Gestational Diabetes Mellitus 

A Public Health Awareness Campaign for the Caribbean Region 

AWARD WINNING ANIMATION:
Award of Merit AMI Salon 2023 (Association of Medical Illustrators)
Social Impact Award AMI Salon 2023 (Association of Medical Illustrators)

This animation is a sample of a larger Public Health Awareness Campaign tailored to the Caribbean Region. The campaign demystifies the condition: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. In collaboration with health experts of Caribbean origin, we co-wrote a script which includes regional language cues and lay-audience vocabulary. We illustrated assets to reflect local characteristics and staged animations with subtle humour to resonate with the Grenadian audience using personally recognisable situations. The campaign focuses on best practices for prevention and aims to fill the need for more culturally appropriate health education materials in the Caribbean region.

In collaboration with Women in Medicine and the Grenada Food and Nutritional Council.

@2022, St. George's University

Gender Roots 

An Animation about Gender, Identity and Love.

AWARD WINNING ANIMATION:
Award of Merit AMI Salon 2022 (Association of Medical Illustrators)

Gender Roots was created as part of the Justice, Art and Medicine initiative ‘JAM’ at St. George’s University and is inspired by the concept of the Genderbread Person. Roots in general are amorphic and asexual in their nature offering a blank canvas for teasing out and exploring the often overlapping concepts of Anatomical Sex, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and Attraction. Gender Roots aims to increase awareness and understanding of human diversity within the Caribbean region and across the globe. 

Find the accompanying document for download here. It includes behind the scenes, cast members, glossary of terms, embryology, and a Gender Root Worksheet.

©2021, St. George's University

Cervical Cancer 

A Public Health Awareness Campaign for the Caribbean Region 

AWARD WINNING ANIMATION:
Award of Merit AMI Salon 2021 (Association of Medical Illustrators)
Honourable Mention for CUGH-Pulitzer Center Global Health Video Competition

This animation is a sample of a larger Public Health Awareness Campaign tailored to the Caribbean Region. The campaign demystifies the causes and effects of the Human Papilloma Virus while encouraging women of all ages to receive regular gynaecological exams to prevent the development of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer ranks among the highest rates globally and is disproportionately affecting women in low-income communities. Grenada itself carries a high cervical disease burden and associated mortality rate. In collaboration with health experts of Caribbean origin, we co-wrote a script which includes regional language cues and lay-audience vocabulary. We illustrated assets to reflect local characteristics and staged animations with subtle humour to resonate with the Grenadian audience using personally recognisable situations. The campaign focuses on best practices for prevention and aims to fill the need for more culturally appropriate health education materials in the Caribbean region.

In collaboration with Women in Medicine.

@2021, St. George's University

Learning and Teaching during 
the COVID-19 Pandemic

This animation and its script were developed based on qualitative data collected through the Center for Research on Storytelling in Education.

Checkout their website: https://sgu.digication.com/crse/home 

This video was funded by WINDREF (Winward Islands Research and Education Foundation) - https://windref.sgu.edu/
In collaboration with Grenada Film Company - https://www.facebook.com/Grenadafilmcompany/
and The Center for BioMedical Visualization

©2021, Nicole Lekach and Sarah Gluschitz