Meg Honan

Meg's ergonomics experience has focused on employee work area and work method assessment, and ergonomics program development in Plant, Laboratory, R&D and Office work environments. At Genentech, the Ergonomics Group supports a staff of 16,000 on the South San Francisco site. She work with interdisciplinary teams, including design, process and production engineers, EHS and safety teams to integrate ergonomics into the Genentech’s continuous improvement process. She is a board Certified Professional Ergonomist with a MS in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, which included a research focus on wrist and shoulder postures during alternative keyboard use. Prior to her degree in ergonomics, Meg had over ten years of clinical experience as a Physical Therapist, specializing in treatment of work-related injuries and development of skills-based back education and training programs. She is a member of the Office Ergonomics Research Committee (OERC) and HFES.