Brandy Parker

Brandy Parker is a dynamic leader in Health Design and Strategy, specializing in innovation across digital design, medical devices, patient experiences, and adherence strategies. With a multidisciplinary background in design, ethnographic research, psychology, and nutrition, she takes a whole-person approach to improving health and wellness. Currently a Senior Design Director at IDEO and leader of the Health Portfolio, she leads global initiatives to tackle complex challenges, complementing her role as an Adjunct Professor at DePaul University, where she teaches graduate courses on design and human experience. Brandy studied English & Psychology at Wellesley College, and holds an MS in Human Nutrition & Functional Medicine from the University of Western States. Outside work, she enjoys woodworking and crafting, gardening, and exploring with her family.

About the company

IDEO is a global design company that believes a better future is for all of us to design. We’re a multidisciplinary community of makers who leverage discovery, play and experimentation to help organizations get and stay ahead now and in the future.

What they are working on

At-home Cancer Screening

“If oppression, inequalities, and inequities are designed, they can be redesigned.”* –Antionette Carroll