Stronger Systems.
Healthier Communities.
To help organizations strengthen programs, systems, and strategies that advance population health through evidence-informed, implementation-focused consulting grounded in real-world context.
A global landscape where organizations have the clarity, capacity, and systems perspective to create meaningful and lasting change in the communities they serve.
Systems Thinking
We look beyond individual programs to understand the structures, relationships, and conditions shaping outcomes.
Lived Experience
We incorporate stakeholder and community perspectives, so strategies reflect real-world needs and conditions.
Evidence to Action
We translate data, evaluation findings, and evidence into practical strategies organizations can use.
Systems Strategy
Clarify priorities, strengthen alignment, and develop practical pathways for action.
Population Health Assessment
Identify needs, gaps, assets, and opportunities using quantitative and qualitative information.
Program Evaluation
Assess implementation, outcomes, and performance to support learning and improvement.
Strategic Advisory
Provide structured guidance to help organizations navigate complex public health and organizational challenges.
IPH Strategies brings together clinical perspective, advanced public health expertise, program evaluation, and systems thinking to help organizations move from complexity to clarity.
Our work is grounded in evidence, informed by lived experience, and focused on practical application.
Dr. Sonita Claude-Simelus, DrPH, MD, MPH, CHES®
Dr. Simelus is a physician-trained public health strategist with experience across clinical medicine, public health practice, program evaluation, and population health assessment. She brings a systems-level perspective to helping organizations understand complex challenges, strengthen strategy, and translate evidence into practical action.
Learn More About Dr. SimelusIPH Strategies is available to work with organizations across the United States and internationally through remote and project-based consulting engagements.
About IPH Strategies
IPH Strategies is an independent consulting practice focused on helping organizations strengthen programs, systems, and strategies to improve population health. Our work is practical and applied. We help organizations make sense of complex information, identify what needs attention, and develop clear next steps grounded in evidence and real-world context.
Dr. Sonita Claude-Simelus, DrPH, MD, MPH, CHES®
Dr. Simelus is an internationally trained physician and public health strategist with experience spanning clinical medicine, public health practice, program evaluation, community health assessment, and population health strategy.
Her background combines clinical training, advanced preparation in public health, and hands-on professional experience working with community-based organizations, public health programs, and nonprofit organizations. In prior professional roles, her experience has included statewide program evaluation, data collection and analysis, community and organizational assessment, stakeholder engagement, and translating findings into practical recommendations.
Her experience across different countries, health systems, and cultural contexts has shaped a culturally responsive and globally informed approach to public health practice. Dr. Simelus brings a systems perspective to complex public health challenges, considering not only programs and outcomes, but also the structures, relationships, environments, and lived experiences that shape them.
She holds a Doctor of Public Health, Doctor of Medicine, and Master of Public Health and is a Certified Health Education Specialist.
IPH Strategies grew out of Dr. Simelus’s international and cross-sector experience spanning clinical medicine, public health, program evaluation, and community-based work.
Across those settings, she repeatedly saw organizations with committed people, important data, and strong ideas that still needed support connecting those pieces into a clear path forward. She also saw how language, culture, access, community context, and system design can shape both health outcomes and the way organizations serve the populations they work with.
IPH Strategies was created to help bridge those gaps. The practice brings together systems thinking, evaluation, evidence, lived experience, and cultural context to help organizations better understand their challenges, strengthen their programs and strategies, and make practical decisions.
Dr. Simelus is multilingual and brings cross-cultural communication experience to her work.
Consulting conversations and selected services may be available in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and French.
Language availability depends on the scope and needs of the engagement.
Our Services
Each engagement is tailored to the organization’s context, priorities, and goals. We use a structured, systems-level approach to identify gaps, clarify priorities, and develop practical solutions.
Systems Strategy
We help organizations clarify priorities, strengthen alignment, and develop practical pathways for action. This may include planning a new initiative, refining an existing strategy, addressing a complex challenge, or connecting organizational goals to implementation.
Services may include
- Strategic planning support
- Logic model development
- Implementation planning
- Stakeholder mapping
- Workflow and systems review
- Priority setting
- Action planning
Population Health Assessment
We support organizations in identifying community needs, gaps, assets, and opportunities through structured review of quantitative and qualitative information. Assessments are designed to inform strategy, program planning, resource allocation, and decision-making.
Services may include
- Community and organizational assessments
- Data and environmental scans
- Stakeholder interviews
- Focus groups
- Secondary data review
- Social determinants of health assessment
- Gap and asset identification
Program Evaluation
We help organizations understand how programs are being implemented, what outcomes are being achieved, and where there may be opportunities for improvement. Evaluation is designed to support learning, accountability, planning, and continuous improvement.
Services may include
- Evaluation planning
- Process evaluation
- Impact evaluation
- Outcome evaluation
- Implementation fidelity assessment
- Community-engaged evaluation
- Evaluation framework development
- Data collection planning
- Data analysis
- Logic models
- Evaluation reports and recommendations
Strategic Advisory
We provide focused guidance to help organizations navigate complex decisions, refine strategy, and identify practical next steps. Advisory support may be short-term or ongoing, depending on the organization’s needs.
Services may include
- Strategic consultation
- Organizational and program review
- Evidence translation
- Decision support
- Implementation strategy
- Performance measurement planning
- Stakeholder engagement strategy
Data and Decision Support
We help organizations organize and use information more effectively for planning and decision-making.
Services may include
- Data system and framework strengthening
- KPI development
- Performance measurement frameworks
- Dashboard planning
- Data interpretation
- Decision-ready summaries
- Evidence synthesis
- Reporting recommendations
Engagements
Support may include short-term advisory work, focused assessments, evaluation projects, or longer-term strategic engagements, depending on the organization’s needs.
Engagements are scoped based on your organization’s specific needs and context. Reach out to start a conversation about how we can best support your work.
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IPH Strategies is available to work with organizations across the United States and internationally through remote and project-based consulting engagements.
Systems strategy, assessment, program evaluation, strategic advisory, data and performance measurement, stakeholder engagement, and implementation planning.
Consulting conversations and selected services may be available in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and French, depending on the scope of the engagement.
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