UX Designer
Catarina Santos, MD
UX RESEARCH & DESIGNER
From patient-centred doctor to human-centred designer. Passionate about crafting digital experiences that deliver meaningful and impactful interactions for all.
RECENT TALKS
Jul 2, 2025
Genomics England R&D
The use of Technology Acceptance Models to Understand Technological Adoption in Hypertension Self-Monitoring​​
Apr 24, 2025
UX Healthcare Conference
Designing for Health: Understanding User Attitudes and Technological Adoption in Hypertension Self-Monitoring​​
Feb 6, 2025
IxDF Master Class​
Healthcare UX: Design for Patient Engagement and Technology Adoption
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Projects
Transforming Lung Cancer care pathways
Role
UX Researcher, UX Designer
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Contribution
Foundational designer of two products:
1) Patient management system for lung nodule clinics to be used by pulmonologists;
2) Solution to support the radiology workflow in reporting lung nodules
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Lead user research activities including surveys, think-aloud, and interviews.
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Conduct heuristic evaluations; Design user flows, prototypes, and product’s design system.
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Focus on accessibility (WCAG, NHS standards).
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Collaborate closely with product managers and developers.
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User research, userflow, prototype, design system.
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[🔒Confidential] optellum.com
Enhancing asthma health with active living
Role
UX Researcher, UX Designer
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Goal
Empower people with asthma to do physical exercise with confidence and safely, while supporting their condition management.
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Digital health for chronic disease, user research, prototype, user testing.
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Presented at Human-centred Medical AI Design Bootcamp - Oxford, Mar '24
WithinMyVoice: Training system for Emotion-Enabled Synthetic Voice Augmentation
Role
UX Researcher
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Goal
People living with Motor Neuron Disease often rely on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices to communicate as the disease progresses. This project addresses how emotion be conveyed during social interactions.
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Disability interaction, co-design workshops with people living with Motor Neuron Disease, qualitative analysis
Hypertension Series
Patient attitudes and technology acceptance in hypertension
Role
UX Researcher
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Goal
Understand patients' attitudes towards self-monitoring blood pressure and their acceptance of innovative technologies to inform the design of solutions that will improve the adoption of better self-monitoring practices.
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MSc dissertation, mixed methods research, survey, autoethnography, co-design workshop, qualitative analysis, technology acceptance model.
