Presenter

Sara Waxberg McNew is the Chief Scientific Officer at Design Science Consulting, a human factors firm that specializes in healthcare. She has over 18 years of human factors experience. Sara has held roles previously in user centered design leadership at Eli Lilly and Company, Phillips 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 studied Human Factors Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Design at Tufts University. She is an active member of the Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) where she has contributed to the development and revision of human factors technical information reports and international standards.