University at Buffalo (UB)
Published November 3, 2014 This content is archived.
Ann Bisantz, professor and chair of industrial and systems engineering, was elected to the Executive Council of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES). Her term began at the 2014 HFES Annual Meeting in Chicago, which was held on October 27-31, 2014.
Dr. Bisantz has extensive research experience in cognitive engineering, including research on human computer interfaces for complex health care systems related to enhanced patient safety. Her research includes developing novel information displays for complex systems, advancing methods in cognitive engineering, and modeling human decision-making; she has worked extensively in the domains of health care and defense.
She is the past recipient of a CAREER award from NSF, which supported research activities in the area of visualization of uncertainty and dynamic decision-making. She has received funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a number of defense organizations, and has been involved with collaborative research with the Center for Multi-source Information Fusion at the University at Buffalo.
Dr. Bisantz was recognized with a Young Investigator Award from UB in 2002 and was appointed ISE department chair in 2012. She is a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.