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  1. Bridging Research and Practice: Barriers to Social Robotics in Autism Therapy Stakeholders’ Point of View

    Article • January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  2. Beyond Explainability: What Drives Optometrists’ Trust in AI Glaucoma Screening

    Article • January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  3. A context-sensitive approach for variability analysis in complex sociotechnical systems

    Article • Safety Science, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  4. Trust and accuracy in AI: Optometrists favor multimodal AI systems over unimodal for glaucoma diagnosis in collaborative environment

    Article • Computers in Biology and Medicine, November 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  5. Diagnostic Decision-Making Variability Between Novice and Expert Optometrists for Glaucoma: Comparative Analysis to Inform AI System Design

    Article • JMIR Medical Informatics, January 2025, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  6. A Context-Sensitive Approach for Integrating Fuzzy Set Theory and the FRAM

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  7. A scoping review on pediatric sepsis prediction technologies in healthcare

    Article • npj Digital Medicine, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor J Mark Ansermino, Dr Catherine M Burns

  8. An Approach to Potentially Increasing Adoption of an Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Electronic Medical Record Encounter in Canadian Primary Care: Protocol for a User-Centered Design

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, July 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  9. Capturing Home Care Information Management and Communication Processes Among Caregivers of Older Adults: Qualitative Study to Inform Technology Design

    Article • JMIR Formative Research, July 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  10. Diagnostic Decision-Making Variability Between Novice and Expert Optometrists for Glaucoma: Comparative Analysis to Inform AI System Design (Preprint)

    Article • June 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  11. An Approach to Potentially Increasing Adoption of an Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Electronic Medical Record Encounter in Canadian Primary Care: Protocol for a User-Centered Design (Preprint)

    Article • November 2023, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  12. Capturing Home Care Information Management and Communication Processes Among Caregivers of Older Adults: Qualitative Study to Inform Technology Design (Preprint)

    Article • October 2023, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  13. Role satisfaction among community volunteers working in mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics, Waterloo Region, Canada

    Article • BMC Public Health, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  14. Multi-Disciplinary Design and Implementation of a Mass Vaccination Clinic Mobile Application to Support Decision-Making

    Article • IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, January 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  15. Understanding Human Factors Challenges on the Front Lines of Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics: Human Systems Modeling Study

    Article • JMIR Human Factors, November 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  16. Automated digital technologies for supporting sepsis prediction in children: a scoping review protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2022, BMJ

    Professor J Mark Ansermino, Dr Catherine M Burns

  17. Caregiver Expectations of Interfacing With Voice Assistants to Support Complex Home Care: Mixed Methods Study

    Article • JMIR Human Factors, June 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  18. The effects of domain knowledge on trust in explainable AI and task performance: A case of peer-to-peer lending

    Article • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  19. Caregiver Expectations of Interfacing With Voice Assistants to Support Complex Home Care: Mixed Methods Study (Preprint)

    Article • March 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  20. Exploring the Experiences of Family Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs to Inform the Design of Digital Health Systems: Formative Qualitative Study

    Article • JMIR Formative Research, January 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  21. Including the Reason for Use on Prescriptions Sent to Pharmacists: Scoping Review

    Article • JMIR Human Factors, November 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  22. Exploring the Experiences of Family Caregivers of Children With Special Health Care Needs to Inform the Design of Digital Health Systems: Formative Qualitative Study (Preprint)

    Article • March 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  23. Including the Reason for Use on Prescriptions Sent to Pharmacists: Scoping Review (Preprint)

    Article • July 2020, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  24. Multisensory Cues for Encoding Urgency of System Hazards: Effect of Operator Experience on Perceived Urgency

    Article • The International Journal of Aerospace Psychology, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  25. Effect of interruptions on predictable and unpredictable events

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, December 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  26. Effect of a mobile phone intervention on quitting smoking in a young adult population of smokers: results from a randomized controlled trial (Preprint)

    Article • JMIR mhealth and uhealth, April 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  27. Effect of a mobile phone intervention on quitting smoking in a young adult population of smokers: results from a randomized controlled trial (Preprint)

    Article • April 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  28. How electronic health records could be used to share information

    Article • JMIR Human Factors, January 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns, Lisa Dolovich

  29. Title: Playing Telephone: Understanding the state of medication decision making in growing healthcare teams in the time of electronic health records (Preprint)

    Article • January 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns, Lisa Dolovich

  30. Participatory design in healthcare

    Article • IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, January 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor J Mark Ansermino, Dr Catherine M Burns

  31. Using cognitive work analysis to compare complex system domains

    Article • Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, December 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  32. How to get clinicians to enter better data.

    Article • November 2017, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  33. Applying Persuasive Design Techniques to Change Data Entry Behaviour in Primary Care (Preprint)

    Article • JMIR Human Factors, November 2017, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  34. Commentary piece for series inspired by Kabers Levels of Automation paper

    Article • Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, October 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  35. How to test medical devices in a device switching task

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, September 2017, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  36. Work domain models of primary care

    Article • JMIR Human Factors, July 2017, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  37. Work domain and Decision Ladder models of Automation in Algorithmic Financial Trading.

    Article • Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, May 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  38. Cognitive Work Analysis: Lens on Work

    Article • May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  39. Choosing wisely between field work and lab studies

    Article • Applied Ergonomics, March 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  40. Literature review of human factors work relevant to assessing risk in health care

    Article • JMIR Human Factors, August 2016, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  41. Investigating a Message Tailoring Strategy to Improve Efficacy of Activity Promotion Interventions: A Study Protocol (Preprint)

    Article • August 2016, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  42. There are lots of different fitness trackers out there. Which ones are more likely to motivate you?

    Article • JMIR mhealth and uhealth, April 2016, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns, Kelly Grindrod

  43. Real world autonomous driving

    Article • January 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  44. Comparative Cognitive Work Analysis

    Article • Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, June 2015, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  45. Developing research collaboratively

    Article • JMIR mhealth and uhealth, February 2015, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  46. Mobile phone app to help quit smoking

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, January 2015, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  47. A look at the use of cognitive engineering in health systems

    Article • December 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  48. Intelligent Adaptive Systems

    Article • November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  49. Team Cognitive Work Analysis as an Approach for Understanding Teamwork in Health Care

    Article • November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  50. Cognitive Engineering for Better Health Care Systems

    Article • November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  51. Finding Common Ground

    Article • Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, October 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  52. Using Cognitive Work Analysis and a Persuasive Design Approach to Create Effective Blood Pressure Management Systems

    Article • Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, June 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  53. Using team cognitive work analysis to reveal healthcare team interactions in a birthing unit

    Article • Ergonomics, May 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  54. Trust

    Article • Team Performance Management An International Journal, March 2014, Emerald

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  55. Mobile Patient Monitoring for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Work Domain Analysis and Rapid Prototyping Results

    Article • October 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Catherine M Burns, Professor J Mark Ansermino

  56. Pathway to Innovation

    Article • Industrial Biotechnology, October 2013, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  57. Perceived Urgency of Tactile Warnings

    Article • October 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  58. Bridging the Gap between Cognitive Systems Engineering Analysis, Design and Practice

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  59. Designing for Interpersonal Trust – The Power of Trust Tokens

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  60. Focused Learning

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  61. Multimodal Displays for Enhancing Performance in a Supervisory Monitoring Task

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  62. Music as an Auditory Display

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  63. Cognitive Engineering Across Domains

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  64. Improving Social Connection Through a Communities-of-Practice-Inspired Cognitive Work Analysis Approach

    Article • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, July 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  65. Cognitive Work Analysis

    Article • April 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  66. Ecological Interfaces

    Article • February 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  67. A personal assistant for dementia to stay at home safe at reduced cost

    Article • Gerontechnology, January 2013, International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  68. Cognitive Work Analysis: New Dimensions

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  69. Visualization of Control Structure in Human-Automation System Based on Cognitive Work Analysis

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  70. Sonification Discriminability and Perceived Urgency

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2012, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  71. Understanding ‘interpersonal trust’ from a human factors perspective: insights from situation awareness and the lens model

    Article • Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, June 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Plinio Morita, Dr Catherine M Burns

  72. Team Cognitive Work Analysis

    Article • Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, May 2012, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  73. Work Domain Analysis for Designing a Radiotherapy System Control Interface

    Article • May 2012, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  74. Designing for Social Engagement in Online Social Networks Using Communities-of-Practice Theory and Cognitive Work Analysis

    Article • Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, March 2012, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  75. Where did that sound come from? Comparing the ability to localise using audification and audition

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, September 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  76. Mapping Ecologically to Modalities

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  77. Perceptions of Temporal Synchrony in Multimodal Displays

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  78. Effects of Vibrotactile Stimulation for Sustaining Performance in a Vigilance Task: A Pilot Study

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  79. Current State of Human Factors in Systems Design

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, September 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  80. What's that sound? Distance determination and aperture passage from ultrasound echoes

    Article • Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology, June 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  81. Occurrence Detection and Selection Procedures in Healthcare Facilities: A Comparison Across Canada and Brazil

    Article • January 2011, IOS Press

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  82. Situation Awareness and Risk Management Understanding the Notification Issues

    Article • January 2011, IOS Press

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  83. How far is that wall? Judging distance with audification

    Article • October 2009, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  84. Work Domain Analysis for Establishing Collaborative Work Requirements

    Article • October 2009, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  85. Ecological Interface Design in the Nuclear Domain: An Application to the Secondary Subsystems of a Boiling Water Reactor Plant Simulator

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, December 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  86. Ecological Interface Design in the Nuclear Domain: An Empirical Evaluation of Ecological Displays for the Secondary Subsystems of a Boiling Water Reactor Plant Simulator

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, December 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  87. A Cognitive Work Analysis of Cardiac Care Nurses Performing Teletriage

    Article • October 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  88. Applications of Cognitive Work Analysis

    Article • October 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  89. Advances in the Application of Cognitive Work Analysis

    Article • October 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  90. Evaluation of Ecological Interface Design for Nuclear Process Control: Situation Awareness Effects

    Article • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, August 2008, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  91. Using Human Factors Methods to Evaluate the Labelling of Injectable Drugs

    Article • Healthcare Quarterly, March 2008, Longwoods Publishing

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  92. Visual sensitivities of dynamic graphical displays

    Article • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, March 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  93. Mobility interfaces for the visually impaired

    Article • January 2007, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  94. Supporting the Strategies of Cardiac Nurse Coordinators Using Cognitive Work Analysis

    Article • Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, October 2006, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  95. Non-situated vibrotactile force feedback and laparoscopy performance

    Article • January 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  96. Towards proactive monitoring in the petrochemical industry

    Article • Safety Science, January 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  97. Using ecological interface design to develop an auditory interface for visually impaired travellers

    Article • January 2006, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  98. Boundary, Purpose, and Values in Work-Domain Models: Models of Naval Command and Control

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics - Part A Systems and Humans, September 2005, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  99. Operator support for ageing nuclear critical infrastructure systems: integrating ecological interface design with prospect theory

    Article • International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, January 2005, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  100. Lessons From a Comparison of Work Domain Models: Representational Choices and Their Implications

    Article • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, January 2004, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  101. Ecological interface design: a new approach for visualizing network management

    Article • Computer Networks, October 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  102. Model-Based Approaches for Analyzing Cognitive Work: A Comparison of Abstraction Hierarchy, Multilevel Flow Modeling, and Decision Ladder Modeling

    Article • International Journal of Cognitive Ergonomics, September 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  103. Modeling a medical environment: an ontology for integrated medical informatics design

    Article • International Journal of Medical Informatics, June 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  104. Putting It All Together: Improving Display Integration in Ecological Displays

    Article • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, June 2000, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  105. There Is More to Monitoring a Nuclear Power Plant than Meets the Eye

    Article • Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, March 2000, SAGE Publications

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  106. A participant-observer study of ergonomics in engineering design:

    Article • Applied Ergonomics, January 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  107. Navigation strategies with ecological displays

    Article • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, January 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  108. Towards viable, useful and usable human factors design guidance

    Article • Applied Ergonomics, October 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  109. Evidence for Direct Perception From Cognition in the Wild

    Article • Ecological Psychology, September 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  110. Judgements about the value and cost of human factors information in design

    Article • Information Processing & Management, May 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  111. A framework for describing and understanding interdisciplinary interactions in design

    Article • January 1995, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  112. What makes sounds sound urgent?

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  113. Collaboration and teams using Ecological Interface Design

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  114. Reinventing the wheel: Control task analysis for collaboration

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  115. Mapping ecologically to modalities

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  116. Visual sensitivity of dynamic graphical objects

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  117. Perceptions of Temporal Synchrony in Multimodal Displays

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  118. A learning process: Old strategies, new tools

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  119. Choosing the best from the good: Display engineering principles

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  120. A visual display of flight time and distance

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  121. Supporting the strategies of cardiac nurse coordinators using cognitive work analysis

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  122. Work domain analysis for establishing collaborative work requirements

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  123. A work domain analysis for diabetes management

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  124. Ecological interface design in aviation domains: Work domain analysis of automated collision detection and avoidance

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns

  125. Work domain analysis for the interface design of a sonobuoy system

    Article • American Psychological Association (APA)

    Dr Catherine M Burns