Presenter

Sara Waxberg McNew is the Chief Scientific Officer at Design Science, a human factors firm that
specializes in healthcare. Sara has held roles previously in user centered design leadership at Eli
Lilly and Company, Philips Healthcare, and Baxter Healthcare. Throughout these experiences,
she has led cross functional teams, selected and managed human factors consultants (and now
is one), interacted with the FDA and international regulatory agencies, and executed on created
corporate level strategic plans for human factors. At each of these organizations, she was
accountable to ensure intended end-users are effectively represented and their needs are
considered throughout the product lifecycle in order to reduce the potential for use error,
satisfy target customers, and comply with regulatory requirements.
Sara has a B.S. in Human Factors Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Design from Tufts
University, where she has also completed her M.S. course work. She is an active member of the
Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) where she contributes to the
development and revision of human factors technical information reports and international
standards.