Experience
10+ years across healthcare IT, AI, automation, and extended reality.
Independent projects: Craft Product School, Feminist Futures Hackathon, Tales for the Future, Post-Work City and more.
About · Writing & Advocating
Hello, my name is Andra Bria.
I develop and grow ideas, technology, and structures in healthcare and public services.
I believe that the gap between what health and social systems are and what they could be is almost always a human gap before it is a structural one.
I bring to that gap the analytical rigor to map it precisely, the philosophical depth to understand what it means, and the craft to close it in ways that last.
10+ years
In technology and creative media — new product development, AI, integrations, interoperability, and automations.
About me
I am a digital product developer, science communicator, and advocate. I studied brain health and preventative health at the University of Bern, Faculty of Medicine; digital product design and development at UnternehmerTUM Munich; and social science and equity policies at the University of Bucharest.
In my work I intertwine social and cultural insights, technology expertise, and an innate ethical approach. I've worked with technology start-ups for more than a decade in high-impact industries — healthcare IT, medical imaging, preventative health, XR and VR in medical training, and agentic AI for enterprise orchestration.
I propagate horizontal organizational structures, empathetic leadership, and inclusive design principles. I prefer autonomy, creative freedom, and the ability to borrow patterns cross-sectorially — diving into detail while keeping the bigger picture in view.
Studied & collaborated with
Prototyping now
Ideas in development
Education
- Advanced 1-year program in Brain Science, University of Bern, Faculty of Medicine (Dec 2024 – Dec 2025).
- Digital product development, UnternehmerTUM Munich — Digital Product School.
- Double Master's: Social and Equality Policies, University of Bucharest & Master Égalés, Université Lumière Lyon 2.
- Creative Media, Art Directors School, Romania.
Community & Advocacy
- Community Advisory Board Member, European Federation of Neurological Associations.
- Speaker at Ada's List, Teens in AI, Women Techmakers.
- Advocating for equity and inclusion, health equity, disability and patient rights.
- Advocating for patients' rights with the Romanian Association for Brain Health.
Making meaning
Opinion pieces & publications
I've published a children's book about equality and write extensively on Medium, Substack, and across podcasts and publications.
Jun 2026Women's Health
The Hormonal Gap becomes Women's Health Gap
Half the population, how much of your methodology? A diagnostic for the people building, treating, and funding women's health.
Read on SubstackJun 2026Health Equity
Nothing About Us Without Us. And Nothing without Reciprocity
On what it really means to include patients in health-tech or biotech in an equitable way.
Read on SubstackJun 2026Brain Health
The brain is not a data source
Every extraction industry begins with a question.
Read on SubstackJun 2026Caregiving
The second patient: the caregiver brain is a clinical variable medicine refuses to see
And why neural sovereignty is a public health principle.
Read on SubstackWhat people say
“Having Andra's support and coaching while working on your individual project is the best part. Not only is she very knowledgeable about product design, but she also has lots of experience and helped me tailor the project to my profile.”
— Maria Agra Bermejo, Product Designer