Ana (Nikka) Sucaldito, PhD, MPH

Dr. Ana Sucaldito is a social and behavioral scientist passionate about addressing health inequities impacting marginalized Asian and Asian American refugees, immigrants, and diaspora members through evidence-based interventions and research. She earned her PhD and MPH from The Ohio State University, where she worked in the community through local and statewide nonprofits and health coalitions. She later completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Wake Forest’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute where she received further training in community-based participatory research (CBPR). With experience across her many positionalities as a community member, community partner, and academic, Ana knows the importance of working with communities, not “to” or “for” them. She uses CBPR and mixed methods to create partnerships which prioritize equitable power-sharing between community and academic partners. Some of her research focuses include mental health promotion with the Karenni Community of Winston-Salem and language access advocacy for limited English proficient Asian Americans with NC Asian Americans Together.