Samantha Tsang

• Coordinated cross-functional stakeholders to deliver research milestones on time
• Refined survey tools and pilot methodologies, enhancing data quality and ensuring operational feasibility
• Executed government-funded international research study, overseeing local research vendor, training enumerators, and implementing field operations

• Managed end-to-end research for 10+ multi-country studies, ensuring alignment with client objectives from design through analysis and presentation of insights
• Led research on healthcare interventions (e.g., malaria prevention technologies), contributing to WHO policy recommendations
• Delivered clear, actionable insights to global health clients (e.g., WHO, USAID), informing program and product strategies
• Designed and executed mixed-method studies, integrating surveys, IDIs, FGDs, and observational research to deliver comprehensive findings
• Managed project budgets, timelines, and cross-functional teams, including international stakeholders and field partners
• Facilitated stakeholder workshops and presented findings as client-facing point of contact, enhancing understanding and application of research insights
• Managed research staff and analysts while coordinating with program implementation teams
• Contributed to proposal development and business growth efforts

Facilitated monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) for large-scale global health programs, enhancing project outcomes. Mainly assisted implementation of USAID-funded Breakthrough ACTION program in Liberia, improving health communication strategies.

• Developed the project’s Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Performance Monitoring Plan.
• Co-investigator on nationwide baseline and WASH studies examining determinants of health behaviors.
• Led qualitative research design, implementation, and analysis for a national sanitation and water access study.
• Led quantitative analysis, report write-up, and conference presentations for a national baseline study that examined over seven health areas of interest.
• Trained enumerators and supervised baseline data collection, ensuring quality and accuracy of data for program evaluation.
• Managed research staff and analysts while coordinating with program implementation teams.

Consulted on multinational social, behavioral, and health studies with clients including WHO, UNICEF, and UN Women.

• Wrote the data findings and analysis of four separate project reports
• Conducted four remote trainings for study enumerators. Each training included two to four local research firms, with 15-30 local enumerators in each local research firm.

Led an end-to-end study evaluating health risks associated with dating app use among young adults in America, which included study design, IRB submission, funding procurement, budget management, recruitment, data collection and analysis, and mentoring research assistants.

Supported and helped manage qualitative analysis and produced research briefs highlighting HIV treatment outcomes for Namibia Test and Start study, informing strategic health decisions.

• Created and refined interview and focus group guides for two rounds of data collection.
• Remotely trained field researchers from Namibia.
• Developed codebooks and analyzed both IDIs and FGDs.
• Composed relevant manuscripts, abstracts, presentations, and reports.

Supported research and evaluation activities for the USAID-funded Health Communication Capacity Collaborative (HC3).

• Conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis for global health communication programs, enhancing program effectiveness in family planning and HIV prevention.
• Designed survey instruments and evaluation tools, improving cross-country data collection and evaluation consistency.
• Trained international research teams and over 100 field enumerators on data collection and research protocols, ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Contributed to peer-reviewed publications and technical reports used by USAID and partner organizations.