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Core Human Factors, A Rimkus Company, uses research to help companies improve products at any point in the design life cycle, from conceptualization through post-market troubleshooting. Our niche is healthcare, and we can align our efforts with clients’ HFE programs. We specialize in HF testing for medical devices, drug delivery devices, and healthcare systems, and have helped hundreds of products successfully navigate FDA review and gain CE marks.

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Research Collective is a human factors and user experience research consultancy specializing in healthcare research. They combine multi-industry experience and significant expertise in research design, fielding, advanced statistical analysis, and actionable reporting to conduct human factors research of the highest quality. Research Collective’s mission is to humanize healthcare and help companies design useful, desirable, and safe healthcare products.

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From making initial design decisions to preparing submissions for regulatory bodies, let Design Science’s team structure your research to get the answers you need. Design Science can assist you in discovering what your users need and shape your design direction early on (formative) and then help you prepare for regulatory submission to ensure that your documents comply with constantly evolving requirements and best practices (validation/summative).

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Newell Brands is a leading consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands such as Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid and Sharpie, and ~25,000 talented employees around the world. We aspire to delight consumers by lighting up everyday moments.

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End to End User Research offers a wide range of research services to help you understand and design for your end user. With services ranging from participant recruiting, UX research, facility rentals, contract services and more, our business is research, because research matters.

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Fieldwork is your resource for the human factors research sector. Optimize your human factors testing with flexible medical simulations, rigorous privacy standards, extensive user testing expertise and specialized recruitment.

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UX Research and Writing decode human needs and behaviors to create delightful, helpful experiences across Google devices and services. HTI team optimizes sensor algorithms with human centered approaches across Google's consumer hardware products.

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Human Factors in Context offers user research, human factors and user interface architecture. Principal Consultant, Keith Karn has been steeped in human-centered design since strapping himself into a supersonic jet during his first human factors job in the '80s. Since then, he has traversed mountains, probed coal mines and observed enteral feeding in Italian neonatal ICUs, all in the pursuit of fueling product innovation. He holds BS and MS degrees in engineering and a PhD in Psychology.

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Loring Human Factors is a consulting firm offering human factors and usability engineering services to clients across industries, specializing in healthcare and medical devices. Services include exploratory research, usability testing, ergonomics, UI/UX design, instructional design, regulatory advice, and training.

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MedSimCenter is a HF/UX simulated use research facility for healthcare formative & summative studies. Our research labs include an operating room, hospital patient rooms, exam room and laboratory spaces. Setups can be customized to your fit your study’s needs. We provide a full range of research support services, from recruiting healthcare professionals, patients, and care givers to professional hi-def tack sharp video with pristine audio recordings and streaming standard. www.medsimcenter.com

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The User Experience Design Consortium celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. It is an active network of HF/UX managers who share information and discoveries that enhance their leadership effectiveness and professional growth. Meetings have insights for effective team management and for learnings about new technologies, methodologies, processes and more. Inquiries about membership are welcome. Contact Stan Caplan at scaplan@usabilityassociates.com.