Diagnosing Bias
Diagnosing Bias translates healthcare statistics into lived experiences through three fictional female personas whose scroll narratives each represent a different medical injustice. I developed this project as a response to the gap between medical information and medical understanding.
A woman in pain has always been problematic. There are well documented patterns of women not being taken seriously or being misdiagnosed, especially when it comes to pain, reproductive health, and chronic conditions. This is more than frustration, this is a systemic problem.
I'd like to thank the following people who kindly mentored me throughout this year, consistently pushing for this project to be its best possible version:
Zoe Sadokierski
Monica Monin
Andrew Burrell
Health Killen
My wonderful 2026 Viscom Honours cohort!
A long-form scroll narrative on medical misogyny patterns
Medical Misogyny is a relatively new term but completely encompasses the unconscious bias that leads to women suffering. Women deserve to be heard, believed, and treated with the urgency and respect that their health requires.
I’d like to introduce you to three women who have each experienced a long and strenuous journey to seek treatment. The following characters are fabricated, but their stories are constructed entirely from peer-reviewed and clinically published research. All medical history data is cited from various medical journals that were gathered as
a year-long university research and design project on medical misogyny.