Emily Holton

Communications to fuel evidence-based change.

Freelance communications for population-health researchers and health-care/non-profit organizations.

10+ YEARS HEALTH-CARE/HEALTH-RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. Expert in communications and knowledge translation to improve health-care quality/safety and guide action on health inequities and the social determinants of health.

CREATIVE AND RESULTS-FOCUSED STRATEGIES that are grounded in communications best practices, change management theory, and a real understanding of health-care and research stakeholders’ needs and realities.

BEAUTIFULLY UNCOMPLICATED CONTENT AND MATERIALS (e.g. reports, backgrounders, newsletters, toolkits) that are pitch perfect and a joy to engage with and use.

I was always impressed by Emily’s professionalism, her quick understanding of clients’ needs, and her ability to handle complex issues and quickly turn complicated material into plain language. She is smart, creative, detail-oriented and a highly collaborative relationship-builder. Everyone, including me, loves working with Emily. I would recommend her for any content or communications project.
— Leslie Shepherd, (Formerly) Manager, Communications & Public Affairs, St. Michael's Hospital
Emily is extremely intelligent and is able to grasp the clinical details of what is going on immediately. This allows her to be very effective and efficient when working with us. Emily’s work is consistently of the highest calibre.
— Dr. Matthew Muller, Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, St. Michael’s Hospital
Not only is Emily fantastic to work with - flexible, fast, asks great questions - but her work is exactly what you’re hoping it will be. Her writing style matched exactly the tone we were looking for and she does a fantastic job of digesting enormous amounts of detailed material and boiling it down into digestible, interesting, clear messages. Count on her as one part of the project management you don’t need to stress about.
— Carley Lennox, Project Manager & Communications, Special Projects, CAMH