My research aims to understand what matters the most for people regarding their healthcare. This understanding is based on integrating the needs and desires of multiple stakeholders, such as patients, their families, the care staff, and authorities.
I am trying to make sense of multiple and critical priorities to accommodate them and guide future healthcare services. More than ever we are acknowledging that healthcare is made up of various interconnected systems equally important, such as a hospital or clinic, as well as home and community care. I believe that this holistic and systems perspective is triggering opportunities for a radical change based on participatory approaches to co-produce sustainable health and wellbeing.
I will be honoured if my research contributed to mitigate the power dynamics of healthcare and provide a mean for the different stakeholders to learn from each other and embrace the diverse needs and perspectives to drive the future of healthcare services.
Before I started my PhD, I was working as an Assistant Professor at Universidad Panamericana in Guadalajara, Mexico. I was working closely with undergraduate students from Innovation and Design Engineering and developing research projects in the Innovation and Design Research Group.
During my master’s studies in Ergonomics, my professors always talked about the excellent quality of Loughborough in my discipline. Some of my professors did their PhD here as well, so they had first-hand experiences to tell me. I then started to look closer to the school, their research groups and the different academics; I was always looking to read papers written in Loughborough! I then started to feel as though I could fit in here to develop my research.
What I am enjoying about my work is being in touch with 'the real healthcare world', hearing multiple points of views and understand why different (and sometimes conflicting) things matter. I feel that my perspective has changed, and I am more critical and realistic. Ultimately, my research looks to acknowledge these trade-offs to enhance the healthcare system.
I also enjoy having the opportunity to do my research with a diverse team. I have three supervisors from different research groups that nourish my vision with different perspectives. Each of our meetings are refreshing and inspiring. I also enjoy the peace of the town and how easy you can take a walk into the woods. Sometimes you just need some fresh air to keep with your work!