Chris Curry, PhD student at the School of Kinesiology and member of the Affordance Perception Action Laboratory, presented his poster, “Using Natural Hand Positions to Improve Anthropometric Product Design Data,” at the 2019 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care (HFES). The Symposium offers innovative research, workshops and keynote speakers on issues in health-care and human factors. HFES took place on March 24 – 27, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.

Curry, along with Dr. Linsey Griffin and Emily Seifert, MS student in Apparel Studies, both from the U of M College of Design, and Dr. Susan Sokolowski, from the University of Oregon, also collaborated on this project.

Curry will help lead the Kinesiology Research Day 2019 Presentation Workshop. Interested participants in KRD19 should attend on Friday, March 29 from 1-3 p.m. in Cooke Hall 101. Visit kinsc.umn.edu/ressearchday19 to learn more.