Dr. Jessie Huisinga is a Senior Human Factors Consultant with Agilis Consulting Group, LLC and an expert in assessing human performance with extensive experience working with individuals with neurological impairments. She has a background in Biomedical Engineering and Biomechanics, with specialized training in Neurology in order to evaluate movement patterns and task performance in persons with performance limitations. Dr. Huisinga works with Agilis clients to develop and optimize medical device and combination product user interfaces by applying various human factors methods as well as accessible design considerations. Dr. Huisinga has experience designing and conducting human factors formative and validation studies to help clients achieve successful human factors regulatory submissions and bring safe and effective medical devices and combination products to the market. She has experience assessing a diverse spectrum of home and professional use medical devices and products as well as conducting in-home and actual use usability studies.
Dr. Huisinga earned a PhD in Biomechanics from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She also earned a M.S. in Exercise Science from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Iowa. She was also a National Multiple Sclerosis Society Research Fellow at Oregon Health and Science University. She has expertise in research planning, experimental design, quantitative and qualitative research methods and analysis, applied statistics, study moderation and facilitation, and human movement analysis.