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Dr William (Bill) Marras - Back Injuries and Muscle Co-activation
Jun 1, 2026
42m 19s
Emeritus Professor Michael (Mike) Regan - Driver Distraction - Feature Podcast
Apr 21, 2026
1h 28m 46s
Emeritis Professor Pascale Carayon - Patient Safety
Apr 2, 2026
41m 12s
Dr Adeola Bamgboje-Ayodele - Virtual Digital Technologies
Mar 18, 2026
31m 57s
Dr Andrew (Andy) Imada - Participatory HFE and Lessons learned
Feb 26, 2026
33m 54s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/1/26 | Dr William (Bill) Marras - Back Injuries and Muscle Co-activation✨ | back injuriesmuscle co-activation+3 | William S. Marras | Ohio State University | — | back injuriesmuscle co-activation+3 | — | 42m 19s | |
| 4/21/26 | Emeritus Professor Michael (Mike) Regan - Driver Distraction - Feature Podcast✨ | Driver DistractionHuman Factors+3 | Emeritus Professor Michael (Mike) Regan | Research Centre for Integrated Transport InnovationUniversity of UNSW+1 | — | Driver DistractionHuman Factors+3 | — | 1h 28m 46s | |
| 4/2/26 | Emeritis Professor Pascale Carayon - Patient Safety✨ | human factorspatient safety+4 | Professor Pascale Carayon | AgencyHuman Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia | — | human factorspatient safety+4 | — | 41m 12s | |
| 3/18/26 | Dr Adeola Bamgboje-Ayodele - Virtual Digital Technologies✨ | healthcareuser-centred design+3 | Dr Adeola Bamgboje-Ayodele | University of SydneyHuman Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia | — | healthcareuser-centred design+3 | — | 31m 57s | |
| 2/26/26 | Dr Andrew (Andy) Imada - Participatory HFE and Lessons learned✨ | Participatory HFEConsulting+3 | Dr Andrew S. Imada | Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia | — | HFEConsultant+4 | — | 33m 54s | |
| 2/12/26 | Roger Lewis - Ensuring Safe Work for Volunteers✨ | volunteer safetyengineering+3 | Roger Lewis | The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia | — | volunteerssafety+4 | — | 44m 49s | |
| 2/1/26 | Professor Andrew Thatcher - Green Buildings, Sustainability, HFE Education and the IEA✨ | Green BuildingsSustainability+3 | Professor Andrew Thatcher | International Ergonomics and Human Factors AssociationUniversity of the Witwatersrand+1 | — | Green BuildingsSustainability+4 | — | 34m 29s | |
| 1/1/26 | Alison Heller-Ono and her Personal Journey in HFE Consulting✨ | ergonomicsconsulting+3 | Alison Heller-Ono | Worksite International, Inc.Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia | — | ergonomicsconsulting+4 | — | 51m 42s | |
| 11/3/25 | Ken Catchpole - Imparting Systems Thinking to Healthcare✨ | systems thinkinghealthcare+4 | Dr Ken Catchpole | HFESA | TasmaniaUK+1 | systems thinkinghealthcare+5 | — | 33m 59s | |
| 10/20/25 | Sidney Irwin - Trash Talk and Fatigue in Esports✨ | esportstrash talk+4 | Sidney Irwin | Central Queensland University | — | esportstrash talk+6 | — | 36m 05s | |
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| 9/10/25 | Samantha Jackson and Gemma Read - Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) safety✨ | Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systemsafety+3 | Samantha Jackson | Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical SystemsUniSC+1 | — | RPASsafety+4 | — | 29m 48s | |
| 8/25/25 | Mary Patterson - Florida Simulation Projects in Health | Mary Patterson MD, MEd is a pediatric emergency medicine physician and the Associate Dean of Experiential Learning and the Lou Oberndorf Professor of Healthcare Technology at the University of Florida where she has directed the Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation since 2018. She is past- president of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and has served on the BOD for the Society of Simulation in Healthcare and the International Pediatric Simulation Society. In addition, s... | 41m 56s | ||||||
| 8/11/25 | Craig Fletcher - Using VR to Reduce Suicide & other HFE projects | Craig Fletcher and Sharon Todd explore the world of designing HFE into projects including some recent work on the use of VR to reduce suicide on the rail network. Craig has 25 years experience in the area of ergonomics and human factors, both in Australia and the UK. He is experienced in conducting human factors assessments for a broad range of industry and application. Craig is focussed on delivering practical solutions to human factors problems and is experienced in managing a wide range of... | 37m 13s | ||||||
| 7/30/25 | IEA & The Human Factors Edge Resource | Karen Lange-Morales, David Caple and Andrew S. Imada discusses the work of the IEA and their new publication "Giving your business the Humans Factors Edge - Making it Happen" to improve productivity, quality of products and the wellbeing of employees. The International Ergonomics Association (IEA) is a non-profit international federation of ergonomics and human factors societies from around the world. This document was developed as part of the Science, Technology and Practice Stan... | 37m 25s | ||||||
| 7/11/25 | Donna Duffy - Design Improves Life | Sharon Todd is chatting to Donna Duffy who is a Human Factors Engineering Specialist with over 25 years of experience in human factors and psychology. As a founding Co-Director of Human Engineered, Donna brings deep expertise to industries including Defence and aviation where she likes to drive organisational change and system design excellence. Previously Donna was an Associate Technical Fellow and Principal Human Factors Specialist at Boeing Defence Australia. Her contributions to pro... | 35m 25s | ||||||
| 6/1/25 | Prof Robyn Clay-Williams Designing Emergency Departments | Sharon Todd chats to Professor Robyn Clay-Williams about Emergency Department design for underserved cohorts. Robyn leads a research program at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, in the field of human factors in healthcare. Over a career spanning nearly 45 years in aviation and healthcare, Robyn has worked extensively to develop and evaluate systems to make them fit for purpose and easier to use. Robyn provides expert advice to policymakers,... | 37m 06s | ||||||
| 5/16/25 | Sam Gerges - Ergonomics in Vehicle Manufacturing | Sharon Todd is chatting to Sam Gerges about his ergonomics programs to minimise injuries and reduce injury costs in Vehicle Manufacturing. Sam is a qualified physiotherapist, egonomics and occupational health and safety specialist with over 15 years experience working in Australia, Japan and America. Experienced across many industries including manufacturing, oil and gas, forestry, retail and logistics, Sam possesses expert, practical knowledge of ergonomics and human factors, part, process a... | 43m 49s | ||||||
| 4/30/25 | Heather Kahle - A systems approach to her Canadian Manual Handling Projects | Heather Kahle talks with Sharon Todd about her work, her manual handling projects and the tools that she uses. As a Human Factors consultant and previous president of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists, Heather helps companies apply human organizational performance/human factors and ergonomics principles and methods. In 30 years with WorkSafeBC, she applies experience with investigations, MSI prevention, and error mitigation across many diverse industries. Heather's journey i... | 41m 19s | ||||||
| 4/15/25 | Dr Pujitha Silva - An Injury Litigation Data Project | Sharon Todd chats to Dr Puji Silva a mechanical and medical engineer about his work and research into litigation injury data. Puji primarily works in ergonomic risk assessments and litigation matters related to permanent injury in both workplace and public liability cases, applying his expertise in biomechanics, human factors, and safety design principles to improve workplace outcomes and legal evaluations. Dr. Pujitha Silva is a mechanical and medical engineer with extensive experience in hu... | 43m 53s | ||||||
| 3/12/25 | Vanessa Huron - Real Drones are not Toys | Dr Vanessa Huron discusses the use of drones in various environments and the human factors aspects of drone use. Dr Vanessa Huron holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Diploma in Innovation Management and a PhD in Microbiology from the University of New South Wales. Vanessa's research focuses on human factors and safety, accessibility management, and educational design and delivery applied across several domains, including Psychosocial... | 39m 47s | ||||||
| 2/24/25 | Sidney Dekker - his thoughts on Failure, Blame, and Forgiveness. | Sharon Todd chats to Professor Sidney Dekker about his experience in organisational psychology and his thoughts on incidents, blame and forgiveness. Sidney takes us on a roller-coaster ride; as he discusses error as a consequence of other factors, encourages us to set others up for success and challenges organisations to choreograph significant change into their responses to failure. Sidney Dekker (PhD Ohio State University, USA, 1996) is Professor in the School of Humanities, Lan... | 51m 28s | ||||||
| 2/9/25 | Ari Antonovsky - Human Aspects of Dependability and his work | The HFESA president Kath Jones is chatting to Ari Antonovsky about his work on Human factors and 'Human Dependability.' Dr Antonovsky was originally trained as a Materials Engineer. Through his role as a Reliability Engineer in the resource industry in Australia, Indonesia and NZ, he became involved in working directly with maintenence and operations crews. His interest in human factors and the organiastional aspects of maintenance lead to PhD research at Curtin University, sponso... | 35m 07s | ||||||
| 1/28/25 | Stephanie Black - Organisational Performance and Wellbeing | Kath Jones our HFESA President, is discussing Organisational Performance, Cognitive Demands, and Mental Health Maturity Assessment Tools with Stephanie Black. Stephanie Black is an experienced programs manager with a diverse cross-disciplinary background. Stephanie is passionate about enhancing organisational performance and human wellbeing amidst the complexities of modern technology and operational demands. She has successfully managed geophysics, IT, and QHSE projects, includi... | 43m 00s | ||||||
| 1/12/25 | Paul Lambertson - HFE Integration in Flight Deck Design | Paul Lambertson and Sharon Todd chat about his experience in Flight Deck design and his use of Systems Theoretical Process Analysis (STPA) (Levenson & Thomas 2018). Paul Lambertson has been in the aerospace industry for over twenty years and in that time he has had a focus on human to machine interface for the design and operations of flight decks. He has had lead projects on all of Boeings current commercial aircraft and has been fortunate to lead many teams. These team include hu... | 39m 54s | ||||||
| 12/2/24 | 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 inevitabi... | 41m 03s | ||||||
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