Pascale Carayon is a French-American industrial engineer whose research applies human factors engineering to health systems and patient safety. She is a professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Education and career
editCarayon is originally from France.[1] She has an engineering diploma from École Centrale Paris, earned in 1984. She completed a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1988,[2] supervised by Michael J. Smith.[1]
On completing her doctorate, she remained at the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a faculty member.[1] She held the Leon and Elizabeth Janssen Professorship from 2019 until 2021.[2] She retired in 2021, becoming a professor emerita.[1]
Recognition
editCarayon was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2024 "for application of human factors engineering to health care systems to improve patient safety".[3] She is also a member of the International Academy of Quality and Safety in Health Care (elected 2020), a Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and a Fellow of the International Ergonomics Association.[2] In 2020 she was named a National Associate of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]
She is a 2012 recipient of the International Ergonomics Association Distinguished Service Award, a 2015 recipient of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society A. R. Lauer Safety Award, a 2016 recipient of the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award, and a 2018 recipient of the International Ergonomics Association John Wilson Award.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Retiring Carayon leaves legacy of healthcare systems engineering research, mentorship, University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering, July 20, 2021, retrieved 2024-09-14
- ^ a b c d "Pascale Carayon", Industrial & Systems Engineering People, University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering, retrieved 2024-09-14
- ^ "Dr. Pascale Carayon", Members directory, National Academy of Engineering, retrieved 2024-09-14
Further reading
edit- Carayon, Pascale (June 2016), "An Interview with Pascale Carayon", The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 42 (6): 243–246, doi:10.1016/s1553-7250(16)42031-3, PMID 27344684
External links
edit- Pascale Carayon publications indexed by Google Scholar