Presenter
Kate Cox
Biography
Kate Cox is the Director of Human Factors Engineering at Ensera Design and been with the company since 2012. During this time, she has quickly become a key player of the Human Factors team, specializing in applying human factors to the design and development of innovative medical devices for start-up and Fortune 500 companies.
Kate is experienced in all aspects of the product development process, beginning with initial contextual inquiry research to defining requirements, analyzing risk, conducting formative and HF Validation usability testing. She has worked on numerous devices over the years, from surgical devices, drug-device combination products, consumer medical products, and laboratory devices. Kate enjoys immersing into the product’s use environments to understand current behaviors and workflows in order to uncover unmet needs and influence the design direction.
Kate graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering. Kate is also a member of the AAMI Human Factors Engineering committee.
Kate is experienced in all aspects of the product development process, beginning with initial contextual inquiry research to defining requirements, analyzing risk, conducting formative and HF Validation usability testing. She has worked on numerous devices over the years, from surgical devices, drug-device combination products, consumer medical products, and laboratory devices. Kate enjoys immersing into the product’s use environments to understand current behaviors and workflows in order to uncover unmet needs and influence the design direction.
Kate graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Biomedical Engineering. Kate is also a member of the AAMI Human Factors Engineering committee.
Presentations
Poster Presentation
Digital Health
Hospital Environments
Patient Safety Research and Initiatives
Medical and Drug Delivery Devices
Simulation and Education