Soultana MacRidis

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About Soultana MacRidis

Inquisitive Social Researcher with expertise in design, implementation, and evaluation serving clients from the local community level, to philanthropic organizations and federal agencies. Experienced in health promotion combined with a community-based participatory research approach, where I leverage both quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methodologies to understand complex social problems through a socio-ecological lens; most notably through the eyes of the end-user who will ultimately make decisions based on key findings. Specialization in school and community health promotion programming and evaluation complemented by a broad 15-year history across population health and well-being, active living, and community-based participatory research, including underserved communities. Skilled project manager with a track record of successfully writing proposals / grant applications and managing projects on local and national scales. Engaging communicator with exceptional ability to develop technical reports, peer-reviewed publications, oral presentations, fact sheets, and infographics. Demonstrated success in knowledge translation, synthesizing evidence to share with a variety of audiences.