Hi, there! I’m Natalie.
I am a designer and medical student at the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School.
I believe the methodology of design empowers us to ask,
“What do we want healthcare to look like?”
and provides us with an approach to transform those answers into reality.
Natalie Lim is currently a designer and medical student at the University of Texas at Austin within the School for Design and Creative Technologies and Dell Medical School, respectively. Her past and current work centers on social and physical health within urban settings and how both physical and service design can either improve or exacerbate inequities within communities.
As an undergraduate, Lim was a dual major within neuroscience and Plan II, a humanities honors program; she dedicated herself to the field of urban design and its effect on the facilitation of community connection, resulting in her thesis “Mapping the Ties Between the Built Environment and Social Capital” for the Plan II and Polymathic Scholars Honors Programs. Lim has served on multiple leadership boards for her university and medical school, focusing on developing community connections and sharing knowledge across students of all years. Her work in this area led to Lim being awarded Distinctions in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as well as Service and Leadership.
While Natalie holds a great love and passion for health and urban infrastructure and policy, she also enjoys knitting and baking for her loved ones and is currently working on a knitted baby blanket and perfecting her cake-decorating skills.
Community Curiosity Connection
Community Curiosity Connection
I value curiosity, community, and connection with others.
And I consider myself an evolving human learning to be kinder every day.
Personal and Health Perspective.
Curiosity is defined as “interest leading to inquiry”. As a person-, designer-, and physician-in-training, curiosity allows me to unravel the most pressing issues in healthcare and in turn, formulate empathetic and creative solutions. As a person passionate about health and healthy living, I care deeply about infrastructure, urban geopolitics, and city policy that directly affect pillars essential for preventive care and those that support the daily factors nourishing health. Design Perspective.
Good design not only explores new perspectives but also pushes boundaries and constantly imagines a better future. Human-centered design flexes my curiosity and relies on empathy to better understand motivations and actions which has, in turn, opened me to