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Human Factors Cast Episodes

Check out all of our interviews with professionals from the Human Factors field.
July 21, 2023

HFES Presidential Town Hall (July 2023) | Bonus Episode

Join us for our next HFES Presidential Town Hall on Friday, July 14 at 12pm ET. HFES President Carolyn Sommerich will be joined by Human Factors Cast host Nick Roome for an hour-long podcast discussing latest HF/E industry news and …

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April 12, 2023

Conference and Journal Updates | #HFESHCS 2023 | Bonus Episode

Welcome to this special conference coverage episode, where we dive deep into the world of human factors and ergonomics in healthcare! Join Elyse Hallet as she chats with conference co-chairs Joe Keebler and Tara Cohen about the event's highlights, themes, …

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April 12, 2023

Student Design Competition and Navigating Challenges in HF Healthcare…

In this episode, Elyse interviews three talented finalists from the student design competition at the HFES Healthcare Symposium. Michelle,Yi-Lin, and Steph discuss their cutting-edge digital applications aimed at improving mental health, streamlining speech therapy, and reducing preoperative anxiety in children. …

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April 5, 2023

Safe and Effective with Heidi Mehrzad | #HFESHCS 2023 | Bonus Episode

Welcome to this special conference coverage episode, where we dive deep into the world of human factors and ergonomics! Elyse interviews Heidi Mehrzad, host of Safe and Effective, The Medical Human Factors Podcast. In this conversation, she shares her vision …

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Oct. 19, 2022

MSD Lab and Human Factors Communications | #HFES2022 | Bonus Episode

On this bonus conference coverage episode of Human Factors Cast we interviewed Lisa Brooks about the Musculoskeletal Disorder Lab (MSD Lab), and Camille Peres about communicating Human Factors to non HF people.

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Oct. 18, 2022

Alarm Flooding Simulation, Autonomous Trucks, and Automation/AGI Risk…

On this bonus conference coverage episode of Human Factors Cast we interviewed Güliz Tokadli about some of the HF challenges with Autonomous Trucks, Karine Ung about PER4Mance - a new way to deal with alarm flooding, and Paul Salmon about …

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Oct. 17, 2022

HFES President Trio | #HFES2022 | Bonus Episode

On this bonus conference coverage episode of Human Factors Cast we interviewed Carolyn Sommerich about her plans as President of HFES, Susan about becoming the incoming President-elect, and Chris Reid about his time as President over the past year.

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Oct. 16, 2022

Disability and LGBTQ+ Affinity Groups | #HFES2022 | Bonus Episode

On this bonus conference coverage episode of Human Factors Cast we interviewed Rose Figueroa about the Disability Affinity Group and Jules Trippe about the LGBTQ+ Affinity Group.

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Oct. 15, 2022

Manager Discussion Panel Overview and UX Task Force | #HFES2022 | Bon…

On this bonus conference coverage episode of Human Factors Cast we interviewed Christy Harper about the "So you want to be a manager" discussion panel and Rebecca Grier about the efforts made on the UX Task Force.

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July 29, 2022

International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare…

This week on the show we sit down with Joe Keebler to discuss the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare (#HCS2022) put on by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

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April 2, 2022

HFES Presidential Town Hall (April 2022) | Bonus Episode

Join us on Friday, April 1 at 1pm ET for our next HFES Presidential Town Hall. HFES President Christopher Reid and HFES President-Elect Carolyn Sommerich will be joined by Blake McGowan, Debbie Boehm-Davis, Gary Orr and Mica Endsley along with …

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Dec. 24, 2021

HFES Presidential Town Hall (December 2021) | Bonus Episode

Join us for our first HFES Presidential Town Hall. HFES President Christopher Reid and HFES President-Elect Carolyn Sommerich will join Human Factors Cast host Nick Roome for an hour long podcast discussing latest HF/E industry news and trends.

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April 29, 2021

Interview with Myrtede Alfred | #HCS2021Symposium | Bonus Episode

Recorded on April 20th, 2021, hosted by Elyse Hal…

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April 29, 2021

Interview with Digital Health Student Design Competition Winners | #H…

Recorded on April 21st, 2021, hosted by Nick Room…

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April 21, 2021

Interview with Rebecca Butler | #HCS2021Symposium | Bonus Episode

Recorded on April 19th, 2021, hosted by Elyse Hal…

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