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Medical Communications Portfolio

Below are the pieces of my portfolio specifically focused on health, patient advocacy, and medical communications. These projects combine my skills 0f visual storytelling and translating complex health topics into accessible formats.

NCD Financing Gap Whiteboard Video

This video explains, through a series of hand-drawn animations, the non-communicable disease (NCD) financing gap: the phenomenon that occurs when common but serious conditions are under-funded, contributing to a lag in care and increase in costs.

 

I created this video for my internship with the Health Finance Institute (HFI) using Adobe tools, after realizing the need for an accessible explanation of HFI's work closing the NCD financing gap. 
 

I adapted my superiors' script, helping ensure it was clear while retaining their subject matter expertise.​This video was posted on HFI's homepage. All rights belong to them.

Podcast episode: Step Therapy

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In this podcast, I investigated fail-first insurance policies and the dangerous effects they can have on patients' lives, and detailed what can be done to encourage change. My hope was that the project could encourage patients' own health literacy when communicating with their insurance provider.

 

I directed this podcast from start to finish, including background research, its interview, and script creation. It came about after listening to real patients' stories during my internship with the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, and was for my undergraduate capstone. I hand-illustrated the cover image and created this podcast via Adobe Audition.

This podcast includes a brief excerpt from Dr. Ann Bass’ testimony to the Texas State Senate. The clip is used solely for educational purposes as part of my undergraduate capstone project.

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Podcast description: The cover page is features a black background with a white silhouette of a staircase, and simplistic illustrations of multicolored pills cascading down it. The bottom and right edges of the image are teal colored and say "Beyond the Surface" and "An Izzy Podcast [hollow white heart]." â€‹

Refugee Health Advocacy Gif
Bright blue background. In white, oriented right: refugees have the right to clean, safe water. A drawing of a girl facing backwards, kneeling as she fills a grey jerry jug with water from a tap. She wears a black hijab, a bright pink dress, dark pink pants, and light pink shoes. The water is animated to appear as though it flows blue and clear, to dark brown and muddy. The bottom half of the image is the floor the girl stands on, a brick pattern in black and dark blue. To the bottom right is the UNHCR logo.

I hand-illustrated and animated this graphic using Adobe Tools for the UNHCR's global social media pages (@refugees). It advocated for refugees' health and safety during World Water Week 2022 and was based on a real picture for a refugee.

 

Refugees and displaced people frequently have to walk long, physically arduous distances to fetch clean water, and face increased risks of disease due to poor sanitation services, as I learned my internship with the United Nations Association of Greater Boston in 2018.

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All rights belong to UNHCR.

Infographic: the impact of wellness-linked insurance incentives
Dark greenish-blue background. Cartoon illustration of stacks of golden-yellow coins as though a bar graph is trending down and to the right. A bright blue zig-zagged arrow is layered atop and trends upward to the right in opposition. At each point of the zigzag, three, there is a speech bubble. Speech bubble 1: Text Healthy lifestyle, cartoon of apple and broccoli. Bubble 2: Text Health-based discounts, cartoon of green dollar sign. Bubble 3: Monitoring Technology, cartoon of smart watch. Text in all caps from left to right, first orange then blue: LOWER COSTS AND BETTER HEALTH?

Can there be better health outcomes for people worldwide at a lower cost? Wellness-linked insurance incentives might make this happen.

 

I designed this graphic to illustrate this idea, accompanying a blog post written by my superiors at the Health Finance Institute in 2021.

Graphic created via Canva. All rights belong to HFI.

Social media post for DC PCSB: supporting students on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Screenshot of an Instagram post by @dcpcsb. Graphic is simple cartoon illustration. Bright pink background with white block letters LOVE EVERY BODY . Tan-skinned hand making ASL love sign (palm facing front, middle and ring finger down), beige seeing eye dog with a red vest, blue collar, and floppy grey ears, and dark-skinned girl with braids and a rosy-cheeked smile. The girl is wearing a blue shirt and blue pants and sits in a bright yellow manual wheelchair. Caption reads "Today, we shine light on #internationaldayofpersonswithdisabilities. Our public charter schools educate a diverse student population, including students with disabilities. Check out some resources public charter schools can use to support students htpps://dcpcsb.org/special-student-populations. [Red heart emoji]. Date posted is Dec 2, 2022.

I hand-drew this graphic using Adobe tools to encourage the compassionate treatment of disabled students and raise awareness about the school resources available to them, via DC PCSB's social media pages.

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Part of my work with the DC Public Charter School Board included uplifting students with disabilities and their academic experiences and achievements, to ensure their voices are heard and appreciated. My writing and graphic design furthered this goal.​ 

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For example, in DC PCSB's April 2023 newsletter, I wrote about Autism awareness and what DC public charter schools did to celebrate it.

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All rights belong to DC PCSB.

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