Engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, having joined the department in August 2022. Her expertise and research interests include microbial water quality, with a particular focus on microbial source tracking (MST), waterborne pathogens, bacteria total maximum daily loads (TMDL), and shellfish safety. Since 2007, Dr. Hanley has worked extensively in applying molecular technologies for the protection of recreational water quality and aquaculture assessments. Her professional background includes teaching environmental chemistry and microbiology at NYU Tandon as an Adjunct Professor, as well as working as a Senior Engineer and Laboratory Project Manager at Wood PLC, where she led microbial water quality projects aimed at identifying and reducing sources of human fecal pollution. Dr. Hanley's educational credentials include a PhD and MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis, and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering and Science of Earth Systems from Cornell University. Her work combines academic research, practical engineering, and molecular techniques to address water safety and environmental health issues.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Medical education
- Computer Science
- Psychology
- Nursing
- Actuarial science
- Economics
- Econometrics
- Psychiatry
- Medical emergency
Selected publications
Journal of General Internal Medicine · 2020 · 92 citations
Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development · 2021 · 31 citations
BACKGROUND: During the rapid onset of the pandemic, clinicians transitioned from traditional outpatient practice to virtual modalities for providing routine care to patient panels. Like training programs nationwide, telemedicine training and assessment had not been systematically incorporated into our residency. In response, a scheduled Internal Medicine (IM) Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) was adapted to a remote modality to become virtual care-focused learning experience for t…
Understanding medical student paths to communication skills expertise using latent profile analysis
Medical Teacher · 2023-03-24 · 6 citations
articlePURPOSE: To describe patterns of clinical communication skills that inform curriculum enhancement and guide coaching of medical students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Performance data from 1182 consenting third year medical students in 9 cohorts (2011-2019), on a 17-item Clinical Communication Skills Assessment Tool (CCSAT) completed by trained Standardized Patients as part of an eight case high stakes Comprehensive Clinical Skills Exam (CCSE) were analyzed using latent profile analysis (LPA). Assessm…
Behavioral Economics and Medication Adherence for Hypertension
Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2025-11-20 · 4 citations
articlePatient Education and Counseling · 2024-09-13 · 3 citations
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Frequent coauthors
- 73 shared
Sondra Zabar
New York University
- 56 shared
Adina Kalet
Medical College of Wisconsin
- 46 shared
Colleen Gillespie
New York University
- 32 shared
Lisa Altshuler
New York University
- 23 shared
Andrew Wallach
- 23 shared
David Stevens
University of Maryland, Baltimore
- 21 shared
Mark D. Schwartz
New York University
- 21 shared
Jennifer Adams
New York University
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