Yingtao Sun

Y. (Yingtao) Sun MSc

Contact

Y.Sun-8@tudelft.nl

Room: 32.C-2-090

Profile

Yingtao Sun is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. In collaboration with the University of Cambridge(Improving Improvement Toolkit), she explores system design for health and care transformation and improvement.

Yingtao gradually developed a strong interest in the healthcare design research while pursuing a master's degree at Delft University of Technology. She has participated in multiple healthcare projects for companies and hospitals (e.g. Barco NV, Erasmus Medical Center), exploring healthcare system related topics such as value-based healthcare, remote patient monitoring and digital healthcare.

In her PhD research, she will mainly focus on how system design thinking can bring transformation and improvement to the healthcare system.

Research interests

Healthcare Systems; Systems Approach; Design Thinking

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Academic background

Education

2024-now PhD Candidate
Delft University of Technology (Associated with the University of Cambridge)

2021-2023 Strategic Product Design (Medisign)
Master of Science, Delft University of Technology

2017-2021 Industrial Design
Bachelor of Engineering, Jiangnan University

Experience

2022-2023 Healthcare Design Researcher (Graduation Project)
Erasmus Medical Center; TU Delft Data-Centric Lab

August-November 2022 Healthcare Design Researcher Intern
Barco NV

May-August 2020 User Researcher Intern
COFCO (China Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation)