UX Research Geeks

Darren Hood is a 27+ year veteran of the UX discipline, serving at several successful organizations during his career including the Fortune 50. He holds 2 UX-related Master's degrees and is a doctoral candidate. Among his many engagements, he's an adjunct professor at 6 universities, a podcaster, an author, and a global mentor. Darren loves all things UX and relishes the opportunity to share with the community whenever opportunities arise. Follow Darren & his work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dwhood/ https://www.dhoodux.com/ Darren’s podcast: https://www.worldoux.com/ --> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-world-of-ux-with-darren-hood/id1514004102 This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak

Julian Della Mattia is UX Research Lead at Kiwi.com and founder of the180 Agency. Based in Spain, Julian helps teams build up research practices from scratch and specializes in Facilitation & ResearchOps. Follow Julian & his work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdelmat/ If you interested to learn more about ResearchOps, we also recommend: The Youtube channel of Kate Towsey https://www.youtube.com/@katetowsey5455 The podcast of Roy Opata Olende https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scaling-research/id1546142497 This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak

Eli is a Iranian researcher from Central European university. Her main fields of interest are gender, women’s rights, media representation, social movements, and women’s representation in cinema. She is also a poet with two published books in her home country and an experimental filmmaker. She is now relocating to Canada to continue her research in Phd of sociology and cultural studies. Follow Eli & her work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elham-mohtashamzadeh-4388927a/ https://www.facebook.com/elham.mohtashamzadeh/ https://www.clubhouse.com/@elimohtasham This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak

Welcome to the new season of UXR Geeks! This is the first episode, with the one and only Sina Schreiber, UX Researcher & Content Strategist who many of you may know from the research repository software Condens. We talked about her path to user research and the role of a repository in research democratization. We also dived into the intersection of user research and content strategy that Sina connects in her role in Condens. Tune into her learnings from doing research with UXR professionals. Follow Sina & her work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sinaschreiber/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/condens/ This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak

Welcome to the last episode of series 1 of UX Reasearch Geeks. Don't worry, we are not going to be stopping anytime soon, we just have to have a small break to bring you even more great guests! With the last episode of the season, we felt like we should go out with a bang! That's why we invited Dr. Gyles Morrison, who is a Clinical UX Strategist with 10 years history in healthcare, digital health and clinical UX. We talked about pains and gains that artificial inteligence brings into healtcare, how patients need to be pro-active in their own health management and what principles can help us to design inclusive products. Follow Dr. Gyles Morrison here: http://drgylesmorrison.com/ This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak

Tjaša Zajc is an internationally recognized digital health moderator and speaker focused on global healthcare digitalization. Brainlab put her on the list of 9 Digital Health Experts to Follow on LinkedIn in 2021, Health Tech listed her among 30 Healthcare IT Influencers Worth a Follow in 2021. She is the founder and host of Faces of digital health podcast, which is consistently ranked among the top digital health industry podcasts, she works as a business developer at the healthcare IT company Better, and is a patient advocate. Follow Tjaša and her work here: www.facesofdigitalhealth.com better.care Alternatively, subscribe to her newsletter: https://fodh.substack.com/ This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak

Sayali Phatak is a senior UX researcher working in the digital health industry. Prior to making the jump to industry, she did research in academia focused on designing digital solutions for health promotion and behavior change. Follow Sayali on her LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sayaliphatak/ You can also take a look at some of her frameworks mentioned in the episode: IDEAS Framework: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5203679/ Behavioral Design Thinking approaches: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8968622/ This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak

James Mckinnon is a human-technologist and human-centered researcher in digital health and service design. His work explores areas where business, technology, and design merge together to impact digital services, people, and society. You. Me. Us. We. is a human-centered research lab led by James. The studio’s work is driven by inclusive and equitable practices in care delivery, lowering barriers to access to novel life-saving digital health services and tools. The studio work with governments, health care systems, pharma, start-ups, and hospital administrators working in public and private care settings. These are places where services are lacking and an understanding of people's social, economic, and cultural mindsets has to deeply be taken into account. Follow James & his work here: https://jamesmckinnon.com/ https://studioyoumeuswe.com/ This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak

Michaela Mora, the founder of Relevant Insights, is an insights professional with a diverse background and more than 20 years of experience working at the intersection of market research and UX research. She is also a founding member of the Multicultural Insights Collective, which conducts research about topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Michaela holds an MS. in Marketing Research from The University of Texas at Arlington, an MS. in Marketing, Advertising & PR from Stockholm University, and a BS. and MS. in Psychology from Havana University. She also holds a UX Master Certification with a focus on User Research and Interaction Design from the Nielsen Norman Group. Feel free to follow Michaela and her work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelamora/ https://www.relevantinsights.com/ https://www.relevantinsights.com/articles/ https://twitter.com/rinsights https://www.youtube.com/c/Relevantinsights If you want to dig deeper into her work, check out these articles: https://www.relevantinsights.com/articles/how-to-do-a-research-problem-audit/ https://www.relevantinsights.com/articles/market-research-vs-ux-research-why-we-need-integration/ https://www.relevantinsights.com/articles/step-by-step-guide-to-the-market-research-process/ https://www.relevantinsights.com/articles/when-is-it-time-for-outsourcing-research/ This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak

Elizabeth Akpan is a User researcher at YUX. She is a curious person and has worked on multi-country UX research projects on the African continent and in various sectors - open knowledge, fintech and agritech. Camille Kramer-Courbariaux is a Senegal-based entrepreneur, UX researcher, and co-founder of YUX, a pan-African UX research, and design agency. She specializes in health and education research projects. She also launched the YUX Academy, a UX design training center. Follow Elizabeth on her social media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heyakpan/ Feel free to follow Camille and her work here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/camille-kramer-courbariaux-1933a420/ Website: https://yux.design/ State of User Research in Africa 2021 study: https://yux.design/studies/state-ux-research-africa-2021 This podcast is brought to you by UXtweak