Ali A. Crandall is an associate professor of public health at Brigham Young University, where she also serves as the BYU MPH (master’s of public health) program director. Crandall earned her bachelor’s degree from BYU in community health education. She then went on to receive her MPH from Loma Linda University and her doctorate from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Before beginning her doctorate, Crandall dedicated eight years to working on public health programs aimed at strengthening individual health through family interventions, both in the US and around the world. Her primary research interests lie in family health measurement, the impact of childhood experiences on lifelong health, and mental health in adolescents and adults. Crandall has published many notable academic journal articles on these topics.
Throughout her professional career, Crandall has held roles such as postdoctoral fellow at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, where she conducted research on families, kinship networks, mental health, and violence against women. She also served as a humanitarian aid manager for Wide Horizons For Children, managing overseas projects in 11 countries centered on child health, education, and development. Additionally, she worked as a health coordinator for ADRA Vietnam, overseeing health projects in Cao Bằng province.
At BYU, Crandall teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in program planning, evaluation, and family health.
