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Members in the Media
The Institute's PR & Communications Committee and members of the IEHF help to ensure that enquiries for information from the media are dealt with. Responses are often needed quickly and on a variety of subjects. Listed below are a selection of these responses. If you are an IEHF member and have written or commented for a newspaper or magazine, or have appeared on radio or television, please let us know.
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Prof Bob Stone receiving a prestigious MoD Chief Scientific Adviser's Commendation in recognition of his human factors work.
Bob and his team have developed a series of simulation and serious game systems used to train individuals in extreme situations,whether it is dealing with the unexpected on a submarine or identifying potential threats in a war zone.
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How to earn a BSI kitemark
Marking the 60th anniversary of consumer involvement in standards, Registered member Anne Ferguson is interviewed towards the end of the feature about how the BSI is responding to new challenges and has created a standard for online safety for children.
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How an ergonomically designed classroom helps pupils.
Professor Andree Woodcock from the Coventry School of Art & Design explains the benefits of having an ergonomic design in educational environments.
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Why designers should pay more attention to ergonomic issues
Fellow Gary Davis was interviewed by Jon Severn for Design Engineer. In it, Gary outlines why good ergonomics can deliver a number of business benefits.
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Making phones easier to use: views from consumers
Mark Harnett, Ricability’s Senior Researcher and Ergonomist is the author of a new report on the things that need to be taken into account in the design of mobile phones that can be easily used by anyone, including disabled and older people’
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Ergonomics in the workplace
Problems such as back pain are a major cause of sickness absence in office-based work. IEHF Fellow Dr Richard Graveling highlights what to consider when setting up an ergonomically-sound workplace
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How hospitals are learning to translate the timing and synchronization of auto racing teams to the handoffs of patients from surgery to recovery.
Senior Post-Doctoral Scientist Dr Ken Catchpole was interviewed by American journalist Kevin O'Reilly of American Medical News about how human factors expertise learnt on the racing track was being used in hospitals to support patients after surgery.
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Understanding DIY challenges can help children's learning
Derby University psychologist and ergonomist Miles Richardson's research into how adults tackle DIY projects has lead to a greater understanding of the way children approach construction tasks. This in turn could help identify children who might struggle academically, resulting in steps being taken to support them in intervening years.
There was coverage of this research on June 21 on BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans show and in the Yorkshire Post on 20 June.
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Air crash survival
ESRI ergonomist Rachel Grant spoke to Fox television about possible ergonomics reasons why a young boy was the sole survivor of the Libyan air crash in May.
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The effectiveness of ergonomists
Research by Claire Williams, a lecturer at Derby University, into the qualities that ergonomists need to best advise employers when their staff suffer workplace problems, was featured on the Physorg website. There was also a full page feature of her work in the Derby Telegraph on Wednesday 5 May.