Perception Expert Witnesses

Tucson, Arizona

Optometry, Human Factors - Forensic Visibiity, Malpractice, Human Factors, Conspicuity, HGN, DUI, DWI, Forensic Vision, Optometric Malpractice, Eye disease, Alcohol and HGN, Forensic vision and accident, Discernibility, Medical Optometry, Reaction Time, Perception, Glare, Accident Reconstruction Visibility

Dr. Leslie Weintraub, O.D. Board Certified Medical Optometrist and Forensic Visibility consultation/expert witness services for the plaintiff or defense. • Optometric medical malpractice, over 30 years of clinical experience • Forensic Visibility, dynamic VA, conspicuity and discernibility evaluation for automobile, commercial vehicles, pedestrian, bicycle and train accidents • Accident Reconstruction Visibility • HGN/DUI • Speaker/educator and author in publications involving visibility and automobile highway safety, bicycle and train accident reconstruction and HGN/DUI

New Haven, Connecticut

Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry - psychosis, schizophrenia, transitional age youth, hallucinations, delusions, predictive processing, neural bases of psychotic symptoms, perception, sensory processing, drug-induced psychosis

Dr. Al Powers is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and serves as Medical Director and Associate Director of the renowned PRIME Psychosis Risk Clinic at Yale. He earned his BA from Yale University (2004) and both his MD and PhD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (2012). Following graduation, Dr. Powers completed a research-track psychiatric residency at Yale University School of Medicine, serving as Chief Resident in the Neuroscience Research Training Program. Dr. Powers specializes in treating individuals experiencing early psychosis symptoms while employing computational approaches to understand how sensory systems produce hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms. His laboratory utilizes diverse methodologies including computational modeling, functional neuroimaging, electrophysiology, psychophysics, and qualitative analysis to understand how psychotic experiences emerge. His research encompasses hallucinations, delusio...

Oswego, Illinois

Human Factors, Safety - Human Capabilities & Limitations, Human-Machine Interface, Ergonomics, Driver Behavior & Capabilities, Warnings & Instructions, Perception, Vision & Visibility, Accident Investigation, Machine Design, Slips, Trips & Falls, Operator-Vehicle Interaction, Surface Transportation

Dr. Dave Curry is the Principal Consultant for Curry Human Factors & Safety LLC. He consults on all aspects of human factors, applied human performance, ergonomics, and safety. Areas of particular expertise include: human-machine interface design and evaluation, human capabilities and limitations in applied environments, industrial ergonomics, instructions and warnings, perception/vision/visibility, slips/trips/falls, the evaluation of equipment/facilities/structures from a human use standpoint, and safety-related issues in general. He is recognized as an expert in operator-vehicle interaction and is both a Certified Human Factors Professional and a Certified Safety Professional. He is the author of over sixty technical papers dealing with various issues relating to applied human performance, safety, and accident investigation. He holds several U.S. patents and design awards and has or does serve as a member of national standards-making committees for a variety of organizations (...

Delaware, Ohio

Human Factors, Engineering - Distracted driving, Driving behavior, Reconstruction, Biomechanics, Maritime, Manufacturing, Mining, OSHA, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Safety, Slips, Trips, Falls, Transportation, Warnings, Conspicuity, Cell phones, Texting, Lighting

Dr. Kevin Rider is a human factors expert and owner of Forensic Human Factors, LLC, providing investigations, reports and expert testimony for personal injury cases – plaintiff and defense. His expertise involves investigating how people interact with other people, products and environments in predictable ways, and applying this understanding to effective, efficient and safe products, services and systems. He has been consulted as an expert in 48 states (so far). Dr. Rider’s expertise includes: • MVAs and pedestrian collisions, incl. trucks, trains, buses, motor/bicycles • Illumination, nighttime visibility, and conspicuity • DUI/DWIs, where intoxication was not a proximate cause of crash • Adequacy of product designs and warnings • The design and maintenance of safe civil and occupational environments • Premises liability, and slips, trips and falls • Workplace and construction safety Dr. Rider is a Professional Engineer (PE), a Certified Human Factors Professional (CHFP), and ...