Anna Zandanel, Phd

Researcher, IUAV University of Venice

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Design & Innovation in Intensive Medicine Administration

Research developed by the IUAV University of Venice will be presented in collaboration with the Fondazione Oncologica Trevigiana (Oncological Foundation of Treviso) and a medicine producer, the Monico spa, form Venice.

Topics of the project are: chemotherapic medicine preparation, and management, administration and design sciences for process analysis and improvement of the medicine path. In the presentation all chemotherapy steps analyzed in the Ca'Foncello Hospital in Treviso will be presented with images, interviews, and questionnaire results.

All the problems of the case study represent the starting point for design proposals that were discussed with the medical staff following the User Experience Design phase. Some of the proposals have been accepted and have been realized. The results will be shared during the presentation.

Bio

Born in 1982, after the second level degree in Product Design at IUAV University of Venice, Anna become a PhD in Design Sciences in 2011. She was a Visiting Scholar at the Northwestern University of Chicago in Spirng 2010, working with Prof. Donald Norman to develop her PhD project. From 2007 to 2010 she was a researcher and designer at the Rino Snaidero Scientific Foundation, developing the Cooking for All project, following a User-Centered Design methodology. From 2007 she has collaborated and worked with the IUAV University, where currently she is contributing to the Design and Innovation for Intensive Medicine Administration project.