L&E WEBINAR SERIES
A Prescription for Better Research in 2023: How to Make In-Person Healthcare Research Safe and Effective
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at 1:00 PM ET
When it comes to in-person healthcare research, many are still unsure if face-to-face research can be safely conducted. Not only have safety precautions been implemented, they have been tested and proven effective.
In this webinar we’ll discuss what we’ve learned, new processes and technologies to ensure safety and efficacy, and where we’re headed.
Representatives from L&E Research, Emergo by UL, and the American Institutes for Research will discuss challenges the healthcare research industry faced when struck with a global pandemic. Our panel of experts includes: Stephanie Larsen, board-certified human factors professional, providing services to the medical device, pharmaceutical, and therapeutic device industries; Amy Lin, Research Associate serving as the Cognitive Testing Lead to translate clinical effectiveness research into summarized abstracts to improve final written products; and L&E Research’s April Leonard, who brings over 12 years of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse, and nearly 10 years in Qualitative Healthcare recruitment; discussion to be led by L&E Research’s Senior Client Solutions Manager, Kelli Hammock.
During this webinar, we will discuss:
- What healthcare researchers did to pivot their process and adapt to the changing research landscape
- What companies do to ensure in-person healthcare research is conducted safely when remote methodologies are incompatible with the research objective
- Technologies and platforms that prove most beneficial to remote healthcare research when usability testing is necessary
- Remote methodologies most useful in accomplishing research goals

Stephanie Larsen
Stephanie Larsen is a Managing Human Factors Specialist with Emergo by UL’s Human Factors Research & Design team. She has 10 years of experience delivering human factors services …to the medical device, pharmaceutical, and therapeutic device industries. A board-certified human factors professional, Stephanie leads and oversees a variety of human factors research activities with the goal of helping companies develop medical technology that is safer and easier for people to use. Additionally, Stephanie is the co-author of the book entitled Writing Human Factors Plans & Reports for Medical Technology Development. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and Mathematics from Binghamton University and an M.S. in Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics from Virginia Tech. Read more

Amy Lin

April Leonard

Kelli Hammock
Event Details
Guest Speakers:
- Stephanie Larsen, Managing Human Factors Specialist, Emergo by UL
- Amy Lin, Research Associate, American Institutes for Research
- April Leonard, Director of Medical Operations, L&E Research
- Kelli Hammock, Senior Client Solutions Manager, L&E Research