James C Won, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics)
Lecturer, Human Systems Engineering, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Human Factors and Systems Design, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email:
jamwon@seas.upenn.edu
jamwon@seas.upenn.edu
Education:
BS (Mechanical Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 1997.
MS (Mechanical Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 2001.
PhD (Human Factors Engineering)
Tufts University, 2012.
Permanent linkBS (Mechanical Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 1997.
MS (Mechanical Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 2001.
PhD (Human Factors Engineering)
Tufts University, 2012.
Selected Publications
Loganathar S, McCray MM, Kamaraj AV, Webster K, Kandaswamy S, Chan YR, Jamil M, Shepherd A, Fouquet S, Bezpalko O, Barg-Walkow L, Larsen E, Anderson-Montoya B L, Won J: A Design Sprint to Develop Human Factors-Based Heuristics to Aid in Product Procurement Decisions. Ergonomics in Design Page: doi.org/10.1177/10648046251315813, February 2025 Notes: epub ahead of print.McLoone M, McNamara M, Jennings M, Stinson H, Luo B, Ferro D, Albanowski K, Ruppel H, Won J, Bonafide C, Rasooly IR: Observing sources of system resilience using in situ alarm simulations. Journal of Hospital Medicine 18(11): 994-998, November 2023.
Rasooly IR, Xiao R, Luo B, Kern-Goldberger A, Paolicelli M, Khan A, Craig S, McLoone M, Ferro D, Brent C, Muthu N, Ponnala S, Pohl E, Won JC, Bonafide C: Relationship between Physiologic Monitor Alarm Burden and Nurses’ Subjective Workload in a Children’s Hospital. Hospital Pediatrics 11(7): 703-710, June 2021.
Bezpalko O, Ponnala S, Won JC: All Hands on Deck: Sustaining Improved Hand Hygiene Compliance in the Operating Room. Ergonomics in Design 30(1): 4-10, March 2021.
Ponnala S, Bezpalko O, Larsen E, Won JC: Patient Ergonomics in Pediatric Settings. The Patient Factor: Applications of Patient Ergonomics. Valdez RS, Holden RJ (eds.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, Page: 125-138, February 2021.
Luo B, McLoone M, Rasooly IR, Craig S, Muthu N, Won JC, Ruppel H, Bonafide C : Analysis: Protocol for a New Method to Measure Physiologic Monitor Alarm Responsiveness. Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology 54(6): 389-396, November 2020.
Yoon H, Privette G, Won JC ,Smathers SA, Sammons J, Handy L : Getting Their Attention: Using Human Factors Engineering to Design the Optimal Isolation Sign. American Journal of Infection Control 48(8): S11-S12, August 2020.
Kaznica Z, Bezpalko O, Privette G, Wilson K, Won J : Integrating the SEEV Model with Performance Improvement Methods to Increase Hand Hygiene in the Operating Room. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 62(1): 1182–1186, September 2018.
Josias L, Demagalski J, Donovan SL, Joy Rivera A, Won JC : Real World Strategies to Achieve Human Factors Integration. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 62(1): 460-464, September 2018.
Khunlertkit, A. N., Yin, S., Rivera, A. J., Tremoulet, P., Won, J., Tran, G., & Wolf, L. : Human Factors in the Wild: Delivering Safety in the Pediatric World. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting 61(1): 620-624, September 2017.