Melissa Salgado Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

-Onboard 80+ users from diverse age, gender, race, and technical capabilities to the Apple Research app.-Understand pain points with the Apple Research app for the 12-month longitudinal study.-Conduct 1-on-1 interviews with participants to learn about their experience with depression and anxiety.

- Managed clinical research data for 13 lung and breast cancer clinical trials- Communicated with stakeholders to create deadlines and outline client goals - Work on multidisciplinary teams with medical providers, project sponsors, monitors, administration, and finance

Los Angeles, California

-Organized and enrolled 26 providers, 23 community stakeholders, and 35 patients across the United States for focus groups and interviews. -Assessed semi-structured qualitative questions for themes, barriers, and facilitators of telemedicine service utilization among individuals with opioid use disorder.-Analyzed quantitative survey data for statistical significance for three presentations at national conferences.

- Conducted user surveys and interviews- Analyzed data to develop personas, empathy and journey maps, user stories, and flows to make informed design decisions.- Utilized the double diamond process user-centered design principles- Created effective case studies to showcase findings and design decisions with clients and stakeholders- Used Figma, Google Workspace, Optimal card sort, and Zoom for data collection, analysis, and to generate designs.Notable Project: Navigating Bus Arrival App | https://bit.ly/BusAppBLive - An app that showcases live bus arrival times, live bus tracking, and scheduled arrival.- Utilized double diamond design process and user-centered design principles.- Used Google Workspace to create surveys and analyze data for 41 participants. - Conducted virtual user interviews, usability tests, and card sorting. - Created a prototype on Figma based on user-centered data findings.

Los Angeles, California, United States

-Lead coach of a 9-week mindfulness program for children at high risk of developing anxiety and depression.-Improved and implemented manuscript for weekly 1-on-1 coaching sessions consisting of mindfulness topics and their user experience with the mindfulness application.-Collaborated with the team by providing and receiving feedback on recordings of mindfulness sessions.

-Conducted evidence-based Applied Behavioral Analysis sessions for clients with autism spectrum disorder-Collaborated with clients and their parents to achieve and maintain positive behavior at school and at home-Collected Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence data of clients and identified challenging behaviors to develop individualized treatment goals

Los Angeles, California, United States

- Adopted and practiced Resources for Infant Educarers (REI) pedagogy, with the assumption that children are innately self-motivated and naturally explore the world to enhance their own development.- Cared for for infants and toddlers following REI- Created and implemented a developmentally appropriate curriculum tailored to 12 children (3-months to 32-months) needs with evidence from literature reviews and fieldwork- Wrote a case study on a 31-month-old toddler about their language, motor, and cognitive development

Los Angeles, Ca

-Managed PLF team, generated schedule, scheduled meetings, and approved timesheets-Interviewed and hired all Psychology Discipline PLFs

Los Angeles, Ca

- Facilitated six weekly 1-hour group sessions of 7-14 peers about psychology research methods by encouraging critical thinking, collaboration, and fostering a sense of community- Independently created and led 23 interactive lesson plans

Los Angeles, California, United States

Los Angeles, California, United States