Dalena Huynh

Crossing barriers through visual communication

Graphic Design

The following work highlights my skills in graphic design for printed and digital content.

Staging of CKM Syndrome

Media: Adobe Illustrator
Description: A graphic designed for the Clinical Cardiology Update, April 2024 issue, accompanying the article “Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: A Clinically Focused Introduction” by Chiadi E. Ndumele, MD, PhD, FAHA, and Janani Rangaswami, MD, FACP, FAHA.

Head and Neck Cancer Alliance’s Printed Promotional Material

Media: Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator)
Description: Some of the promotional materials (posters, brochures, etc.) designed over the years to promote the non-profit organization and the free screening events hosted worldwide each year with collaborating medical and dental clinics. Each year, various head and neck cancer celebrities (Rob Paulsen, Rikki Rockett, Jim Kelly, etc.) takes on the role as the Oral Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week (OHANCAW) program’s spokesperson and are featured on the promotional material.

Advice for the New Century Artists Advice Zine

Media: Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator)
Purpose: The advice zine features famous medical illustrations created by past program directors of UIC’s Biomedical Visualization Master’s program and advice from current BVIS students for the incoming students.

Level Up Your METs

Client: Cemal Ozemek, PhD and Hannah Ozemek, MS
Media: Adobe Illustrator
Audience: Physical therapy patients
Purpose: The purpose was to create an illustration for a printed poster on MET levels targeting physical therapy patients and to work with clients from the UIC Physical Therapy department. The clients wanted a visual that can better display the variety of activities that can be performed at each MET level than a graph or chart. The illustration shows a ribbon wrapping around to represent the different levels with different characters performing activities at that MET level. MET can be measured and be beneficial for anyone, so the characters are diverse in skin color and body shapes to connect with the audience who are diverse in their background.

Drink Up, Baby!

Media: Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign and Illustrator)
Purpose: The infographic features some benefits to exposing newborns to a healthy microbiome through breastmilk.

Colon Cancer Printed and Digital Material

Media: Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator)
Purpose: To create an informational brochure and a series of social media graphics to promote scheduling a colonoscopy to get screened for colon cancer.

First and Second Messenger Graphic Illustrations for Presentation

Media: Adobe Illustrator and Google Slides
Purpose: To design graphic illustrations for a presentation lecture on first and second messenger so that it had a cohesive style, making it easier for learners to follow along with the lecture without being visual distracted by inconsistent graphics or elements.


References from the lecture:

  • Alberts, B., Johnson, A., Lewis, J., Morgan, D., Raff, M., Roberts, K., & Walter, P. (2015). Molecular biology of the cell. Garland Science.
  • Catozzi, S., Di-Bella, J. P., Ventura, A. C., & Sepulchre, J. A. (2016). Signaling cascades transmit information downstream and upstream but unlikely simultaneously. BMC Systems Biology, 10(1), 84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12918-016-0303-2
  • Clark, D. P., Pazdernik, N. J., & McGehee, M. R. (2019). Molecular biology. Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier.
  • Kramer, I. M. (2015). Signal transduction (third edition). Academic Press.
  • Pollard, T. D., Earnshaw, W. C., Lippincott-Schwartz, J., & Johnson, G. T. (2017). Cell biology.
  • Singh, A. B., Sugimoto, K., & Harris, R. C. (2007). Juxtacrine activation of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor by membrane-anchored heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor protects epithelial cells from anoikis while maintaining an epithelial phenotype. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282(45), 32890–32901. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M702677200
    Vera, J., Bachmann, J., Pfeifer, A.C. et al. A systems biology approach to analyse amplification in the JAK2-STAT5 signalling pathway. BMC Syst Biol 2, 38 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-0509-2-38

Trifexis Package Redesign

Media: Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop and Illustrator)
Purpose: To redesign the packaging for the Trifexis pet medication to be more consumer friendly. The redesign includes a space for a tablet and monthly tracker and space for the veterinarian to place the prescription label without having to cover important information on the back. The illustration includes key information related to the medication.

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