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J A N U A R Y Happy Birthday Sam & Frank!      What drew you to human factors and what drew you to Core? (Sam) I've always been interested in the study of human behavior and decision making. Core was a perfect fit because it blended psychology with qualitative research. As a history major, it was important for me to be close to both words and people in my work. Core allows me to do both! What is one fun fact about yourself? (Sam) By day I am a human factors researcher, by night I am a ballroom dancer! Prior to ballroom, I'd done some musical theater, where I discovered what I lacked in singing ability, I made up for on the dance floor. So, in college, I picked up ballroom and never stopped! Depending on the time of year, you might find me at a ballroom, hustle, or country dance competition. What is your educational or professional background and how does it relate to your everyday job at Core? (Sam) I studied history and behavioral economics at th...

D E C E M B E R Happy Birthday Denise, Rachel & Suhayr! What drew you to Core? Denise: I saw recruiting as an opportunity to be more involved in the actual studies (which were already interesting), and an opportunity to keep growing in a company I greatly enjoy working for. Rachel: I never thought about recruiting as an interest of mine until I was the president of my college's leadership honor society and had to recruit the student executive board. I found that I was good at picking apart people's answers to surveys and interview questions. For the first part of my college career I thought that I wanted to be a clinical psychologist, but on a whim I took an Industrial/Organizational Psychology course in my sophomore year and was hooked. In that class, my professor spoke about companies that specialize in human factors and mentioned Core and that it was a great company to work for. I never thought about it again until after I graduated and saw a...

N o v e m b e r Happy Birthday Adam, Andrea, Erin, & Marc!  What drew you to human factors and what drew you to Core? Adam: Human factors is one of those wonderful fields that brings together a diverse group of people to learn from one another. As a human-factors engineer (or “engineering psychologist” as my alma mater called it), I saw an opportunity to apply engineering principles to help people by working directly with the people who could benefit most from these principles. Take a typical usability study of a medical device used by patients, for example. In such a study, I get to work directly with product designers, marketing specialists, and clinicians, literally and figuratively on one side of the glass and with the patients (the study participants) on the other side of the glass. One minute I’m learning from the patients about the product, seeing it through the patients’ eyes; the next minute, I’m learning about the design of the product, seeing it through the...

H a p p y H a l l o w e e n !      Have a Happy and Safe Halloween from Core Human Factors! 

Happy Anniversary Core!  Core celebrated their 8 year Anniversary on October 21, 2019!

O c t o b e r Happy Birthday Pati!  Pati in London during a study for Core What drew you to human factors and what drew you to Core? I was always interested in the medical field, so I started out in my undergrad years thinking I would go to medical school. After deciding that the medical school path was not for me, I decided to focus on some more technical aspects of the field and work on medical devices. I actually had no idea what human factors was until I applied for a job at Core! But it fits me well because I get to work on devices and interact with many different types of people in the medical field (patients, physicians, nurses, as well as designers, etc.). I see a huge variety of devices which keeps it interesting; I think if I had continued further down the path of engineering I would see much less of the medical device world as a whole. What is one fun fact about yourself? I like to keep physically active, but some may think my sports of choice may b...

C o r e ’ s F a l l C o m p a n y P a r t y ! Good food and great fun at Core’s annual Fall party!