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Projects

Case studies and supporting evidence, organised by the research capability each project demonstrates.

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Research in Complex, Regulated Environments

PUBLIC HEALTH WALES | UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

LEAD CASE STUDY

WBE Dashboard — Making Wastewater Surveillance Accountable

Two-phase study (n=20) that reframed the design problem from "make it clearer" to "make it accountable and reusable." Built on a synthesis of prior research,  including 16 interviews, 18 surveys, and 13 evaluations. Think-aloud sessions with a live PowerBI prototype, role-based design implications.

UKHSA | UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

Turning Multi-stakeholder AMR Complexity Into Actionable Design Direction

Public Health officers' needs in AMR monitoring is complex and ambiguous. Used rapid prototypes as probes to surface what different user groups actually needed from an AMR dashboard: cutting through stakeholder ambiguity to produce validated IA and GDS-aligned design requirements.

PUBLIC HEALTH WALES | UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

Rescuing a Mis-scoped Public Health Dashboard by Rebuilding Its Research Foundation

A wastewater surveillance dashboard entered development without validated user understanding. The research pivoted from prototype evaluation to rapid, lightweight discovery—contextual inquiry, stakeholder interviews, and a targeted survey—to work within limited access to public health professionals while identifying users, workflows, and decision contexts for the design.

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Mixed-Method Toolbox: Frame the right question that leads to the right directions 

Confused.com · Consumer Financial Services

LEAD CASE STUDY

Two-phase study (n=20) that reframed the design problem from "make it clearer" to "make it accountable and reusable." Built on a synthesis of prior research,  including 16 interviews, 18 surveys, and 13 evaluations. Think-aloud sessions with a live PowerBI prototype, role-based design implications.

Quantitative Survey
Agile Delivery
Cross-team impact

Confused.com · App Features

Lean qualitative study (n=6, 3-week sprint) that validated the business case and specified the "how". Trust, not functionality, emerged as the core design challenge. 

In-depth Interviews
Design Recommendations
3- week sprint

CeraCare Technology

LEAD CASE STUDY

11 interviews across 4 branches revealed that low tablet adoption was caused by missing software features, not the devices themselves. This research redirected the entire product roadmap and prevented unnecessary hardware spend.

In-depth Interviews
3-Week Sprint
Roadmap Redirect

CeraCare Technology

Carer Safety & Retention — Why Carers Don't Feel Safe

12 interviews across 3 stakeholder groups using a distress-safe protocol. Surfaced an overlooked Safety Handbook and reframed findings around process gaps, not blame. C-suite presentation and Training Office collaboration.

In-depth Interviews
Sensitive Research
Ethical Protocol Design

CeraCare Technology

Warfarin / High-Risk Medication — The Real Risk Was Notification Overload

6 moderated sessions on a safety-critical product. The primary risk wasn't medication management — it was alert fatigue in support offices. Priority-tiered alerts recommended as a lower-cost, higher-impact fix.

Contextual Inquiry
Sensitive Research
Discovery

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