Selected work
Research communications, public engagement, knowledge translation, and content strategy across universities, funded programmes, charities, and independent brands.
A selection of projects. All built around making complex work reach the right people.
The Angelou Centre
Featured · Charity Sector
Communications and Digital Engagement
The brief: A feminist anti-racist organisation supporting Black, minoritised, and migrant women needed to strengthen its digital visibility through human-centred storytelling and accessible public-facing communications.
What I delivered:
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Full ownership of the LinkedIn content pipeline from strategy through to publication
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Content pillars and a weekly posting rhythm that the team could sustain independently
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Long reports translated into plain-language, audience-friendly social content
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Short-form video scripts designed for clarity and shareability
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Public-facing communications connecting the organisation's work to funders, local authorities, community members, and supporters
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Web and social media content supporting two major campaigns: "Why Do I Have to Hide Away?" and "Stories of Colour"
Results
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+1,068% engagement in one month
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+140% follower growth in six months
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500 to 1,200 followers grown organically
Skills used
Content strategy · Research storytelling · Report translation · Video production · Copywriting · LinkedIn · Canva
Featured · University Research Programme
C2REST: Climate Change and Respiratory Health
Research Communications Specialist Teesside University
Medical Research Foundation
The brief: A multi-site international research programme needed public engagement and knowledge translation to ensure climate-health findings reached policy and public audiences, not just academic ones.
What I delivered:
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Led public engagement and knowledge translation activities across the full programme
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Developed digital communication strategies for research dissemination
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Coordinated stakeholder communications across multiple international research sites
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Created public-facing web and social media content, translating climate-health evidence for non-specialist audiences
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Supported the programme's ability to demonstrate public-facing impact to its funder
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Built a consistent public engagement presence where none had previously existed
Results
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First consistent public engagement presence established for the programme
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Findings reached policy and public audiences beyond academic channels
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Contributed directly to funder impact reporting
Skills used
Research communications · Public engagement · Knowledge translation · Stakeholder coordination · Web and social media content · Digital content strategy
Featured · Research Translation
Research Translation in Action
Solo-Authored Paper to Multi-Format Campaign
The brief: After publishing a solo-authored paper on the gap between health research and public understanding, I used it as a live demonstration of research translation in practice.
What I delivered:
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Extracted the core argument from an eight-page, fifty-reference academic paper
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Wrote a plain-language LinkedIn article accessible to non-specialist audiences
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Designed a one-page key findings brief for policy leads and programme managers
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Built a five-post LinkedIn campaign, each post serving a different strategic purpose
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Created a visual carousel explaining the four steps of research translation
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Delivered the full campaign in one focused sprint
Results
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4,347 impressions in 14 days
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2,287 people reached
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138 engagements (109 reactions, 21 comments, 8 saves)
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One paper reached three distinct audiences: researchers, professionals, and policy leads
Paper: Onuoha, S.C. (2025). Journal of Global Health Economics and Policy, 5, e2025053.
Skills used
Research translation · Plain-language writing · Content strategy · Campaign planning · PDF design · Research storytelling
More work
University Research
Web and Digital Communications TUMAP
Designed and built a partnership website from concept to launch for a Teesside University multi-institutional research collaboration. Translated a complex cross-continental partnership into a clear, navigable digital experience for funders, researchers, and university leadership.
Output: Full partnership website, digital communications strategy, cross-continental knowledge sharing
University Research
Web and Digital Communications CHANCAfrica
Designed and built a public-facing digital platform for an international head and neck cancer research partnership. Made a complex multi-institutional collaboration visible and accessible to funders, health practitioners, and emerging researchers across two continents.
Output: Full partnership website, stakeholder communications framework, capacity building materials
Academic Publishing
Health Communications
BMC Oral HealthCo-authored three peer-reviewed publications on digital health communication for oral cancer awareness. Led community engagement for an mHealth app randomised controlled trial and designed data collection instruments, ensuring at-risk community voices shaped the final tool.
Output: 3 peer-reviewed publications · RCT coordination · App prototype feedback
Academic Writing
Peer Review Published Research and Editorial
Solo-authored paper in the Journal of Global Health Economics and Policy. Co-authored publications in BMC Oral Health, Scientific Reports and F1000Research. Active peer reviewer since September 2024 across studies covering cervical cancer screening, mobile health interventions, and refugee healthcare access.
Output: 4 publications · 8 manuscripts reviewed
Brand Building
Content Strategy TravelWithAuntie
Built a travel brand entirely from scratch: identity, website, SEO, Instagram content strategy, WhatsApp community, and trip marketing campaigns. Content quality was so high that audiences regularly assume a professional designer was behind it.
Output: Brand identity · Website · Instagram content library · WhatsApp community
Multi-Platform
Content Strategy Personal Brand and Content
Developed and managed strategic content across LinkedIn and Instagram for three distinct brands simultaneously, each with its own platform strategy, posting rhythm, and content pillars.
Output: LinkedIn articles and campaign sequences · Instagram carousels and reels · 2,610% increase in impressions