London-based data design agency After the flood is relaunching its successful design conference, The Design of Understanding. The first event in the new quarterly series will discuss 'The Design of Health'.

 

We’ll be hosting three talks on the latest in healthcare design with three of the UK’s leading thinkers: Dr Daghni Rajasingam, MA MRCOG; Ophelia Brown; and Sarah Gold. Each talk will last 20 minutes and will be followed by drinks.  You can find out more about the speakers and their speaking topics below.

 

Dr Daghni Rajasingam, MA MRCOG

Consultant Obstetrician and Head of Service Maternity

Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
 

Trends in healthcare today – how the UK is tackling unique challenges and opportunities.
 

Dr Daghni Rajasingam is a consultant obstetrician at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Foundation Trust (GSTT), and is Head of Service for Obstetrics and Deputy Director for Postgraduate Medical Education. She is currently leading work on transforming maternity services at GSTT. Her interests include diabetes and obesity in pregnancy, innovation in patient experience, leadership development and healthcare transformation.

 

 

Ophelia Brown

General Partner

LocalGlobe

The health start-up space – what you should look for in the businesses you fund
 

Ophelia Brown is a General Partner at LocalGlobe, a seed-focused venture capital fund that has backed some of the UK’s biggest success stories, like Zoopla, Graze and TransferWise and helped build global leaders like Skype, Just Eat and King. Fascinated by user behaviour and experience, she loves working with design-led teams and founders with strong product DNA. She also has a keen interest in digital health and financial services.

 

 

Sarah Gold

Director

IF

Health data – ethics & issues
 

Sarah Gold is designer interested in interaction, data, and networks in the public domain, Sarah founded IF in 2015 to work on these areas at scale, with a network of talented colleagues and collaborators. She’s a Fellow of Near Now, a programme that explores the place of technology in everyday life, and sits on the advisory board for Tech For Good, a company that promotes civic technology projects.