User:DrJayEditronica/sandbox/Enid Montague

Enid Nicole Headen Montague is a human factors and ergonomics engineer. Montague is currently an associate professor of health informatics and the director of the Wellness and Health Enhancement Engineering Laboratory (WHEEL) in the college of computing at DePaul University. She is also an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Montague's work is focused on human centered automation in medicine, specifically the role of trust of both patient and employees in the healthcare ecosystem and new technologies in medicine, such as artificial intelligence and electronic health records. Montague leverages human factors and human-computer interaction methodologies to inform her work with the ultimate goal of creating and improving medical technology that is patient-centered. Montague has a diverse skill set including expertise in critical cultural theory and a lived experience as a Black woman in science that gives her a unique perspective on the need of diverse users of the healthcare system.

Early life and education
Montague was born in Yorktown, Virginia to DeLaine and Robert Headen. Her interest in technology and science began in her youth as a Girl Scout and through her experiences at NASA-Langley. Montague completed a bachelors degree in psychology at Old Dominion University where she began 'human factors' research with her college professor. Montague finished her PhD and MS degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2008.

Research
Montague's thesis, "Understanding Trust in Medical Technology: Using the Example of Obstetrics" identified 30 factors of trust in medical technology and distinguishes trust in technology from trust in medical technology resulting in an 80 item instrument to measure trust in medical technology which adds to the limited breadth of research on trust in medical advances. She has contributed over 100 publications (>2,000 citations) to the field of health informatics including work on human-computer interaction, health information technology, human factors and ergonomics, consumer health technology, and trust.

Journalism
Montague writes on medical technology and is a contributing author at U.S. News & World Report. She has also contributed opinions and editorials for Scientific American, Muck Rack , and DX LATEST.

Public speaking
Montague has been invited as an expert to speak on her work in human factors and medical technology, including her 2019 TED (conference) TEDxDePaulUniversity talk, "How to improve a community's wellbeing after tragedy" which chronicles her personal experience of gun violence and the need access to mental health services. She also speaks on how to create anti-racism practices in the design of medical technologies.

Awards and honors

 * 2018 US - UK Fulbright Commission at the Loughborough Design School at Loughborough University
 * 2014 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) Bentzi Karsh Early-Career Service Award
 * 2009 Institute of Clinical and Translational Research KL2 Scholar
 * 2008 Virginia Tech Industrial and Systems Engineering Acclaimed Alum
 * 2008 Francis Research Fellow