Catriona Ford
Freelance UX Researcher Designer
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolCatriona Ford is a freelance UX researcher and designer with a decade of experience blending front-end development, data analysis and scientific research to create user-centred digital products. With a PhD in regenerative medicine and roles as a senior application scientist and bioinformatician, she excels at turning complex, quantitative problems into clear visual stories, prototypes and actionable design decisions. She has led UX work on GovTech Catalyst projects integrating satellite and machine learning data, and volunteers on civic tech site reviews, demonstrating a knack for making technical outputs accessible to stakeholders. Comfortable with R and JavaScript for data visualisation and rapid prototyping, she bridges lab-grade rigor and pragmatic product thinking. Colleagues describe her as curious about what motivates people and adept at stimulating productive discussions across clients and multidisciplinary teams. Based in Edinburgh, she brings a rare combination of neuroscience insight and hands-on UX execution to build usable, evidence-driven software.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Regenerative Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Regenerative Medicine at The University of EdinburghSoftware Development, Software Development at CodeClanBachelor of Science (BSc) Hons, Genetics, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Hons, Genetics at The University of GlasgowProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
catf62/CodeNews
Feb 2019 - Feb 2019
Contributions:79 commits in 6 days
robwilson195/CodeNews
Feb 2019 - May 2019
Contributions:3 PRs, 71 pushes, 11 branches in 3 months
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