Chandler has over seven years of experience conducting quantitative and mixed-methods social media and survey research, with extensive experience leading social media content analyses. Her research portfolio spans a range of public health topics, including social media's influence on tobacco use; surveillance of tobacco product promotion and prevention campaigns on social media; body image and eating disorders; and vaccination attitudes, behaviors, and misinformation; as well as gun attitudes and gun violence. 

Chandler has contributed to several tobacco control studies, including an e-cigarette prevention campaign grant supported by the National Cancer Institute where she serves as the research task lead. Additionally, she is the deputy project director for the Monitoring Respiratory Immunizations & Related Attitudes Among Adults study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Prior to joining NORC, Chandler worked as a graduate research assistant at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she conducted content analyses and survey experiments to explore the impact of social media on mental health, body image, and health behaviors. She also has experience in market research, supporting survey and focus group studies aimed at understanding media consumption habits and health information-seeking behaviors.