Nicole Werner

Nicole Werner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering. She directs the Wisconsin Institute for Healthcare Systems Engineering and serves as the Care Research Technology and Small Business Liaison Leader for the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.

• Education: Ph.D. in Human Factors and Applied Cognition from George Mason University (2014)

Research interests include:

• Human Factors and Ergonomics for healthcare systems
• Patient safety and care transitions
• Consumer health informatics
• Healthcare delivery at home
• Ergonomics in gerontology
• Sociotechnical systems design

Notable awards:

• KL2 faculty career development award (2017)

Students and team members include PhD, Master’s, and undergraduate researchers focusing on projects such as the @HOME initiative for caregivers of children with medical complexity and emergency department disposition decision-making. Her lab emphasizes qualitative and quantitative methods, human-centered design, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Key research themes from publications (2019–2021) span dementia caregiver support, sociotechnical systems in healthcare, homecare ergonomics, and emergency care decision-making frameworks. Her work integrates NASA TLX for workload assessment, SEIPS models for care transitions, and usability testing for health technologies.