Roxanne Alves Leitão Msc
Researcher
Summary
I am a researcher and technology designer working in the fields of health and security. My experience is mainly focused on a
practice-led approach, or ‘research through making’, with specific groups of users such as police, clinicians, older adults, children and those with chronic health conditions.
I have worked on a number of user-centred design projects, where I have performed roles throughout the product development lifecycle, from the initial user-research phases, into design and implementation, through to user-evaluations of the final prototype. Projects I am currently involved in include virtual reality training environments for the police and research into the potential of digital technologies for improving the services provided to victims of domestic abuse.
About
I am a researcher and technology designer working in the fields of health and security, with expertise in design and interactive systems development.
My experience is mainly focused on a practice-led approach, or ‘research through making’, with specific groups of users such as police, clinicians, older adults, children and those with chronic health conditions. I have worked on a number of user-centred design projects, where I have performed roles throughout the product development lifecycle, from the initial user-research phases, into design and implementation, through to user-evaluations of the final prototype. This includes work across mobile, desktop and immersive virtual reality. My skills include user-research, interaction and user-interface design, development and prototyping, and usability testing.
I have worked on projects such as: the development of an immersive reality surgical training system for the Ministry of Defence; the design of graphic solutions representations of Excel formulas for dyslexic students; the design of an intergenerational digital product to promote physical activity amongst the elderly; as well as the redesign of asthma inhalers in a co-design process with children.
Projects I am currently involved in include virtual reality training environments for the police and research into the potential of digital technologies for improving the services provided to victims of domestic abuse.
Co-design; User-research; Design; HCI; User-Experience & Usability; Interaction Design
Teaching
Innovation Futures
INNOVAGE
EQUS
Medic of the Future
Computing and Software
Software Engineering and Computer Science
Group Software Development Project
Research
AUGGMED (Automated Serious Game Scenario Generator for Mixed Reality Training)
PhD research topic title: “Co-designing digital technologies to support victims of domestic abuse”
BMT Group, University of Greenwich, Piraeus Port Authority, Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, University of Birmingham, GeoMobile, Sistemes D’Emergencies Mediques, West Yorkshire Police WyFi Team, Istrateam, SERCO, Integration Power, Ministry of Citizens Protection Greece, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.
Other activities
Lecturing the Visualising Concepts module at Maynooth University, Ireland, on the Design Innovation master’s course.