Andrea Porras Elizo

About

Education: Andrea holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design Engineering from the University of Valladolid, during which she completed an Erasmus+ exchange at the University of Antwerp. She also holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Design Engineering from ETSIADI–Universitat Politècnica de València, with research conducted through an Erasmus+ exchange at NTNU, focusing on digital tools for digital dementia among adolescents.

Background: Professional background as an industrial designer and design researcher, with expertise in user research, prototyping, gamification, UX design, 3D modeling, and accessibility. She has worked as a research assistant and product designer, contributing to projects such as DigiWise as a designer, BingeAware as user tester and interface improver, and AMRaggedon as a prototyper, aimed at improving human-machine interaction in healthcare and education. Her work combines creativity with scientific rigor to enhance user experience and foster awareness, education, and behavioral change.

Areas of Work: PhD candidate within the Promoting Access to Health Services through Participatory Approach (PATHS) project at NTNU, under the supervision of project lead, Ashis Jalote-Parmar. Funded by Nordforsk (2025-2029), the project focuses on participatory digital health interventions to promote access to health services and enhance health-seeking behaviors of Ukrainian refugee women in Norway, Sweden, and Estonia.

Research

PATHS - Promoting Access to Health Services through Participatory Approach

The project investigates the health needs and barriers to healthcare access for Ukrainian Refugee Women (URW) in Norway, Sweden, and Estonia.

Publications

International Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Porras Elizo, A., Jalote Parmar, A. (2026). Refugee-Centered Framework for Design of Digital Health Interventions: A Qualitative Study with Ukrainian Refugee Women in Norway. Front. Digit. Health. 8:1886871. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2026.1886871

International Peer Reviewed Conference Articles

Nowbuth, A.A., Parmar, V.S., Porras Elizo, A., Steinsbekk, A.I., Parmar, A.J. (2025). AMRageddon V1: The Design and Usability Evaluation of a Digital Escape Room Game for Antimicrobial Resistance Education Through Persuasive Technology. In: Win, K.T., Ali, R., Karapanos, E., Papadopoulos, G.A., Oyibo, K., Vlahu-Gjorgievska, E. (eds) Persuasive Technology. PERSUASIVE 2025. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 15711. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-94959-3_18

Garcia, I., Langezaal, H., Franck, K., Basstanie, J., Porras Elizo, A., Formesyn, B., Verlinden, J. (2022). Exploring the use of virtual reality in co-reviewing designs. In: Tareq Ahram and Christianne Falcão (eds) Human Factors in Virtual Environments and Game Design. AHFE (2022) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 50. AHFE International, USA.
http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002063

Conferences / Presentations

Porras Elizo, A. (2025, November 3-4). Digital Storytelling in Digital Health Intervention Design to promote Refugee Women’s Health-Seeking [Oral presentation]. I PhD/PostDoc Conference of the Norwegian Research School in Global Health for Sustainable Futures, Bergen, Norway.

Porras Elizo, A. (2026, November 4-5). Interpreting refugees’ health access in Europe through Levesque’s model: A multiple-case study approach [Poster presentation]. Global Health Norway Conference, Stavanger, Norway. (To be presented)

Media

Porras Elizo, A., & Jalote‑Parmar, A. (2026). Your Voice Matters: Co‑Designing Future Health Solutions Together (PATHS Study 2) [Audio podcast; narrated and translated in Ukrainian by Olena Ivashkina]. NTNU Panopto.

Porras Elizo, A. (2026, September 2). Hacia una salud digital más accesible: Un nuevo framework de diseño para mujeres refugiadas [Article in Spanish, based on Porras Elizo & Jalote-Parmar, 2026]. Extremadura Design. https://www.extremadura.design/articulo/hacia-una-salud-digital-mas-accesible-un-nuevo-framework-de-diseno-para-mujeres-refugiadas/

Master Thesis

Porras Elizo, A. (2024). Design of educational digital tool to mitigate the impact of technology in mental and physical health of adolescents and teens. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet. https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3124532

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