Sue Wairimu🇰🇪
Design and Innovation Lead at PATH
About Sue Wairimu
Design and Innovation Lead at PATH
Sue is a design and innovation leader with a background in user research, engineering, and product design. Sue specializes in designing and developing impactful, human-centered products and services in health.
She previously worked as an engineer with the University of Nairobi, Maker Space in developing local medical devices for low and middle countries. She worked with a team in designing a low-cost oxygen concentrator for the African market. Sue founded Ladies in Helmets a community of women in construction and manufacturing to help in career advancement and role models in these male-dominated industries.
Sue is currently heavily involved in applying the human-centered design approach to innovate solutions for the complex challenges in global health. She has worked on projects on newborn nutrition, COVID-19, immunization, and primary health care.
Sue loves brainstorming and working on impactful solutions.
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