For my senior capstone, I chose a social issue to study over the course of a full semester. The issue I focused on was the gender gap in clinical research—specifically, the lack of studies conducted on female bodies in clinical trials and drug testing (a gap that is especially pronounced in cardiovascular research). To highlight this disparity, I designed a clock featuring both an average female and male EKG. Through my research, I discovered that male and female EKG patterns differ, yet this distinction is often overlooked. The EKG heart rate lines are formed using text from actual research papers I studied during this project. The female EKG line contains less text and visible gaps, symbolizing the "gaps in research" on female bodies. The heart rate lines extend to the clock hands, where the female symbol serves as the hour hand and the male symbol as the second hand, illustrating how men receive diagnoses and effective treatments more quickly due to the lack of research on female bodies. Lastly, the actual research papers I used to study this topic have been printed out and placed as the background of the clock behind frosted glass to give the clock a clinical feel.