About

I am Meag. I have spent years building products in healthcare while studying bioethics. I have learned that the hardest product decisions are not technical, they are ethical.

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I have worked on and led teams at Mass General Brigham, National Institutes of Health, and World Health Organization - places where design choices directly affect people's health and wellbeing.

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I have seen elegant interfaces that inadvertently harm users and well-intentioned ideas fall short on their promise to people.

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I have also seen and been a part of successes where ​research participants were treated like partners​ and ​diverse researcher communities flourished​.

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The difference usually comes down to whether design and ethics were considered from the beginning or retrofitted at the end.

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Both and Neither emerged from my frustration with this gap. Most teams have either ethics frameworks OR design processes, but no integrated approach that treats bioethical decision-making as both rigorous and practical for design and tech.

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What This Is

Both and Neither is an applied ethics design initiative dedicated to supporting practitioners who are building at the intersection of ethics and human welfare - from health insurance AI to psychedelic integration platforms.

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What you will find here:

• Briefs on ethical grey zones in product design
• Frameworks and decision tools that combine somatics, systems, and bioethics
• Experiments in building slower, more values-aligned teams and tech

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Where This Fit

This work builds on modern foundations laid by others exploring design, justice, and systemic change. I am inspired by:

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​​Superbloom Design​'s mission to change who technology serves, ​Software Sustainability Institute​'s commitment to improving software for research, ​Design Justice Network​'s principles for equitable design, and Vivanne Castillo's mantra to ​choose courage​.

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I am new to but energized by ​Social Workers Who Design's Transdisciplinary Model of Change for Trauma Responsive Design Research​ and wisdom from ​East Asian Medicine, Somatics, and Embodied Neuroscience​​

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Both and Neither occupies a specific space within this broader ecosystem, bridging bioethics theory with product design realities.

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The goal is not to replace existing approaches but to serve as a source or inspiration and resource to those who are designing for collective well-being but may be seeking better tools.

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What's Next

I am currently developing "Somatics at Work" - conversations that integrate nervous system awareness with ethical decision-making for teams under pressure.

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Get in touch

Interested in collaborating, hosting a workshop, or sharing the ethical tension you’re navigating?

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​Email me. I would love to hear from you.

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