Patrice Tremoulet MS, PhD ECRI
Patrice Tremoulet MS, PhD ECRI Director of Human Factors Engineering
Dr Patrice (Polly) Tremoulet is the Director of Human Factors Engineering at ECRI, a non-profit dedicated to improving healthcare quality and safety through independent research, insights, and actionable guidance. She has more than three decades of experience conducting applied human factors research in the telecommunications, defense, education and healthcare sectors. She has spearheaded a broad range of advanced research that has included designing and evaluating several complex, information-intensive systems. Currently, her research focuses upon developing more resilient healthcare systems – systems which do not constrain healthcare workers’ ability to innovate yet enable them to recognize and mitigate errors before they can cause harm. She is especially passionate about applying human factors engineering to support vulnerable populations, such as children, senior citizens, individuals with disabilities, critically ill patients, and overextended caregivers. She received her BSE in Operations Research Engineering and a certificate in Engineering Management Systems from Princeton University, an MS in Operations Research from Stanford University, and MS and PhD degrees in Psychology and a certificate in Cognitive Science from Rutgers University.