Human Factors & Ergonomics (HFE) Hub

The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA)
Human Factors & Ergonomics (HFE) Hub

These podcasts are a series of educational podcasts from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA). These podcasts focus on the connection between human capabilities and good design. Their aim is to promote the field of Human Factors and Ergonomics and provide guidance and professional development.

  1. DEC 2

    Work should not Hurt!-A participative ergonomics programme for kiwi tradies

    Chris Polaczuk and Steve Kolose chat to Sharon Todd about their participative tradie programme.Musculoskeletal injuries have resulted in significant lost productivity in the New Zealand Construction industry and are especially prevalent in the specialist trades. Despite recent advances in health, safety and technology meaningful interventions to reduce these injuries in construction remain elusive. To compound the issue pain and injury has been accepted as part of the trade and an inevitabili...

    41 min

  2. NOV 6

    Professor Catherine Burns - Improving AI Technologies in Health

    Professor Catherine Burns talks to SharonTodd (CPE) about her experiences with system design and AI systems in health.Catherine M. Burns is Professor in Systems Design Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada and Associate Vice President, Health Initiatives at the Office of Research at the University of Waterloo.In her past administrative roles she has been engaged with institutional and tri agency funding programs, research partnerships, Waterloo’s equity in research action plan, an...

    33 min

  3. OCT 30

    Kate Conroy - AI Safety and Assurance

    Sharon Todd is chatting to Adjunct Professor Kate Conroy one of the HFESA's Keynote speakers at our annual conference in Brisbane this year.Dr Kate Conroy is a specialist in building trustworthy, ethical, and assured robotics, autonomous systems, and artificial Intelligence (RAS-AI) systems in both military and civilian domains. Dr Conroy works in AI Safety and Assurance Queensland Government and is Responsible AI Lead Royal Australian Air Force. With a PhD in philosophy from Rutgers Un...

    32 min

  4. OCT 18

    Dr John Chan - Burnout

    Kath Jones is chatting to Dr John Chan about Burnout. Dr. John Chan is the managing director at Infinite Potential, an independent not-for-profit think tank that develops high-quality, rigorous research, evaluation, and practical solutions to address some of the most pressing workplace problems. An Industrial/Organisational psychologist with 20+ years of global experience designing people strategies to transform how we work and our relationship with work. As a thought leader in the ...

    35 min

  5. SEP 24

    Anjum Naweed - Simulation and AI

    Kath Jones is chatting to Professor Anjum Naweed one the the keynote speakers at the HFESA conference in Brisbane in November this year about Simulation and AI. Professor Anjum Naweed is from the Appleton Institute for Behavioural Science in South Australia—the Adelaide-based campus of CQUniversity. Anjum is a Certified Professional Ergonomist with a background in psychology and expertise in human factors and systems thinking. He has over 15 years of experience across a range of industry sect...

    29 min

  6. AUG 28

    Professor Mark Young - "Thinking Human"

    Sharon Todd and Professor Mark Young the current President of the CIEHF discuss his work in automated transport and the Think Human project to be launched in the midlands of the UK.Professor Mark Young is Professor of Human Factors in Transport within the Transportation Research Group at the University of Southampton and current President of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF). Mark has nearly 30 years’ experience working in human factors across transport mod...

    38 min

  7. AUG 15

    Chris Fitzgerald - The "Nerdy" Operational Ergonomist' & the practical application of HFE

    Sharon Todd is chatting to Chris Fitzgerald about his practical application of Ergonomics and Humans factors to minimise injury risk.Chris Fitzgerald is a passionate Certified Professional Ergonomist whose career emphasis has been on facilitating meaningful and durable improvement in the design of work. His original career was in Prosthetics and Orthotics, but after 5 years of working in clinical environments, he transferred to Ergonomics to work in occupational settings and has operated his ...

    57 min

  8. JUL 31

    Adam Scott - Cobot Ultrasound Solutions

    Sharon Todd is chatting to Adam Scott, the Director of Cardiac Sciences at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Adam has a PhD in Cardiac Medicine, from the University of London, Imperial College in the UK. Adam is an Adjunct Professor at QUT and is the Founder and Chairman of the White Cloud Foundation. He is passionate about creating solutions for problems in the health sector that have previously not been able to be solved. In doing so, he has created a Robotic Ultrasound solutio...

    41 min
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These podcasts are a series of educational podcasts from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA). These podcasts focus on the connection between human capabilities and good design. Their aim is to promote the field of Human Factors and Ergonomics and provide guidance and professional development.

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  • Creator
    The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA)
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    44
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2024 The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA)
  • Show Website
    Human Factors & Ergonomics (HFE) Hub

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