I lecture for the Bioengineering Senior Capstone class with Dr. Yang Tao, and teach independent study classes with bioengineering students. In addition, I work with UMD's computer science club, and The Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices on grant-funded medical device innovations.

JS Design Group works with companies, academic institutions and nonprofit organizations to design meaningful health and wellness products through human-centered design. We’ve worked on consumer products, medical devices, spiritual wellness program design, and UX design for healthcare applications. All of our projects are grounded in rigorous qualitative and quantitative research methods. www.jsdesigngroup.com

Clients Include:

Soul Seated Journey

Children's National Hospital

Stanford Medical School

Danish Consulate, Innovation Center, Silicon Valley

California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative (CPQCC) Stanford Medicine

Center For Policy Outcomes and Prevention (CPOP) Stanford University

Idaho Jones

Lansinoh Laboratories

Clorox

SUNING

Whole Biome

QMedic Health

Great Call

Salutron

Orlando Healthcare Foundation

Newell-Rubbermaid

I co-designed and developed four innovative medical devices/products that address real-world needs identified by clinicians, patients, and families. Our multidisciplinary team conducted rigorous user research—both qualitative and quantitative—followed by iterative prototyping, bench testing, clinical pilot studies, and the pursuit of patents and licensing agreements. In parallel, I taught over twenty design workshops and classes for the CNH Nursing Innovation and Research Council, sharing methods to translate frontline insights into impactful solutions. My research at CNH was published in peer-reviewed journals, including "Equitable Care for Children With a Tracheostomy: Addressing Challenges and Seeking Systemic Solutions" and "How Design Thinking and Quality Improvement Can Be Integrated into a 'Human-Centered Quality Improvement' Approach to Solve Problems in Perinatology." Lastly, I taught as an adjunct professor at The Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland.

Redesigning The Hospital Birth Experience-- (fall 2013) The hospital L&D experience as a backdrop for learning design thinking methodology. Our approach was to give students the opportunity to gain empathy for the “users” in labor and delivery.

Redesigning the Neonatal ICU, ME 359-- (fall 2014) Redesigning the Neonatal ICU informed students about current challenges in the NICU environment through expert speakers, literature, CAPE simulations and field trips. Simultaneously, we studied the users: their environment, their behavior, and emotions.

Designing For Safety In Labor & Delivery ME 359--(winter 2016) This class was inspired by research I am currently participating in regarding how to improve safety in labor and delivery, funded by an AHRQ grant. Dr. Henry Lee, and I informed students about challenges in the L&D environment through direct observation in a simulated environment and the hospital. Simultaneously, we studied the users: their environment, protocols, communication and behavior.

The Empathy Project--Summer, '16 at the d. School, co-taught with Dr. Henry C. Lee, Seamus Harte and Hamsika Chandrasekar. This class is for Stanford medical students to experience first hand the challenges patients with chronic disease face day-to-day through direct observation, and then communicate the insights learned through storytelling techniques.

Jan. 2017 Medical Device Design: Identifying Problems Through Observation

April 2017 Medical Device Design: Identifying Problems Through Observation & Hands-On Training

April 2018-June 2018 Design For Child Health Equity: Redesigning Healthcare Delivery

Co-taught with Dr. Lee Sanders, Chief of General Pediatrics, Stanford

January 2019-June 2019 Design For Pediatric Feeding Challenges (two quarter class), focused on the pediatric population who have feeding challenges in the neonatal ICU, the labor and delivery room, and at home once discharged. Co-taught with Dr. Henry Lee, Neonatologist.

As a lead product designer for Stanford Medicine, I designed products that improve safety in labor and delivery. My position was funded through an AHRQ grant. Our work directly improved safety and outcomes for mothers and their newborns. Projects I worked on for Stanford Medicine/AHRQ are:

• Delayed Cord Camping Cart

• Pelvic Support Product

• Hospital Birth Experience: Patient Perspective Research

• Improving the physical layout of the L&D unit