Events

On June 7th, 2022 at 4:00 PM (EST), our sixth speaker event of the year will feature Bradley Weaver, PhD who works at Emory Healthcare. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Bradley to speak about his experience in graduate school, how he transitioned to a different domain, how he landed his current position as human factors engineer and research in healthcare, and what he does in his work now.

On June 16th, 2022 at 4:00 PM (EST), our seventh speaker event of the year will feature Sareen Kardjian from Healthcare Human Factors. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Sareen to give a talk about her academic and professional experiences in human factors. After her talk, we will have a Q&A period with Sareen. You can anonymously submit your questions before the event here, but we will also take questions live.

On June 24th, 2022 at 4:00 PM (EST), our eighth speaker event of the year will feature Dustin Weiler, PhD. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Dustin to give a talk about his perceived differences between industry and academic positions/careers, suggestions on preparing for interviews in the field, and certain job search strategies that he found helpful as he transitioned from a PhD student to industry engineer. After his talk, we will have a Q&A period with Dustin.

On July 20th, 2022 at 4:00 PM (EST), our ninth speaker event of the year will feature Dr. Jeremy Schwark from Google. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Dr. Schwark to give a talk about his career journey, including the transition from graduate school to industry, considerations for different career paths, and suggestions for how students can best prepare for the job market.

On September 29th, 2022, at 5:00 PM (EST), our tenth speaker event of the year will feature Jennifer Pretti from Verily. Verily, previously a division of Google X, is a tech company focused on building software solutions, tools and technology in the healthcare domain. This includes a range of projects from partnerships with pharmaceutical companies to help with clinical trials to the development of medical equipment.

On November 7th, 2022, at 5:00 PM (EST), our eleventh speaker event of the year will feature Laura Barg-Walkow from Children's Hospital Colorado. The UW HFES Student Chapter welcomes Laura to give a talk about her career journey. After her talk, we will have a Q&A period. You can anonymously submit your questions before the event here, but we will also take questions live.