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Hannah Wild

Hannah Wild

Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
Humanitarian Law/Human Rights
Harm to Civilians
Landmines and Cluster Munitions
General Surgery Resident | University of Washington
Languages:
Spanish
French
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Email:
hbwild@uw.edu
uwsurgery.org/medical-student/wild-hannah-2/

Hannah Wild is a General Surgery Resident at the University of Washington. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University and MD from Stanford University. Her research focuses on improving humanitarian surgical care for civilian casualties in conflict settings, with emphasis on victims of explosive weapons and low-resource settings. In collaboration with the International Blast Injury Research Network and United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), she leads the Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (EXTRACCT), an effort to strengthen coordination between the humanitarian mine action and health sectors to improve trauma care for civilian casualties of explosive weapons.​ 

Featured Publications

Civilian Shelter Guidance in Armed Conflict Zones: A Qualitative Study of International Humanitarian Practitioners

Cambridge University Press | April 6, 2026.
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The Medical Impacts of Thermobaric Weapons: A Scoping Review

Military Medicine | September 15, 2025.
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Improving Point of Injury Trauma Care for IED Victims

Small Arms Survey | November 25, 2024.
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Publications

  • Civilian Shelter Guidance in Armed Conflict Zones: A Qualitative Study of International Humanitarian Practitioners
    Cambridge University Press | April 6, 2026.
  • The Medical Impacts of Thermobaric Weapons: A Scoping Review
    Military Medicine | September 15, 2025.
  • Improving Point of Injury Trauma Care for IED Victims
    Small Arms Survey | November 25, 2024.
  • The Explosive Weapons Trauma Care Collective (Extracct): A Roadmap For Reducing Preventable Death Among Civilian Casualties Of Explosive Injury
    JMU Scholarly Commons | October 24, 2024.
  • Protecting children with disabilities in armed conflict
    The Lancet | June 18, 2024.
  • Lessons from mine action: integrated care for civilians in conflict
    The Lancet | October 21, 2023.
  • The Mine Action Trauma Care Collaborative: Enhancing Coordination Between Humanitarian Mine Action and the Emergency Health Response to Civilian Casualties of Explosive Ordnance
    the Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction | 2023