GENERATIVE AI

Tali AI

Tali’s mission is to combat the physician burnout epidemic by lifting the administrative burden and reducing the time it takes to document a patient encounter. As one of the company’s founding designers I had the privilege of shaping the product’s foundational design, AI-driven features and design system. My journey with the company started in the early inception days, exploring opportunities to help physicians before any technology had been built. Today, Tali is a leading Ambient Scribe in clinical settings leveraging generative AI to produce over 100,000 notes per week and is helping countless physicians deliver improved care to patients.

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MOBILE APP DESIGN

DoseCheck

DoseCheck is the world’s first consumer-level, drug-checking technology designed specifically for people who use drugs and frontline service providers. This game-changing technology will help to save lives by providing people who use drugs with detailed analysis about the contents of their drugs so that they can make safer choices to avoid overdose. The technology works in two parts; a handheld device that can accurately test drug samples using a combination of differential pulse voltammetry and electrochemical sensing, and a smartphone app that receives the analysis results via bluetooth. This keeps the costs low, and the smartphone app can be updated regularly as the street drug market shifts. As one of the original designers on this project, I had the pleasure of collaborating closely with Toronto's Drug Checking Service (TDCS) and the Head of Epidemiology to design DoseCheck's first ever customer-facing pilot application.

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With the smartphone application, users can anonymously view analysis results and observe regional trends. The app is free to download and test results can be anonymously shared with others who have downloaded it to spread the word about dangerous contaminants across local regions. In order to reduce drug checking barriers further, the DoseCheck device and app both work offline, meaning that for the first time ever, samples can be tested without an internet connection and from any location worldwide.

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The much anticipated release of DoseCheck is soon expected to turn smartphones into overdose prevention tools. Join the DoseCheck mailing list to get notified when the device and mobile app become available.

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WEB APP DESIGN

Earnest (Toronto’s Drug Checking Service)

Launched in October 2019, Toronto’s Drug Checking Service (TDCS) offers people who use drugs timely and detailed information on the contents of their drugs so that they can make more informed decisions. In order to help facilitate the service, I collaborated with TDCS to design ‘Earnest’, a web portal built to consolidate drug collection, tracking and reporting of results. To this day, Earnest has been used to collect over 50,000 unregulated drug samples and the service has continued to expand outside of Toronto to serve many communities across the province of Ontario.

Samples are first collected and transported from harm reduction agencies (collection sites) across the city and sent to a nearby laboratory (analysis sites) to be analyzed. Toronto’s drug checking service uses mass spectrometry technologies (gas and liquid chromatography). These sophisticated technologies offer detailed information about which substances are found in each sample, along with some information about how much of each drug is present. In compliance with drug service regulations, a custody log is maintained within the technology to ensure liability and accountability at all stages of the sample checking journey. Once results are reported they will become available for the service user to view online or in-person.

Results are aggregated and publicly reported online in an effort to inform healthcare services, research and drug policy decision makers. If you're curious to learn more or even get a sample checked, click the link below.

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WEB APP DESIGN

BrainHealth Databank (camh)

The BrainHealth Databank brings together the best practices from leading research portals and establishes a new standard for research and data management. In collaboration with CAMH, Canada’s largest mental health teaching hospital, I designed a data management portal to facilitate ‘Open Science’ and empower researchers in their pursuit of advancements in understanding brain health, mental health, and related conditions. Currently the BrainHealth Databank services researchers and neuroscientists at CAMH, and gradually, it will be made available to the broader research community.

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The BHDB contains a wealth of data collected from consenting participants who have generously volunteered to contribute to scientific research. The portal seeks to enhance the discoverability of the research available through a variety of keyword search and filter options that will enable researchers to easily locate project datasets and the files within them.

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The project page has been thoughtfully organized allowing researchers to easily navigate the page and find project information. From here, researchers can view a project summary, analyze dataset measures, observe individual files within the structured dataset, review project metadata, gather citations and even download project files.

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The BrainHealth Databank is built to help support a robust data governance framework to ensure that data is managed properly and is contributing to ethical and impactful research that advances brain health. Rigorous access controls are implemented for Data Stewards to ensure that only approved researchers with legitimate research objectives can access the data.

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In the long term, the BrainHealth Databank will advance the work of scientists at CAMH and around the world to accelerate mental health research and care.

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CINEMATIC FILM

Beautiful Places

I love travelling to new places, experiencing rich cultures and exploring the natural beauty of the world. On occasion I post cinematic drone footage on YouTube of my travel adventures. Check me out and dont forget to drop a like :)

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WEB APP DESIGN

Four Corners

The early days after discovering some new prototyping tools...just messing around :)

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