Steve Lavender is an associate professor in Integrated Systems Engineering and Orthopaedics at The Ohio State University. His research focuses on the development and evaluation of ergonomic improvements to work processes. Recent projects include the design of med/surg patient rooms to meet the needs of all occupations that work in med/surg rooms, the development of ergonomic interventions for the patient handling tasks performed by EMS responders, developing ergonomic interventions for imaging technologists, biomechanical evaluations of emergency evacuation devices used in high rise buildings, assessing the efficacy of interventions aimed at lower extremity discomfort in distribution centers, and investigations into the factors that affect the adoption of ergonomic interventions.