# Jules Sherman > Product Designer, Researcher, Author and Educator, Cooper Hewitt National Design Award Winner 2025 Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/julessherman I’m a product designer, inventor, researcher, author, and educator committed to human-centered design. The first half of my career I designed consumer products for big-box retailers. For the last thirteen years I have designed healthcare products and medical devices in the context of academic hospital innovation labs and through my own company. I am currently in graduate school earning a master's in human-computer interaction, where I am developing digital product concepts for pediatric palliative care, the neonatal ICU, and smart environments for mobile healthcare clinics. I find the most joy serving vulnerable patient populations, caregivers and clinicians through generative research and co-creation. ## Work Experience ### Adjunct Professor @ The Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland Jan 2025 – Present | College Park, Maryland, United States 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. ### Company Owner @ Jules Sherman Jan 2012 – Present | Palo Alto, CA 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 ### Director, Biodesign Program @ Children's National Hospital Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | Washington, DC 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. ### Lecturer @ Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (d.school) | Stanford Jan 2012 – Jan 2020 | Stanford, CA 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. ### Design Consultant @ Stanford University School of Medicine Jan 2015 – Jan 2020 | Stanford, CA 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 ### Chief Executive Officer @ Maternal Life, LLC Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 | Palo Alto, California Primo-Lacto® has been acquired by Lansinoh® March, 2018 A 2-part closed system for colostrum collection. Primo-Lacto is intended for use when (1) mothers cannot or choose not to nurse their newborn or (2) the newborn can’t nurse due to trouble latching, or prematurity. Primo-Lacto enables the goals of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), a global program sponsored by the WHO and UNICEF. Primo-Lacto is a tool to help hospitals meet the criteria outlined in BFHI. Maternal Life recently won a $50,000 grant from the National Capital Consortium For Pediatric Surgical Innovation and a $50,000 grant from the New England Pediatric Device Consortium. ### Design Director @ Olde Thompson, LLC Jan 2004 – Jan 2010 Product design and development for kitchen house-wares, food packaging, retail displays, sales collateral, web-site design and client presentations. I worked with clients such as Costco Wholesale, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Walmart, Crate and Barrel, Martha Stewart, Macys, Kohls, BJs, Target, and Lowes. ### Senior Product Designer @ The Limited Jan 2001 – Jan 2003 | Reynoldsburg, Ohio, United States Designed products for both White Barn Candle Co. and Bath & Bodyworks. ### Industrial Designer @ Forms-Surfaces Jan 2001 – Jan 2002 | Carpinteria, California, United States Architectural hardware design ### Product Designer @ Restoration Hardware Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 Product designer for house-wares, bathroom fixtures, garden accessories, and non-electric accessories. ## Education ### Master of Science - MS in Human Computer Interaction & Design, Design Chair Fellowship Award UC Irvine ### Master of Fine Arts - MFA in Graduate Program in Design, Carmen Christensen Fellowship Award Stanford University ### Exchange Program in Design ENSCI - Les Ateliers ### BFA in Industrial Design Rhode Island School of Design ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/julessherman - Website: http://www.jsdesigngroup.com - Website: http://www.instagram.com/redesignhealthcare --- Source: https://flows.cv/julessherman JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/julessherman/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05