Illinois Institute of Technology
Healthcare Design Fellow
🇺🇸 Chicago, IL
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Research
🗓️ October 6th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Conduct research to improve healthcare delivery and define design roles in healthcare systems.
- Collaborate closely with the Director of the Equitable Healthcare Lab and engage with partners, collaborators, and research assistants.
- Possess expertise in design methods and knowledge or experience with the US healthcare system.
- Manage multiple projects and timelines effectively.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills required for interactions with project partners, medical experts, and internal teams.
- Preferred skills include literature review and synthesis, systems modeling, and effective communication design.
- Required qualifications: Master’s or Doctoral degree in Design.
- Project management skills including planning meetings, crafting project plans and timelines, and delivering on time.
- Research skills encompass primary and secondary research, analysis, synthesis, and creation of frameworks, tools, or prototypes.
- Ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders and build relationships focused on stakeholder goals.
Healthcare Design Fellow Full Description
Requisition # | F00042P
FLSA | Exempt
Location | IIT-Institute of Design (ID), Chicago, IL
GENERAL DESCRIPTION | The Healthcare Design Fellow will work closely with the Director of the Equitable Healthcare Lab at the Institute of Design to conduct research related to improving care delivery and to defining the role of design in healthcare systems. This person will also interface with lab collaborators, partners, and internal research assistants. The candidate is expected to possess design methods expertise; knowledge of and/or experience with the US healthcare system, capability to manage multiple projects and timelines; and strong communication skills. Ability to engage in literature review and synthesis, systems modeling and effective communication design is a plus.
This position requires a person with strong written and verbal communication skills. The primary audience will include project partners, medical experts, and internal development teams
Special Schedule Requirements |
EEOC Statement | Illinois Institute of Technology is an EEO/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA employer that welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds who bring varied perspectives and experiences to the university community. The university provides equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, veteran, or disability status, and any other protected class under applicable state and federal laws and regulations. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.
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Qualifications
Knowledge & Skills | Project management: Plans + supports effective meetings; Can craft a project plan and timeline; Good time management skills; Delivers on time.
Design competent: Strong primary research skills, including ability to develop field techniques for both healthcare professionals and vulnerable patient groups; Strong secondary research skills, including ability to conduct and synthesize a preliminary lit review and integrate quantitative data into problem-framing; Strong analysis and synthesis skills, including identifying design requirements across different kinds of stakeholders; Creation skills: Ability to translate ideas into sharable frameworks, tools, prototypes or other manifestations that accelerate stakeholder discussions.
Team player: Ability to work collaboratively with diverse groups of stakeholders in ways that invite them into the process and elicits their expertise; Responsive to team needs; Builds a collaborative environment.
Service oriented: Responsive to stakeholder goals; Actively builds relationships; Aligns to or helps define outcomes that matter to stakeholders.
Position Category | Full Time
Posting Date |
Closing Date |
Quicklink for Posting | https://iit7.peopleadmin.com/postings/11408
- * Do you have any experience with healthcare systems and/or projects?
(Open Ended Question) - * Do you have any experience with university research labs?
(Open Ended Question)
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