Key details
Date
- 7 June 2024
Read time
- 2 minutes
This event took place on 6 June 2024.
InnovationRCA Director Dr Nadia Danhash led a panel discussion with Dr Corrine Ellsworth-Beaumont, Founder of Know Your Lemons Foundation, and Debra Tolu Babalola and Shefali Bohra, Co-Founders of Dotplot.
Together, they showcased how design innovators are pioneering interventions and developing technologies to tackle the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world.
Watch the talk to hear how radical improvements in global healthcare can be achieved when you connect science, technology, engineering, arts and communications.
Nadia Danhash will be co-convening an executive education masterclass in September 2024 along with Philip Dodd (Chair, Made in China UK Ltd): Building a globally successful creative business.
Speakers
Dr Nadia Danhash
Director, InnovationRCA and AngelClubRCA
Nadia is an investor and business developer who has spent over ten years at the RCA developing enterprise and entrepreneurship programmes and supporting graduate entrepreneurs.
Dr Corrine Ellsworth-Beaumont
Founder, Know your Lemons Foundation
Corrine, PhD MFA, is a pioneering communication designer and the visionary founder of the Know Your Lemons Foundation, a global charity dedicated to revolutionizing breast health education. Her creative solution? Using lemons as a metaphor for breasts to teach about symptoms, screening, and early detection to overcome taboo, fear and literacy issues that have held back breast cancer awareness for decades. Since starting the foundation with her own savings in 2017, her work has reached 1.85 billion people helping to save many lives worldwide. This includes the award-winning Know Your Lemons app, a campaign in 40 languages, and a volunteer educator program and partnership network in over 60 countries. In addition to her groundbreaking work, Corrine has been actively involved in international panels such as the WHO Global Breast Cancer Initiative and has been a featured speaker at prestigious events like the United Nations Conference.
Debra Babalola
Co-founder, Dotplot
Debra is a Product Designer and co-founder of Dotplot, a HealthTech company developing the world's first breast health monitoring tool. She holds a BSc in Product Design from the University of Leeds and obtained a joint master’s degree in Innovation Design Engineering from Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art. She previously worked at the German Aerospace Centre to develop an interaction for upper-limb prosthetics that helps users train their prosthesis. Debra aims to develop innovative solutions with societal impact, embodying her passion for meaningful design.
Shefali Bohra
Co-founder, Dotplot
Shefali serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Dotplot, specialising in Product Design Engineering. Previously, she held roles as a User Researcher and Design Strategist at Fractal Analytics, working with clients such as CitiBank, Humana, and P&G Ventures in Mumbai. Since completing her Masters at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art, she has been dedicated to enhancing at-home breast health monitoring for early detection of breast cancer. Her enthusiasm is focused on women's health technology and creating solutions that improve quality of life.
More information
Building a globally successful creative business
An experiential 3-day course delivered in person on campus and various locations in London, designed for people who work or want to work in creative businesses. The course will give unique insider access to the processes behind some of today's brightest creative minds. They will share how they successfully initiate, drive and manage creative projects and businesses.
InnovationRCA
Royal College of Art’s centre for entrepreneurship and commercialisation, helping staff, students and alumni transform compelling ideas into successful businesses.
Know Your Lemons Foundation
Know Your Lemons Foundation was founded in 2014 by Dr. Corrine Ellsworth-Beaumont, a designer who lost her grandmothers and a close friend to breast cancer. She created the #knowyourlemons campaign as an initiative to help improve early detection of breast cancer through symptoms and screening education in a fun, accessible, and inclusive way.
The Foundation’s mission is to improve early detection of breast cancer worldwide through creative and empowering education. It does this through three initiatives: an early detection app, classes taught by trained volunteer educators, and a global campaign available on social, in print, and online in over 30 languages.
Dotplot
Dotplot offers a handheld device that identifies changes in breast tissue density over time. Paired with an app, it guides users through monthly self-checks and alerts them to abnormal changes.
By addressing the confusion and guesswork associated with self-checks, providing customised guidance, and offering objective monitoring, Dotplot aims to revolutionise the way women approach and understand their breast health.
Contact us
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