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Hailey Fehrenbach

Senior UX Researcher

Hailey is a classically trained human factors engineer with over 5 years of experience in medical device and healthcare analytics product development. With a background in design, engineering, and research, she delivers useful, usable, and engaging experiences for all customer touch points across medical device and healthcare industries. Her experience spans research on robotic surgical equipment and combination devices for at-home use, to the design and development of neurotech and cardiac diagnostic platforms. Hailey has a BS in Design from the University of Cincinnati and a MS in Industrial and Human Factors Engineering from Wright State University.

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Something unique about you summed up in one sentence:

I live in a 100-year old house. It's definitely not haunted.

Share an interesting fact:

I have a super cute Cavalier King Charles named Lenny.

In your spare time (or if you had spare time), you would absolutely do this:

Travel internationally.

Your favorite city in the world is...and why?

New York City because of the energy it gives off!

Your ultimate celebrity dinner party guest list would include...

Kristen Wiig, Taylor Swift, Virgil Abloh, and Bill Nye.

Long-term personal goal:

Running a marathon.

Favorite book:

Bossy Pants by Tina Fey.

What is your favorite way to give back to the community?

Helping to plant community food gardens.

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5 takeaways for human factors practitioners from the HFES Health Care Symposium FDA workshops

Apr 5, 2018

Healthcare symposium provides clarity for interpretation of FDA guidance documents related to human factors engineering.

In-vehicle UX research: Here’s one recommendation that hasn’t changed in 10 years

Feb 26, 2018

I found myself discussing what can be done to increase the extent to which voice recognition systems are seen as a benefit rather than an annoyance with the research sponsors, and I said the same things as I said 10 years ago… improve the system to support and recognize more natural speech patterns.

The future of fan engagement: How do you measure goosebumps?

Feb 19, 2018

One of the CES presentations I attended was a panel in the sports technology track called, The Future of Fan Engagement. The panel discussed cutting-edge research in the sports tech market and perspectives on the relationship between emergent media technologies and...