Julia Kramer, PhD, MPH

Julia Kramer is a design practitioner and researcher with experience at the intersection of equity, design, and global health. Currently, Dr. Kramer is the Director of Human-Centered Design for Innovations for Choice and Autonomy (ICAN), a four-year implementation research project in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda. In this role, she facilitates a collaborative problem-solving approach to implement self-injection of DMPA-SC within a full basket of contraceptive choices.

Dr. Kramer received her MPH and her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She has field experience in sexual and reproductive health projects across a range of countries, including Ghana, India, and Nicaragua. Before joining UCSF, Dr. Kramer worked on several projects to understand how human-centered design can be a lever for increased access to cervical cancer screening.

Education:

  • University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, 2020
  • ​University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, MPH, Interdisciplinary, 2020
  • University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, MS, Mechanical Engineering, 2016
  • ​University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, BSE, Mechanical Engineering, 2014
Publications: 
  1. Eradicating cervical cancer: Lessons learned from Rwanda and Australia. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2021 Aug; 154(2):270-276. Kramer J. PMID: 33454969.
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  2. Applying Equity Design to Address Oakland’s Homelessness Human Rights Crisis. Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management: Research Perspectives In the era of Transformations, London, UK. 18-21 June 2019. 2019; 2(1). Julia Kramer, Julia Kong, Brooke Staton, Pierce Gordon. View Publication.
  3. Co-author network analysis of human-centered design for development. Design Science. 2018; 4(10):1-24. Nancy Li, Julia Kramer, Pierce Gordon, Alice Agogino. View Publication.
  4. Concept Clustering in Design Teams: A Comparison of Human and Machine Clustering. Journal of Mechanical Design. 2017; 139(11). Chengwei Zhang, Youngwook Paul Kwon, Julia Kramer, Euiyoung Kim, Alice M Agogino. View Publication.
  5. Using TheDesignExchange as a knowledge platform for human-centered design-driven global development. DS 87-1 Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 17) Vol 1: Resource Sensitive Design, Design Research Applications and Case Studies, Vancouver, Canada, 21-25.08.2017. 2017; 101-110. Julia Kramer, Danielle Poreh, Alice Agogino. View Publication.
  6. An Exploratory Study of the Discovery and Selection of Design Methods in Practice. Journal of Mechanical Design. 2016; 10(138). Kilian Gericke, Julia Kramer, Celeste Roschuni. View Publication.
  7. Characterizing Competencies for Human-Centered Design. Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 7: 28th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology. Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. August 21–24, 2016. 2016. Julia Kramer, Alice M. Agogino, Celeste Roschuni. View Publication.
  8. From the technical to the political: Democratizing design thinking . Proceedings of Congreso International: Contested Cities, 2016. 2016. Brooke Staton, Julia Kramer, Pierce Gordon, Lauren Valdez. View Publication.
  9. A Cervical Cancer Screening Trainer for Use in Low-Resource Settings. International Journal for Service Learning in Engineering, Humanitarian Engineering and Social Entrepreneurship. 2016; 11(1):1-18. Maria Young, Julia Kramer, Jeffrey Chu, Jeffrey Hong, Kathleen Sienko, Carolyn Johnston. View Publication.
  10. Investigating the Impacts of Design Heuristics on Idea Initiation and Development. Advances in Engineering Education. 2015; 4(4). Julia Kramer, Shanna Daly, Seda Yilmaz, Colleen Seifert, Richard Gonzalez. View Publication.
  11. A Case-Study Analysis of Design Heuristics in an Upper-Level Cross-Disciplinary Design Course. Proceedings of the 121st ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. June 15-18, 2014. 2014. Julia Kramer, Shanna R. Daly, Seda Yilmaz, Colleen M. Seifert. View Publication.