Michelle Wyndham-West, Ph.D., is the Graduate Program Director of the Design for Health and Inclusive Design programs and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at OCADU University. Michelle is a critically applied medical anthropologist with graduate degrees in socio-cultural and medical anthropology from the University of Toronto and York University respectively. Michelle teaches in the areas of health policy, medical anthropology, gender and research methodologies and has received undergraduate and graduate teaching awards from OCAD University. Michelle’s research focuses on health equity, gender, public policy systems, and critical co-design methodologies. This research is supported by CIHR, SSHRC, ORF, and EU funding. Additionally, Michelle has published in international journals, including Evidence & Policy, BMJ Open, and Design for Health, and presents research regularly at international conferences, such as at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting. Making Gender: Big Pharma, HPV Vaccine Policy, and Women’s Ontological Decision-Making is her first book and was published by the University of Toronto Press in August 2023.