Leah Heiss's guest appearances

Leah Heiss

Art, Design, Media

Impact Boom Podcast - Social Enterprise & Design

A LOT TO SAY PODCAST

Andy Miller

Chris Ryan

Scott Cooper

Julian O'Shea

Greta Thunberg

Kate Hayes

Sam Yang

Kathleen Kelly Janus

Johanna Nalau

Matthew Taylor

Tim O'Brien

Bryony Cole

Joe Kelly

Steve Williams

Daniel Flynn

OwlTail

Leah Heiss is an award-winning designer and researcher working at the nexus of design, health, and technology. She is the Eva and Marc Besen International Research Chair in Design at Monash University, as part of Monash Art, Design and Architecture.Leah grows the potential of practice based design research across disciplines, including Medicine and Engineering. She focusses on how design can scaffold major shifts in healthcare towards digitisation and personalisation of healthcare, while continuing her work in wearable technologies and growing a culture of design and health research.Her health technology projects include jewellery to administer insulin through the skin for diabetics; biosignal sensing emergency jewellery; and swallowable devices to detect disease. She designed Facett, the world’s first self-fit modular hearing aid for profit-for-purpose company Blamey Saunders hears.The design process for Facett has been acquired into the Museums Victoria heritage collection and been exhibited globally. Facett has received many accolades including the 2018 Australian Good Design Award of the Year, the 2018 CSIRO Design Innovation Award, the Premier’s Design Award 2018 (Product Design), 3 Victorian Government iAwards and Melbourne Design Award. Leah was also the recipient of a 2021 GOLD Good Design Award for the Tactile Tools co-design method.A few points in the chit-chat:Career in AcademiaBig Vision, Trends &amp; Whats Emerging in HealthcareAn Intrapreneurial mindWhats an educational pathway into wearable health technology?Smart HeartsOperating on InstinctExhibiting Design Process &amp; OutcomeCharting Complex Healthcare JourneysDeveloping ecosystems of careWhats on the horizonCustomisation/ personalisation of healthcareNotes and Links:Leah HeissTactile ToolsFacett Hearing AidBlamey SaundersDesign health Co-Lab MonashDiabetes JewelleryEmily Cross- Social RoboticistEva &amp; Marc Beson Internal Research Chair in Design (Monash)Good Design of the YearMaster of Design FuturesMichael Milford Roboticist QUTRMIT School of DesignWearables and Sensing NetworkSmart HeartSpatial Information Architecture Laboratory RMITStretchable SensorsFollow Leah on Twitter: @leah_heissFollow Leah on Instagram: @leahroselaurel---Music by Gareth Leach Music by way of BatemanTwitter: @ALTSProjectsInstagram: @altsprojects_Hosted by Gaz Williams @gwilliamsALTS 

Leah Heiss is an award-winning designer and researcher working at the nexus of design, health, and technology. She is the Eva and Marc Besen International Research Chair in Design at Monash University, as part of Monash Art, Design and Architecture.Leah grows the potential of practice based design research across disciplines, including Medicine and Engineering. She focusses on how design can scaffold major shifts in healthcare towards digitisation and personalisation of healthcare, while continuing her work in wearable technologies and growing a culture of design and health research.Her health technology projects include jewellery to administer insulin through the skin for diabetics; biosignal sensing emergency jewellery; and swallowable devices to detect disease. She designed Facett, the world’s first self-fit modular hearing aid for profit-for-purpose company Blamey Saunders hears.The design process for Facett has been acquired into the Museums Victoria heritage collection and been exhibited globally. Facett has received many accolades including the <a href="https://good-design.org/projects/facett-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2018 Australian Good Design Award of the Year</a>, the 2018 CSIRO Design Innovation Award, the Premier’s Design Award 2018 (Product Design), 3 Victorian Government iAwards and <a href="https://drivenxdesign.com/MEL18/project.asp?ID=16781" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Melbourne Design Award</a>. Leah was also the recipient of a 2021 GOLD Good Design Award for the <a href="https://www.tactiletools.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tactile Tools co-design method.</a>A few points in the chit-chat:<ol><li>Career in Academia</li><li>Big Vision, Trends &amp; Whats Emerging in Healthcare</li><li>An Intrapreneurial mind</li><li>Whats an educational pathway into wearable health technology?</li><li>Smart Hearts</li><li>Operating on Instinct</li><li>Exhibiting Design Process &amp; Outcome</li><li>Charting Complex Healthcare Journeys</li><li>Developing ecosystems of care</li><li>Whats on the horizon</li><li>Customisation/ personalisation of healthcare</li></ol>Notes and Links:<ul><li><a href="http://www.leahheiss.com/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leah Heiss</a></li><li><a href="https://www.tactiletools.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tactile Tools</a></li><li><a href="https://good-design.org/projects/facett-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facett Hearing Aid</a></li><li><a href="https://blameysaunders.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blamey Saunders</a></li><li><a href="https://www.monash.edu/mada/research/labs/health-collab" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Design health Co-Lab Monash</a></li><li><a href="http://www.leahheiss.com/diabetes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diabetes Jewellery</a></li><li><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/emily-s-cross-1026657" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emily Cross- Social Roboticist</a></li><li><a href="https://lens.monash.edu/@leah-heiss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eva &amp; Marc Beson Internal Research Chair in Design (Monash)</a></li><li><a href="https://good-design.org/judges/leah-heiss/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Good Design of the Year</a></li><li><a href="https://www.rmit.edu.au/study-with-us/levels-of-study/postgraduate-study/masters-by-coursework/master-of-design-futures-mc245" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Master of Design Futures</a></li><li><a href="https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/michael.milford" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Milford Roboticist QUT</a></li><li><a href="https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/schools-colleges/design" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RMIT School of Design</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ws-network.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wearables and Sensing Network</a></li><li><a href="http://www.leahheiss.com/smartheart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smart Heart</a></li><li><a href="https://www.rmit.edu.au/about/schools-colleges/design/research-and-projects/sial-sound-studios" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory RMIT</a></li><li><a href="http://www.leahheiss.com/#/seedsensor/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stretchable Sensors</a></li></ul>Follow Leah on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/leah_heiss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@leah_heiss</a>Follow Leah on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/leahroselaurel/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@leahroselaurel</a>---Music by <a href="https://www.garethleach.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gareth Leach Music</a> by way of <a href="https://batemansuck.bandcamp.com/album/ultra-violence-ep" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bateman</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/altsprojects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ALTSProjects</a>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/altsprojects_/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@altsprojects_</a>Hosted by Gaz Williams <a href="https://twitter.com/gwilliamsALTS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@gwilliamsALTS </a>

Ep 27: CO-DESIGN with Leah Heiss

On Episode 101 of Impact Boom, Leah Heiss of RMIT discusses the power of prototyping, shares tips on communicating within interdisciplinary teams, and key insights into the future wearable technology may have in creating positive social impact.

Episode 101 (2018) Leah Heiss On How Human Centred Design Methodology Can Create Social Impact

Leah Heiss Artist Talk

Research Profiles: Leah Heiss - Arsenic, Diabetes And Jewellery