Technical Team

Catherine D. Gaddy
PhD, CHFP, CUA
Consulting Director

Consultant for HFI

• Spends her time:
  • Teaching HFI usability training courses
  • Consulting on human factors engineering and usability challenges and opportunities
• Works with commercial, government, and other clients

Experience

• Human factors engineering for over 25 years
• 14 years user-centered design for electric power industry and US Navy
• 5 years for non-profits
• 8 years software user interface design, user-centered design, information architecture, navigation and interaction design, usability

Education

Ph.D., The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC

Certification

Certified Human Factors Professional (CHFP)

Favorite Projects

• Gathering evidence from research literature or usability testing to inform design
• Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of software applications
• Improving end user experiences with technology
• Working with subject matter experts of all kinds including artists and engineers
• Swapping human factors research and best practices with husband Peter Doyle who works in medical human factors at Hopkins

Hobbies and Special Interests

Sailing and navigation (in 3D space)
Traveling
Renovating an old house in Cambridge, MD
"Waddling/walking fast" formerly running/jogging
Satisfying coffee addiction
Threatening to learn gourmet cooking

Publications and Presentations

Brys, C., and Gaddy, C. (2007). Using quick surveys for website task analysis. User Experience, 6(3), 20-23.

Gaddy, C. & Marcus, A. (2006). Analyze this: A task analysis primer for web design. User Experience, 5(1), 20-23.

Quinn, A., Bojko, A., Gaddy, C., & Israelski, E. (2006.) Better drug labeling for pharmacists. Ergonomics in Design, 14(1), 18-23.

Bojko, A., Gaddy, C., Lew, G., Quinn, A., Israelski, E. (2005). Evaluation of drug label designs using eye tracking. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting, 1033-1037.

Schumacher, R., Stephenson, A., Gaddy, C., Bojko, A., Khoo, B., Moore, C. (2005). Eye tracking to improve electronic communications with oncology practitioners. Journal of Clinical Oncology, ASCO Meeting Abstracts 23: 6119.

Zawitz, M., Straub, K., & Gaddy, C. (2004). True crime: How usability meets law and order online. User Experience, Spring, 3(6), 8-10.

My son Patrick Gaddy Doyle and I after a sail in New York City.

Technical Team