Agora - Mental Wellness For Cancer

Therapeutic tools to empower cancer patients

Hosted by Krish Raheja, Mei Xia, Jingyi Wang

This project is now archived and was part of DDW20

Cancer patients face substantial challenges — including depression, anxiety and insomnia — that can affect their mental health and commitment to treatment. To address this need, we designed a digital product that allows oncologists to prescribe mental health care in a way that engages more patients.

Agora is built on the basis of 3 key insights : 1. Patients have difficulty communicating physical discomfort. 2. This discomfort is a source of anxiety. 3. Patients find it hard to connect with others about their feelings. Using behavioral design a

Cancer Journey Map - Jingyi, Mei and Krish

Key Features

Providing tools to record physical discomfort

Helping patients express discomfort to Oncologists

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Participants of this exhibition

Krish Raheja

Jingyi Wang

Mei Xia

Hosted by

Krish Raheja, Mei Xia, Jingyi Wang
krishraheja97@gmail.com
+1 213 342 8533
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About Krish Raheja, Mei Xia, Jingyi Wang

Industry partners engaged ArtCenter to develop a Sponsored Project—one of the College's signature academic programs designed to bring industry partners into the classroom to engage students in design thinking around current and future initiatives and ideas. Jingyi, Mei and I collaborated during this course as students. I am graduating this December and seeking job opportunities in wellness and healthcare while Jingyi and Mei are scheduled to graduate next year.