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About
I'm a biomedical communicator (i.e. medical illustrator and media developer) from Toronto, Canada. I have worked with clients such as Bridgeable, Imagineeringart.com Inc., Conservation Ontario, Pearson Canada, and USquareSoft.
I also have a passion for research -- to better understand how the design decisions that we make as communicators and educators affect the viewer/learner. My research interests lie foremost in the design of games and interactive technologies for educational contexts, particularly in the realms of science and medicine. I completed my PhD in medical sciences in 2018 at the University of Toronto (within the ScienceVis lab), where I investigated the benefit of game design on learning with medical and molecular biology students (visit my research page). My previous schooling includes a Master of Science in Biomedical Communications (2012, University of Toronto) and a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Illustration (2008, Sheridan College).
I am currently a Research Fellow at the University College London’s Institute of Education, Knowledge Lab, where my research has extended to the exploration of adaptive educational technology design for primary school audiences, such as through Open Learner Modelling (OLMs) and visual learning analytics dashboards.