H.C. Morales Ornelas

Hosana Morales is a PhD Candidate at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. Her research aims to incorporate the generation of meaningful evidence for designers and health professionals into the design process.

As a member of the Knowledge and Intelligence Design (KInD) research group, her focus lies in developing an Evidence-Based Design methodology for creating eHealth design interventions that provide the necessary evidence in relation to the desired impact.

Before starting her PhD, Hosana Morales joined the Industrial Design Engineering Faculty as a Master's student in the Integrated Product Design programme. During her Master's studies, she had the opportunity to work with various hospitals (Erasmus MC, Amsterdam UMC), companies (Philips Design), and institutions (National eHealth Living Lab) in the development of intelligent products that improved user experience in the product and service design field. At the end of her Master's studies, she received a grade of 10 for her MSc thesis project and obtained a Medical Design Specialisation.

Prior to her arrival in The Netherlands, Hosana graduated with honours from the Industrial Design programme at the Tecnológico de Monterrey and worked as a mechanical designer for one and a half years.