Navigating the complexity of chronic conditions

You may be wondering exactly what the role of an anthropologist is in digital health. We speak to Eva Vankilde, an anthropologist and specialist in patient insights at NovoNordisk to find out. Join us as we deep dive into what it actually means to be an anthropologist in health, how it differs from things like user research and how building empathy is a sure fire way of navigating the complexity of creating services for people living with chronic conditions.

Timestamps

1:38

The role of an anthropologist

4:21

Overlaps with user research

9:43

Seeing diabetes through multiple lenses

11:25

Kicking off a project

13:40

Building empathy

19:39

Surprising insights in the field

26:52

Embracing chronicity

32:08

Relaying insights back to the team to enable action and innovation

39:38

How to introduce anthropology into your organisation

43:22

The exciting advancing technologies that are helping diabetes

Links

• Eva on LinkedIn