Presenter

Erin Davis is an Associate Research Director with Emergo by UL’s Human Factors Research & Design (HFR&D) team. She has been with the team since 2012. Erin leads innovation initiatives, including AI exploration and the development of OPUS, our HFE digital platform. She has experience delivering HFE services to the medical device, pharmaceutical, and in vitro diagnostic industries. A board-certified human factors professional, Erin advises on regulatory expectations, leads and oversees research activities such as user research and usability testing, and performs key HFE analysis tasks including use-related risk analysis, known problems analysis, and residual risk analysis. Erin is co-author of two books: Medical Device Use Error – Root Cause Analysis and User Interface Requirements for Medical Devices. She has served as President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s New England Chapter and as the Medical and Drug Delivery Device Track Chair for the Healthcare Symposium. She holds a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Marquette University and an M.S. in Human Factors from Tufts University.