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Jules Sherman is the Director of the Biodesign Program at Children’s National Hospital in Washington DC. Jules works with clinicians, engineers and families to design pediatric medical devices, and helps guide entrepreneurs that are awarded grants from the Alliance For Pediatric Device Innovation. In addition, Jules is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maryland’s Fischell Department of Bioengineering in the A. James Clark School of Engineering.

In the past, Jules co-developed and co-taught various healthcare design classes at Stanford’s d.school with clinicians from Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. In parallel she worked as a product designer for Stanford Medicine at the Safety Learning Lab for Neonatal and Maternal Care.

Jules’s contributions to healthcare research and medical device design have led to 14 published articles, six issued patents, and three pending patents. Her work has also resulted in a product acquisition by Lansinoh and, most recently, the honor of receiving the 2025 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Product Design.

Before spending the last fifteen years focused on healthcare design, Jules developed consumer products for some of the world's most well-known brands including Costco, Walmart, Target, Restoration Hardware, and Limited Brands. She holds a BFA in Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design, and an MFA in Design from Stanford University.

Research and medical device innovation for neonatal, pediatric and maternal healthcare.

Please see Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jules-Sherman-2/research