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Dr. Alyson Walker

Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Royal Hospital for Children
PhD Candidate Phase 2

Alyson is a full-time consultant paediatric anaesthetist with a passion for using design to improve the experiences of patients, families and staff. She drove the transformation of Glasgow Children’s Hospital’s operating theatres. Alyson teaches design methods to healthcare professionals in the UK and Norway. She believes that design and creativity have firm places in healthcare improvement.

Design HOPES is a collaborative design-led research initiative, comprising five Scottish Universities (University of Strathclyde, University of Dundee, Heriot Watt University, Abertay University, and the University of Edinburgh), NHS Scotland, the third sector, and design organisations.

This project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of the Future Observatory GTE Hub Programme at the Design Museum [grant number AH/Y00373X/1].

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