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Frank Drews, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah, affiliated with the Cognition and Neural Science (CNS) program. His research focuses on cognition in context, medical decision making, human error in medicine, human factors, visualization, and visual attention. A key figure in the Behavior Centered Safety Lab (BCSL), he investigates critical care environments and safety protocols.
- Education: Post-Doc, University of Utah (2000-2002)
- Ph.D., Technical University of Berlin, Germany (1999)
- M.S. Summa Cum Laude, Technical University of Berlin, Germany (Psychology, 1993)
- B.S. Summa Cum Laude, Technical University of Berlin, Germany (Psychology, 1990)
Drews’ research bridges cognitive psychology with practical safety interventions in healthcare and mining industries. He has developed adherence engineering frameworks to improve protocol compliance in central line maintenance and pioneered human factors analyses of personal protective equipment (PPE) usage. His work characterizes fatigue in industrial settings and examines cognitive load in healthcare environments.
Recent publications highlight his contributions to infection control, pandemic response behaviors, and safety system design. He explores wildfire management strategies through cognitive engineering and evaluates telehealth adoption during public health crises.
- Scientific Awards: Monson Prize, Valadi N. Venkatesan Research Award
Drews actively mentors undergraduate researchers through the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) and contributes to the Total Worker Health® Program. His lab develops IoT-based fatigue monitoring systems for mining operators and analyzes environmental risks in healthcare settings. Current projects include machine learning models for fatigue prediction and hazard detection in medical IT systems.
