Projects
The Design Health Collab is at the forefront of design research within the complex ecosystem of health. With multi-award-winning design experts who contribute to research within the lab and from health institutions in Australia and around the world, our team is exceptionally well-placed to design targeted products and digital health applications with commercial and translational potential.
Product design and wearables
Asthma nebuliser / PALM
Breathing new life into asthma treatment using the PALM of their hand.
Mobile Stroke Imager
A lightweight mobile stroke imager designed to fit into standard ambulances and provide faster stroke diagnosis at the point of care.
Venous Access
Improving the efficacy and experience of Venous Access.
Blundstone Intelligent Footwear for Healthcare
Integrating design, technology, and cutting-edge footwear to understand occupational health and safety risks in healthcare.
Multimedia Distraction in the Emergency Department
Exploring multimedia as a distraction tool for older patients at risk of developing behavioural disturbance.
Gennaris Bionic Eye
Exploring multimedia as a distraction tool for older patients at risk of developing behavioural disturbance.
MiEye – wearable light sensor
Unhealthy light behaviour can lead to poor health. MiEye provides constant monitoring of the types of light people are exposed to throughout their day.
Service and system design
Hand Hygiene Compliance
Positive behaviour change through design.
The future of emergency department designs
A co-design investigation into Emergency Department waiting rooms.
Sleeptite REMi smart mattress and dashboard
A smart mattress for aged care and dashboard for non-invasive monitoring and alerts.
Passenger Self-Screening Airport Security Checkpoint
Monash University’s Design Health Collab team is working with partners to deliver a self-screening security portal for the US Department of Homeland Security.
Alfred Health Residential Eating Disorders Facility - Model of Care and Lived Experience specification
Co-designing a model of care and experience specification for the Alfred Health Residential Eating Disorders Facility.
Co-designing a model of care for depression in elderly care recipients for Silverchain
Co-designing the inputs to a new model of care for recognising, assessing and treating depression in older adults.
WHO Design Principles and Tools to improve use and impact of WHO guidelines
Co-designing principles and tools to support guideline creators at the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Hamilton Centre: The statewide system for integrated care of mental health and addiction
Co-designing the statewide system for integrated care of addiction and mental health in Victoria
Communication and user experience
Goal Management Training: A treatment for methamphetamine addiction
Addiction treatment through collaborative design.
Lifeblood
Improving blood donor retention through design.
Project GLOOK
Exploring the feasibility and acceptance of a wearable device that monitors blood glucose in patients with diabetes and the effectiveness of real time physician feedback in modifying health behaviour.
OptimalMe
Helping women to sustainably build healthy habits before, during, and after pregnancy.
Visual design to protect health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic
Visual aids and safety briefing processes that aim to protect health care personnel (HCP) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Creating design systems for non-verbal communicators and cognitive diversity
Creating design systems for non-verbal communicators and cognitive diversity
Health by Design: The future of healthcare
Universally, we all have a desire to live in a thriving and healthy community that improves our collective and individual well-being. It matters to all of us.
Design advocacy and commercialisation
Future Healthcare
This Monash-led interdisciplinary initiative is at the intersection of university, healthcare, community, government and industry.
Advancing innovation in clinician entrepreneurship
Co-designing the Emergency Department experience