People

Jiayin Chen

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics

Degree Program: Bachelor of Arts

Graduated: 2024

Area(s) of Interest: occupational health, job risk assessment, work measurement, built environment design, cognitive human factors

Projects: Time Motion Study of Janitorial Workers in California

Patrick Benda

Student Researcher
Human Factors & Ergonomics
Degree Program: Master of Science in Medical Engineering Graduated: 2024 Area(s) of Interest: Biomechanical design, wearable technology, programming for healthcare innovation Projects: Leveraging EMG and IMU sensors to quantify risk factors for distal upper extremity disorders through a machine learning-based approach Desired Employment: Industry or Research

Michelle Beltran

Program Director
Continuing Education

Kevin Ru

Student Researcher
Occupational & Environmental Epidemiology

Degree Program: Master of Public Health

Graduated: 2024

Area(s) of Interest: Chronic disease disparities, occupational health exposures, air pollution, toxicology, social determinants of health

Projects: Janitor workload study assessing the impact of union representation on workers' exposures and adverse health outcomes

Desired Employment: Public Agency, Industry

Meg Honan, MS, CPE, PT

Instructor, Consultant
UCSF

Meg is an EH&S specialist for the Department of Occupational Medicine at UCSF. She also serves and an instructor and development team member working with the University of California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH) Online Ergonomics Education Program. She studied Physical Therapy at Boston University and earned a Masters in Environmental Health Sciences/Ergonomics from UC Berkeley. Meg is a Board Certified Professional Ergonomist.

Jesús Alfaro

STEER Program Manager | Data System Analyst

Gina Grayson

COEH Business Operations Manager