NucleusDesign Lab

Design that gets to the core of complex health problems.

One principal product designer - embedded at the core of health tech that actually matters. 10+ years designing complex, regulated app, web and SaaS products where getting it wrong has real consequences. Medical wearables, CQC regulated care platforms, AI powered symptom checkers, surgical tools.  End to end, from discovery to shipped with care and craft.

• WHO I AM

Safety must be architected before it is designed.

Every complex system has a nucleus, the point everything else depends on. That's what Nucleus is built around.

Evidence over opinion

Every decision traces back to a user, a constraint, or a number.

Warm, never cold

Clinical grade clarity that still feels human to patients and staff.

Senior hands only

You work directly with me, never a junior, never a hand off.

Built to be audited

Documentation and rationale that hold up to regulators and review boards.

• What I do

Three ways I help
teams ship better care.

01

Product & UX design

End to end design for clinical tools, patient apps, and connected devices - from first concept to shipped, validated UI.

End to endClinical WorkflowsRegulated Software
02

Research & validation

Contextual inquiry with clinicians and patients, usability studies, and the human factors evidence regulated products need.

Field researchUsabilityDiscovery
03

Design systems

Accessible, auditable component libraries that keep large health platforms consistent as teams and products scale.

TokensAccessibilityGovernance

• SELECTED WORK

Elvie

Pump App redesign

51% → 94%

User confidence

−62%

Support enquiries

−30%

Setup time

4.7 stars from 12,200+ App Store reviews

Stryker OrthoLogIQ

Surgical data platform

3 min → 1.7 min

Data entry time

Errors reduced through simplified field structure and inline validation

Stryker PT Access

Patient engagement

+54%

More likely to stay active 30 days post-surgery

Enabled remote PTs to update rehabilitation plans without clinical handoff

Log my Care

eMAR discovery

14

User interviews

9

Stakeholder sessions

200+

Insights synthesised

5 systemic failure patterns identified across 6 medication workflows. Evidence framework shaped engineering decisions across critical medication risk areas.

• How I Work

A method built for high stakes.

01

Immerse

I embed with your clinicians, users, and constraints until the real problem is unmistakable.

02

Frame

I turn messy complexity into a clear model, the riskiest assumptions, and a sharp design brief.

03

Design

Rapid, testable interfaces - refined against real workflows, not boardroom opinion.

04

Validate

Evidence from real users and the documentation regulated products need to move forward.

• Start a project

Tell me what
you're building.

I take on a handful of engagements at a time. A sentence or two about your product and timeline is enough to start the conversation.

aimee@nucleusdesignlab.com

Let me know your ideas, product, stage and rough timeline.