Senior UX/UI Designer in Toronto, Canada
Creating software & tools that empower users
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Specialties

I enjoy creating meaningful experiences for people that truly make a difference.

UX/UI Design

I have over 15 years of experience designing intuitive interfaces; involved from product inception to release.

Software Design

I work closely with engineers to design reusable software products that are customized for varying business and technical needs.

Communication

I enjoy collaboration and have a strong ability to visualize user needs in clear, consise, and clever ways.

Case Study

ICGC ARGO Data Submission

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ICGC ARGO Data Platform Homepage
The Project
ICGC ARGO is an ambitious international data sharing project that will collect and uniformly analyze over 100,000 cancer genomes with high quality clinical data to help advance early detection, prevention, and effective treatments of cancer.
ICGC ARGO Program Submission Sitemap
The Problem
Ingesting a large amount of data meant that our team needed to build some heavy-duty data submission features! Our goal was to design a scalable, user-friendly clinical and genomic data submission system with a dashboard that would show the submission progress in real time. I first iterated on a sitemap to understand the possible user flows within the platform.
ICGC ARGO Data Submitter Persona
The Audience
We needed to balance the needs of program administrators who require a high level status view and data submitters who need a simple way of submitting a large amount of clinical data with clear validation messages that would empower them to correct errors. We also needed a mechanism for our bioinformaticians to approve any data changes.
ICGC ARGO Clinical Submission
Scenarios & Wireframes
We learned from the past data submission systems we built and came up with improved user scenarios. Iterating on wireframes quickly helped us visualize the interface and understand the backend services that would be required.
ICGC ARGO Clinical Submission Mockups
High Fidelity Mockups
I had already modernized the ICGC ARGO theme and designed an extensive component library in Sketch that could be utilized. Many features needed to be fully designed, including a sample registration tool, clinical submission tool, a dashboard that visualized data submission progress, and a clinical data dictionary viewer that would help data submitters prepare their clinical files for upload.
ICGC ARGO Program Submission Dashboard
Outcomes & Lessons
The data submission system was launched with great success and new features are continually being added. I learned that it is very important to have a thorough understanding of the data dictionary rules and dependencies in order to design for every use case and test the implemented features.

Case Study

Kids First Cohort Builder

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Kids First Data Portal Registration Form
The Project
The Kids First Data Resource Center is a collaborative effort to help discover the causes of pediatric cancer and structural birth defects through the use of big data. OICR was one of the partners involved in creating a centralized, cloud-based discovery portal of well-curated clinical and genomic sequence data.
Kids First Cohort Builder Inspiration Moodboard
The Problem
The goal was to design a more interesting and scalable way to search the anonymized data. The stakeholders wanted a cohort builder that would provide summary visualizations to help researchers quickly spot patterns within queried groups of participants. I gathered examples of tools that had similar goals and features, and validated my assumptions with the stakeholders.
Kids First Researcher Persona
The Audience
The researcher persona was prioritized for this feature, as this group would have the most impact on accelerating discovery. After a stakeholder workshop in Philadelphia, we concluded that researchers required deep access to the Kids First datasets and the ability to perform broad integrated queries and analytics across multiple cohorts.
Kids First Cohort Builder Wireframe Iteration
Scenarios & Wireframes
I delved deeper with my business analyst to define user scenarios; which included the need to build a cohort based on multiple diseases/diagnoses, clinical, molecular and family criteria, track the provenance of the queries, and perform analysis on the cohort results. Once the scenarios were prioritized, I iterated on multiple wireframe layouts.
Kids First Cohort Builder Mockups
High Fidelity Mockups
At this time, I had already created an extensive style guide and component library - which made for quick visual prototyping and team reviews. I knew my mathematics degree would come in handy for this design, as I played around with logical operators and modifiers. The bright colour palette and playful icons would also appeal to patient families who were curious about searching the data.
Kids First Cohort Builder table view
Outcomes & Lessons
When the cohort builder was released, our team felt a sense of pride as it became an important feature that researchers would utilize for exploring this important data. Searching over cancer and structural birth defects data can be challenging because they don’t always have consistent data types. However, we were able to build a robust tool that would accommodate future data types, visualizations, and actions.

More Work

I enjoy working in agile environments, while continually considering the big picture and user needs.



Genome Sequence Browser to track status of runs
Genome Sequence Browser
Driven by user interviews and gathered requirements, I designed a sleek interface that would allow genomic teams at OICR to monitor the sequencing pipeline and report on the status of their library runs.
ICGC DACO Application for Controlled Data
ICGC DACO
I worked closely with stakeholders to design a simplified application form enabling researchers to easily apply for access to controlled data. I was responsible for requirements gathering, full UX/UI design, QA, and implementation and release planning. Visit the Website »
Canadian VirusSeq Data Portal
VirusSeq Data Portal
I worked with the OICR team to design and build a COVID-19 data portal in just four weeks, providing a vital link between Canada’s public health units and researchers tracking the evolution of the virus and variants of concern. Visit the Data Portal »
The Beer Store Responsive Website
The Beer Store Website
I worked with the Design Lab team to design the award-winning responsive website that allowed customers to quickly browse locations and beer brands as well as explore fun food pairings and party planning content.
The Beer Store Mobile App
The Beer Store Mobile App
I worked with the Design Lab team to design the first iteration of The Beer Store mobile app, as well as an in-store touch screen interface to search for store inventory.
Sarah Richardson Design Responsive Website
SRD Responsive Website
I worked with the Design Lab team to design the award-winning Sarah Richardson Design responsive website. Collaborating with the talented interior designer, I delivered a creative iteration of her magazine-style website.

A Bit About Me