Presenter

Hannah Gerlach is pursuing a M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering and research under the guidance of Dr. Melinda Harman. She earned her B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering along with a minor in Chemistry at Clemson University. She was enrolled in the B.S./M.S.
program and received early admission into Clemson’s Graduate School. Hannah is pursuing a Regulatory and Quality science certificate as part of her M.S. curriculum.

Hannah's graduate coursework and thesis research involves fundamentals of
medical device reprocessing, regulatory affairs, and human factors and includes working in
both laboratory and clinical settings. She has completed an internship embedded at Greenville Memorial Hospital and Patewood Hospital working as a full-time research intern. Hannah is part of a multidisciplinary team completing a large human factors study related to nursing care following ostomy surgery.